{"id":7455,"date":"2018-05-16T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=7455"},"modified":"2018-05-16T12:20:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T16:20:10","slug":"pomera-pocket-typewriter-with-e-ink-a-terrible-idea-or-just-terribly-overpriced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2018\/05\/16\/pomera-pocket-typewriter-with-e-ink-a-terrible-idea-or-just-terribly-overpriced\/","title":{"rendered":"pomera : Pocket Typewriter with E Ink – A terrible idea or just terribly overpriced?"},"content":{"rendered":"

First released in Japan in 2008, the pomera<\/strong> pocket typewriter is now being offered to US audiences via a new Kickstarter campaign<\/a>. pomera<\/strong> is similar in concept to the much larger, but also more premium and feature-rich Freewrite<\/a><\/strong>, a product I whole-heartedly endorse. In fact, there’s even a minimal price gap between the two as well.<\/p>\n

The major areas where the pomera<\/strong> differs from the Freewrite<\/strong> is that the former is foldable and pocketable, and lacks any wireless connectivity (although you can add a Flashair SD card<\/a> to hack the feature in). I would say it actually makes a good companion to the Freewrite<\/strong>\u00a0– and could even be a replacement in some cases – but you do give up the premium keyboard experience that writers such as myself tend to crave. With that said, I do like the idea of an extremely portable note taking device, just not for $349 – $449+! I also don’t like that the screen isn’t back- or front-lit in any way, which rather limits where it can be used.<\/p>\n

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Here are the pomera<\/strong>‘s key features:<\/p>\n