
Meet the next leader of the Phree world
Israeli company introduces Phree, a mobile input device intended to bring handwriting back into our digital interactions
Abigail Klein Leichman, a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c from August 2010 until her retirement in March 2024, moved to Israel in 2007. She has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.

Israeli company introduces Phree, a mobile input device intended to bring handwriting back into our digital interactions

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