it was essentially a flat keyboard with a small monochrome screen on the top. If you were a K-12 student in the mid-to-late 90s, you saw stacks of these in your school's computer lab. AlphaSmart ...

So what's the use of a small keyboard that does nothing except allow you to type the Great Canadian Novel - or at least the first few chapters? Well, the AlphaSmart is not meant for hackers ...

Designed as a simple, and cheaper solution for one-to-one classroom computing, the company watns this lightweight, rugged device to also appeal to mobile professionals, due to its full-size keyboard .

Then I found the Alphasmart Neo 2. The chunky black keyboard called to me immediately ... is staggeringly pleasing to look at, and its e-ink screen makes reading what you’ve written a much ...