After the sad news about Godrej and Boyce closing down the last factory to manufacture new manual typewriters, I’m pleased to report that electric typewriters are definitely still being manufactured.

Of course, despite the impact of the IBM Selectric on businesses around the world, there is no question that the electric typewriter completely lacks the romanticism and drama of an old fashioned manual. Fortunately, there are rumors that a company in China continues to produce portable manual typewriters. No word on whether they produce any with English letters.