The PocketMage is an E Ink digital assistant that's absolutely obsessed with wizards - Engadget

It has a proprietary OS, a QWERTY keyboard and dual(ish) screens. It's been a while since people regularly used personal digital assistants (PDAs). They were fairly ubiquitous throughout the 1990s and well into the 2000s, but then smartphones came along and put an end to that. However, some companies are still fighting the good PDA fight, including Talisman Design. It just revealed its upcoming PocketMage E Ink PDA and it looks pretty nifty. As previously stated, this is an E Ink device, so it'll be easy on the old eyeballs. Otherwise, it features an old-school clamshell case and a tactile QWERTY keyboard. It also has two screens, which are used in a fairly novel way. There's a 3.1-inch 320 x 240 E Ink panel for reading and writing, but there's also a much thinner OLED strip above the keyboard. This offers a fast-refresh rate for menus. The most unique thing here, however, is the aesthetic. It's called the PocketMage for a reason. This thing is obsessed with wizards. The proprietary operating system is all wizard-based, which means that you don't rename a file — you cast a spell called "Renamio." It looks pretty cheeky and in line with something that Teenage Engineering might make.

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