It's a receipt printer in a box. Receipts (the thermal kind this uses) can't be written on with a normal pen without it getting all gunked up, so the 'puzzle' idea is more or less not going to work.
The quality of the printing will be receipt quality, and will degrade and become completely unreadable over time.
We went through this entire 'push media' bullshit in 1999, but I guess knowing that makes me an old timer these days. The punchline is, people will not want this.
Edit: Now, take away all the cloud magic and foursquare bullcrap, and I would actually like to have this just as a little printer. I'm often trying to print lists and so on, because I hate unlocking my phone over and over to check a shopping list at the store. So I would buy this if it were possible to print out lists of things, driving directions, and that sort of thing.
Some kinds of thermal paper don't work with pens, some do (e.g. the kind used by credit card terminals, or fax machines). What made you think that they use the first kind of paper?
They all clog pens. It just takes a few uses. Anyone who has ever worked a cash register can tell you that between customers you often have to scribble on some regular paper to unclog the pen.
Like most people, I sign and write on receipts on a pretty regular basis. Am I missing something here about the writing aspect. Are you talking longer term than a few minutes?
The quality of the printing will be receipt quality, and will degrade and become completely unreadable over time.
We went through this entire 'push media' bullshit in 1999, but I guess knowing that makes me an old timer these days. The punchline is, people will not want this.
Edit: Now, take away all the cloud magic and foursquare bullcrap, and I would actually like to have this just as a little printer. I'm often trying to print lists and so on, because I hate unlocking my phone over and over to check a shopping list at the store. So I would buy this if it were possible to print out lists of things, driving directions, and that sort of thing.