$60 for a ten-inch LCD tablet? That's what you'll pay for the Boogie Board writing tablet, but you won't be installing any apps on it.
The new 10.5-inch could more properly be called a slate, as it mimics writing on the stone tablets with a piece of chalk. It works a little like an Etch-a-Sketch, only instead of twiddling knobs until you grow frustrated and throw it away, the Boogie Board uses a stylus.
When you write on the screen, the pressure turns the screen from dark to light, leaving marks as if you were drawing on paper (only with the colors reversed). When you're done, hit the erase button and a pulse of power will clear the board. This is the only time power is used, so the two buttons cells can power the tablet for 50,000 cycles, or six years if erased 209 times per day. Lets just say battery life won't be a problem.
If you don't erase, the image or words will remain indefinitely.
It's an interesting idea, and great for hanging on the fridge at home. For anything more permanent, though, you'll probably want to stick with paper, as you have an unlimited number of sheets to work with instead of just one.
There is also a student version which has holes that let you keep it in a binder. Again, though, don't write anything on it that you want to keep.
The Boogie Board is available now.
Boogie Board 10.5 [Improv Electronics]
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