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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF1b3qgw-K4

a 9,7" netbook with an e-ink screen. Unfortunately not for sale yet AFAIK

A little bulky I think. Not something I would casually drop into my backpack.

Are we looking at the same video? The video should be the Onyx BOOX Typewriter. It's the size of a tablet and a keyboard cover. It's a HUGE improvement over the last entry I saw in this space, the hemingwrite[0].

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfbhcddyb8Q

Sure, huge improvement here.

I suppose if they cut out the entire touchpad area to reduce the depth, and reshape the screen to size that would be the form-factor I'm looking for. Something between what they have done and the old PPC from HP: http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/curtismc/jornada.htm

Also I would very much prefer that there was no other software on the device. I have enough distractions as it is.

That said, I would probably still buy this if I could.

Ah, I see. I think your comment about 'Not something I would casually drop into my backpack' is what threw me. You want something you can slip into a pocket. I had an HP Jornada 680 and a Nokia N800 with a bluetooth keyboard back in the day. They weren't as useful as I would have liked. Editing even plain text prose was difficult.

Personally, I'd love a galaxy s8+ sized phone with an eink display, but I think the best I'm going to get is either a DPT-RP1 hacked to take a bluetooth keyboard or the good e-reader tablet. Then again, I prefer a full android operating system to a single app locked down model. Maybe you could convince the hemingwrite/freewrite people to come up with something a little more portable?

Yeah, Jornada 680 would be too small, hence why I said "between".

Imagine the baby macbook with it's touchpad area cut off. So basically just a keyboard and an equally-size ink screen on top of it. I can imagine myself going to the park near my house and writing prose sitting on the bench. Ain't happening with the laptop.

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