... and for about $50 you can pick up its predecessor, the AlphaSmart 3000, on eBay. Aside from instant-on, it's damn near indestructible. No USB drive, but a USB connection lets it dump its text to any app by appearing to be a keyboard -- a slick trick that lets it offload to anything.
And the 700 hour battery life is simply insane. Heavy users have to reload their AA batteries once every... year.
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... and for about $50 you can pick up its predecessor, the AlphaSmart 3000, on eBay. Aside from instant-on, it's damn near indestructible. No USB drive, but a USB connection lets it dump its text to any app by appearing to be a keyboard -- a slick trick that lets it offload to anything. And the 700 hour battery life is simply insane. Heavy users have to reload their AA batteries once every ... year.