Imagine having a device through
which you can write your thoughts, stories, poems at any time you want without
any distractions. This device can be a boon for the writers, bloggers,
scriptwriters, poets and many other people who love to write. I am a blogger
and having this device can be a major advantage to my blogging project. There
is such a kind of device and is called Freewrite Traveler. It is a kind of mini
laptop and is distraction free with no social media or any other kind of apps
installed that causes frequent disturbances. The only apps installed are few
inbuilt ones for saving and for other purposes related with drafting your
content.
Freewrite Traveler is developed by
a New York based company called Astrohaus and the idea of Traveler originated
in 2016.
Unique features
- It is half the size of a normal 15”inch laptop. Its dimensions are 12”x 5”x 1”.
- The device is easily transportable and weighs just 0.8 kg. Remember the Traveler is not slim but it’s keys are really comfortable.
- Has a 6” E-ink display. E-ink display is not disturbing to the eyes and can be used in sunlight too. It has 2 screens. One main big screen for displaying your writing and a small status screen underneath the main screen for displaying the word count, the time spent on the device etc.
- Battery life is excellent and can run up to 30 hours on a single full charge. There is USB type C for charging purposes and for transferring data as well.
- The keyboard is the most talked
about and the best feature about this device. It is the old school keyboard used
in the starting of the 21st century. It is called custom tactile
scissor switch keyboard and comes in QWERTY format and comes with 30+ keyboard
layouts and languages for the international customers.
- You can store your drafts in cloud storage applications like Dropbox, Google Drive and Evernote with the help of 2.4 Ghz Wi-Fi. So you don’t have to be worried regarding the loss of your data as the traveler has the capacity to save up to 1 million+ pages and there is cloud storage option too.
- The written file is saved in .docx or .fdx(final draft) format in the clouds.
The only thing that is disliked
about Traveler is the screen size. There is enough space left out which could
have been used as a screen.
Many books and screenplays have
already been written on this device. 45 million words have been written on
Traveler till now. This device is mainly used for writing a rough content with
regards to your project. Editing part is done in your main laptops or PCs. It is easily foldable like a normal laptop and easily fits inside a bag.
Why you should buy it?
Ideas and stories can come anywhere and anytime, so you have to be prepared and Traveler helps you with this. While travelling, we could use a tab or a
mac or any other thin laptop for writing purposes but it may cause us
distraction in many ways through frequent notifications and social media
addiction. Distraction in between writing can be a big loss to your novel or
blog. Traveler frees us from every other distraction and enables us to write in
one go. Some testers have written around 10 times more than what they used to
write with a laptop.
The Traveler is available on Indiegogo
website for booking. It costs around $269 and will be available by June 2019.