The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet • Hacker News Board

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by ReaderReader » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:14 PM UTC

userbinator wrote: post #75

igorkraw wrote: post #30

I have this device, and for hackers, this review misses some stuff: * the company behind it is based in norway, so you can be pretty sure the techies got treated well * they abide by the GPL very well * by connecting via USB and flicking a switch in the options menu, you get SSH access, as well as a REST endpoint where you can upload your files via curl. So if you don't like their cloud offering, you can turn of wifi…

by connecting via USB and flicking a switch in the options menu, you get SSH access, as well as a REST endpoint where you can upload your files via curl. So if you don't like their cloud offering, you can turn of wifi and be sure your data is local Maybe it's just me, but why do the defaults for devices like this seem to now always require either a special app or reach out into the Internet? Whatever happened to simp…

Lock in. Without it you won't get investor money.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by jdmichal » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:20 PM UTC

moon4u wrote: post #37

igorkraw wrote: post #30

I have this device, and for hackers, this review misses some stuff: * the company behind it is based in norway, so you can be pretty sure the techies got treated well * they abide by the GPL very well * by connecting via USB and flicking a switch in the options menu, you get SSH access, as well as a REST endpoint where you can upload your files via curl. So if you don't like their cloud offering, you can turn of wifi…

Is the response time really that fast? On my e-reader, it takes solid 1 second in the best case (and sometimes more than 3s worst) to switch a page. This device looks really fast. But maybe it's just updating small region and that's why it's so fast?

A lot of responses are commenting about writing being fast. AFAIK, the slow part of eink displays was always effectively clearing them. Drawing is fast, and drawing without needing to clear anything, such as during writing, should be expected to be responsive. Many new systems don't do a full clear for every update, but that introduces more artifacts each time until a slow full clear is done. But the better displays now can get away with it without being distracting.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by ptman » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:21 PM UTC

effyx wrote: post #43

I have been using it since November (second preorder wave). Pros: The e-ink display is great, large enough to show one page of any pdf. The device is light. Taking notes feels good. Battery life is great for reading books, good for taking notes. Cons: Price. In-house cloud storage that you must use (there is a beta setting enabling some weird tunnel over usb, have not tried it yet ...). Apps you must use in order to…

There is a linux app, but the link was taken away from https://remarkable.engineering/ . You can download it from https://remarkable.engineering/remarkable-linux-client-0.0.5...

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by cousin_it » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:23 PM UTC

I have a theory that media addictions happen in large part because screens are more shiny and colorful than reality. If that's true, e-ink only phones and laptops could be a big help against procrastination. (But also probably lead to fewer ad clicks, so beware of incentives for manufacturers!)

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by lallysingh » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:27 PM UTC

TuringTest wrote: post #70

a012 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BOOX Max2? But it's $800.

Onyx sells preorders for a 10' equivalent to the Max 2, called Onyx Boox Note, with a price similar to the reMarkable.

10" - inches, right?

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by _wmd » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:29 PM UTC

xwvvvvwx wrote: post #99

I don't even want a stylus, I just want an A4 eink device that I can read A4 formatted PDFs on (papers / textbooks). This is pretty much the only thing I actually use my iPad for right now.

This was the only reason I bought an Aura HD, turns out it was nowhere nearly high enough res. I see this has a much larger screen but a corresponding drop in DPI.

Anyone tried this with a typical 11pt font 2 column paper?

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by keehun » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:32 PM UTC

I would buy this immediately if the screen were bigger. At least legal sized. (Am a musician, and our normal paper sizes in Orchestra are 9x12 or 10x12 inches.)

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by dalbasal » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:34 PM UTC

green7ea wrote: post #47

mikekchar wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I desperately want a solution for working outside. E-ink would be absolutely awesome. Unfortunately I don't see anything on the horizon. Even the devices that will work as monitors described in the sibling posts would be problematic because they are simply too big. I need something I can put in my bag and go. I guess I'll have to wait until the rest of society catches up with my nomad-work existence :-)

I had my hopes on mirasol[1] but they seem to have given up on the technology due to low yields. Imagine a laptop with this technology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1xEuR2mLh8

I dunno. This might make e-ink a viable LCD replacement eventually but for the device above, I'm ok with the current hardware. What I want is form factor (laptop) and appropriate OS/UI.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by jsiepkes » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:34 PM UTC

reacweb wrote: post #100

lima wrote: post #98

Some cool facts about the device from a hacker point of view: - Main developer/CTO is a KDE dev and very open source-friendly. - You get root access to the device out of the box. - The device is running a mainline kernel with minimal patches, which have a good chance at being upstreamed[1]. - The toolchain is open[2]. They use vanilla QT/QML and people have already built simple example apps. - There's an unofficial L…

IMHO, these are important features. It seems it does not have Bluetooth (for a keyboard and/or headset to listen to mp3 while reading) and the battery can not be easily replaced.

Because its meant as an pen and paper replacement. Nothing more, nothing less.

Besides why would you want to listen to MP3s on such a device? Your smartphone with bluetooth and microphone jack is way better equiped for such a thing.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by jecel » Wed, Feb 07, 2018, 1:37 PM UTC

JepZ wrote: post #96

Sometimes I wonder what happened to the display class which was built into the Notion Ink Adam: Some kind of an LCD, e-ink hybrid. When the backlight was enabled it had colors and when you disabled it, it became an e-ink display of some sort. While the result was a display which neither had good colors nor a perfect e-ink experience, I found it had some practical advantages, as you never had problems using the displa…

That display was originally created for the One Laptop Per Child project and then was sold commercially by a spin off company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_Qi

It got designed into a couple of product, like the Norton Ink, and was also sold as a replacement screen for existing laptops (you might still be able to buy a kit). Sadly, it was not successful enough to continue.