A Nifty Gadget for Writers

By Morgan Vermeil

As a professional writer, I do most of my writing on my living room sofa....

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By Tom Nelson

Here is your introduction to a truly untalented computer. You can't surf the Internet, you can't get your e-mail and you can't play games....

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The Ultimate Road Warrior

By Tim Boxer

Who invented the AlphaSmart NEO has to be the greatest genius since Gutenberg. I'd nominate him/her for the Nobel.

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Q. McCray of Fox 10 News takes you inside a local school to see how teachers are using AlphaSmart products every day.

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Chatting with Michael W. Dean

By Kari Ann Morgan

"I’m typing on an Alphasmart NEO. Very cool thing. The NEO is better than a laptop for when you only want to write. No distractions…..no e-mail, just text. I love it."

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Neo given a 4.5 out of 5 rating by CTR.

Living up to the legacy of prior AlphaSmart keyboards, the AlphaSmart NEO offers a solid writing option at a low cost.

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Lifestyle Contributor Victoria Pericon demonstrates the latest in innovative school supplies, including the Neo.

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By Valerie Strauss

Hundreds of thousands of students nationwide are using NEOs, which are small, stripped-down laptops that run on AA batteries. The popular devices function as mini-word processors that make it easier for students to write and take notes.

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KNX1070, CA - June 27, 2006

Neo hits classrooms

By Priscilla Rodriguez

NEO is essentially a mini-word processor that is all about words. It has a spell-checker, search function and dictionary and can be programmed to grade tests so students can get instant feedback.

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Flashpacking: one who backpacks with tech toys

By Kathleen Crislip

What is flashpacking? It's the way more and more young and young-at-heart backpackers with a little extra flash in the money belt are traveling these days: carrying a backpack full of tech gadgets, usually to single hostel rooms (where we want wifi).

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TechNow reporter Scott McGrew talks to teachers and students at Harker School in San Jose about how NEOs keep the classroom focus on learning, not technology. Inexpensive, durable, and foolproof, NEOs are a "refreshing" change from overpriced, underperforming gadgets marketed at classrooms.

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By Carol s. Holzberg, PHD

NEO’s affordability helps minimize the computing bottleneck that occurs when there aren't enough classroom or home computers to go around.

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By Shihoko Goto

Perhaps the most useful aspect of NEO is what it doesn’t do: no music, no Internet, no DVD. The NEO laptop is less about teaching kids about computers and more a tool to teach basic reading and writing skills.

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by David Howell

All Grade 2 and Grade 5 students at Scott Robertson Elementary School have their own NEO word processors throughout the school year. The school is taking part in a pilot project to determine if word processors can help improve the quality and quantity of elementary students' writing.

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