The AlphaSmart text editing device was originally designed by Apple engineers. When they couldn’t get their employer to build it, they decided to do so themselves -- and ended up being a rather clever, long-lived device.
Sources:
Computer lab photo:
Ketan Kothari photo:
Joe Barrus photo:
Apple Infinte Loop campus photo: :
AlphaSmart Pro owner’s manual:
“AlphaSmart: A History of One of Ed-Tech’s Favorite (Drop-Kickable) Writing Tools“:
PC computer lab photo: :
“AlphaSmart Pro 2.1,“ Macworld, March 1997.
“Smart Keyboard for the Classroom,“ Computerworld, July 6, 1998.
AlphaSmart 2000 photo
...:
3rd-party SmartApplets:
“Lightweight Note-Taker,“ PC World, March 2003.
AlphaSmart Neo photo and ad:
“AlphaSmart files $58 million IPO,“ MarketWatch:
Renaissance Learning acquires AlphaSmart press release:
AlphaSmart Neo 2 photo: :
Laptop charging cart photo: :
AlphaSmart Neo discontinued: ://
AlphaSmart 3000 with modded keyboard photo:
LazyDog’s AlphaSmart keyboard mod kit (no longer being sold): ~jy4m/alphasmart/ and
Freewrite devices:
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