Apollo 13 star, Tom Hanks has released Hanx Writer, a typewriter app for iPad.
Tom Hanks want to make typing easy and steady for the iPad users. 58-year-old actor is a die hard fan of typewriters. He loves collecting different types of iPads. And he has now made his passion digital by launching a typewriter app for iPad called 'Hanx Writer.'
If you are a user of a physical keyboard, you will not find it easy to type on iPad. And Tom Hanks wants to make typing easy and fluent for all iPad users. That is why he launched this new typewriter app bearing his name.
Launching now: The Hanx Writer. Make a typewriter out of your Ipad. With crisp typeface, bold style and best of all the sound of typing ...— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) August 14, 2014
This new typewriter iPad app will give users and all new typing experience with feel "of a manual typewriter, but with the ease and speed of an iPad."
Tom Hanks has also explained his passion for typewriters in the welcome letter of his 'Hanx Writer' app. In fact, he has a big collection of all types of typewriters.
.@AppStore I wanted to have the sensation of an old manual typewriter - I wanted the sound of typing if nothing else ... #HanxWriter— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) August 14, 2014
Hanks said, “I write without caring about typeovers, XXXX’d out words, goofy syntax, & bad spelling because the feel & sound of a typewriter is satisfying in ways that couldn’t be matched — until now!”
Now this new typewriter app will give you an all new touch screen typewriter experience for free. You can now download a free basic version of the 'Hanx Writer' that includes one typewriter style, text color and ribbon color.
Our world now exists in two eras: Before and After #HanxWriter. For free! http://t.co/bRbVdWnJtL— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) August 14, 2014
However, you can also buy two other keyboards for $3 each or unlock everything for $5. But the basic features of this typewriter app are absolutely free and that is an amazing offer.