AlphaSmart 3000

Pros: Low-cost, weighs only 2 pounds, PC/Mac compatible, rugged, dependable, automatically saves files, free-loaner program, 3 year warranty
Cons: None

The AlphaSmart 3000 is a low-cost, portable 2 pounds, dependable, and super easy to use keyboard/word processor that is compatible with any PC or Mac. It includes a full-size keyboard, 4 line text display, built-in 70,000 word spell checker and can...

Pros: inexpensive, simple, compatible
Cons: small screen, typography hard to read

The AlphaSmart keyboard is the simplest way to get writing done. Because it's not a computer and has no operating system you turn it on, start writing, and when you're done you turn it off. No naming, saving or trying to remember where you stored files....

Pros: Lightweight, minimal battery useage
Cons: None

If I'd had my AlphaSmart 3000 with me in the Australian Outback I wouldn't have broken my ankle! I lugged around a heavy laptop for my journal writing and note-taking and it needed constant recharge. I was hurrying to catch my group after arranging for a...

Pros: portable, indestructible, long battery life, automatic save
Cons: small screen

I used to think that you could only be considered a "serious" writer if you carried around a laptop computer. Then I discovered the AlphaSmart.

First things first: If you want to play games, surf the net, manipulate photos, etc.,...

Pros: inexpensive, large font on LCD screen, easy hookup and sending
Cons: no light to see when typing in dimness

I am a freshman in college, who has cerebral palsy, which affects my handwriting, so that it is not the easiest to read. One of the counselors at the college told me about the Alphasmart 2000 when I was registering for college. I did not get to...

Pros: 100
Cons: 0

The Alpha Smart 3000 is awesome! I have not had any problems with this! I haven't needed any tech support AT ALL! You see, it is in my oh so very humblest of humble opinions that the Alpha Smart 3000 should be put in the Computer Input Devices Hall of...

Pros: Lightweight, full size keyboard, cheap word processor
Cons: nothing

At Christmas in 1998 my husband gave me the top item on my wish list, an Alpha Smart 2000, produced by Intelligent Peripheral Devices, Inc. Alpha Smart is a feather weight (2 lb.) but amazingly sturdy word processing device with a four-line LCD screen...

Pros: Lightweight, virtually indestructable, cheap
Cons: I'd love an ergonomic (split) keyboard

The AlphaSmart is incredible! My first experience with one was about two years ago. I was a CTAP (California Technology Assistance Project) mentor for my elementary school. We meet about once a month to work on projects for our school. One mentor had...

Pros: Lightweight, Easy to use, rugged, inexpensive, good warranty
Cons: Doesn't work as well with a slower windows PC

As a radio journalist, over the years I've used a lot of so called "portable" computers which were geared toward word processing, but was always disappointed that the machines just were either too heavy, cumbersome and always a pain to...

Pros: Durable, easy to use, holds a charge for hours and hours, great for traveling.
Cons: No backlight

I typed this review on an Alphasmart 3000, which I then downloaded to my PC.

For about a year I had been reading these ads on this unit in such magazines as Writers Digest. Finally, curious, I went on to Alphasmart’s website...

Pros: Light, a cinch to use, perfect for writers and kids alike
Cons: Small screen

Many months ago, I heard about this new portable, lightweight word processing machine called an AlphaSmart. Writers on a discussion list were raving about it. I had to check it out since I was already in the market for a laptop.

Upon...

Pros: Beautiful translucent aqua color. Full size keyboard for easy typing.
Cons: Has a hard time transferring text to an old Macintosh.

I love my alphasmart! It runs on three batteries and is only 2 lbs. It is easy on your shoulder when you carry it around. I love the color and the ease with which you transfer the text to a computer. Plus it is a lot cheaper than a laptop computer. I...

Pros: Portable, durable, useful
Cons: Mysterious data loss appears possible

I got an AlphaSmart 3000 for my husband, the not terribly computer literate writer, who rides a lot of mass transit. It is everything he wants except that the keyboard has no backlight in low light situations and once, during a train ride, an entire long...

Pros: Writers are poor in their pockets but rich if they own AlphaSmart
Cons: Only draw back is if you don't have one

I'm a pretty simple person. But don't cross me when it comes to this tiny blue machine. The AlphaSmart holds 100 single spaced pages. It has paste copy and cut. There are no disks to carry. A technically challenged person can work it very easy. You turn...

Pros: Price ($249), light weight, durability, compatibility with MAC OS and other platforms.
Cons: Lack of backlight.

As a consultant and regular user of a laptop while traveling, I have found the AlphaSmart 3000 serves as an excellent companion while "on the road." The ability to function for several hundred hours on AAA batteries provides incredible convenience while...