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ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by marvindanig »

I'm happy with my iPad. I can read books, watch videos or take notes all in one, plus I get to surf the open web on a super fast browser on top hardware that doesn't try to mimic the dead-tree. Not sure what the use-case for a sluggish 'paper-like' interface would ever be?

I know some folks will jump to suggest less eyestrain but neither paper books nor e-ink help with that. Since eyestrain stems from overworked eyes and a tired brain [1], it doesn't help to claim that the nature of surface revealing the text has anything to do with it.

[1] https://bubblin.io/blog/daylight-energy-fatigue

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by marvindanig »

truth_seeker wrote: post #2

Any reason why should i buy it instead of iPad Pro 2020 or recently announced Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 plus ?

No reason at all. At least we get to enjoy books, videos, notes and most importantly open web on proper hardware with the iPad.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by bobbiechen »

no_wizard wrote: post #4

Anyone know whats the story on a color e-ink version of something like this? That would be really compelling to me. Especially if you can get the latency down into the 10 ms range.

10 ms sounds completely out of reach right now. A quick search shows some black-and-white boards advertising 7.5 FPS (150ms) in 2019.

I was working with a three-color e-ink board from Pimoroni recently and a full screen refresh would take 20+ seconds. Looks very nice when it's done, but definitely unusable for anything real-time.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by amacbride »

mmmateo wrote: post #23
amacbride wrote: post #11

I have the first version, and I really like it. The experience of writing on a textured e-Ink display is completely different than trying to do the same thing on smooth glass. (iPad Pro/Apple Pencil)

How does it compare to writing on paper?

It’s not quite as good, but for me it falls into the “good enough/pretty good” category. I write quickly so for me latency is very important; the latency on version one is pretty good, and so if they’ve improved that on version two, even better.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by mellosouls »

I have the Kindle DX, the original(ish) large eReader and it's slow enough to be pretty useless at reading tech docs - which is why I bought it. I'd love to be able to walk into a shop and try the Remarkable or similar out.

I couldn't give a stuff about writing (though it's a nice secondary feature) - I do however want to be able to throw a tech manual at my e-Reader (say, an O'Reilly programming manual) and be able to flip through it back and forth easily like you can on a tablet.

The Remarkable looks beautiful in the link, but gives absolutely no indication as to whether that long-standing core flaw in e-readers has been solved here, which is very, very unreassuring.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by nathcd »

This looks so nice, and I've been desperate for years for a great, fast-refreshing e-ink device and/or monitor, but the closed ecosystem is so disappointing. Their 'avoid distractions' marketing is fine and good, but locking down the device makes it a non-starter for me. At the very least I'd need a feed reader I can use (without some workaround where I send stuff through the "remarkable cloud").

Am I reading things correctly that the only external interface to the device is through their cloud tool?

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by jonahbenton »

throwawaysea wrote: post #17

For me a big problem is that a lot of the things I want to save, mark up, and revisit (archive or search or share) are articles from webpages or PDFs - neither of which this eInk display is practical for.

PDFs work fine. I converted many Kindle books to PDF and sent them to the remarkable via their cloud API. I don't do it much but writing notes on PDF pages works fine.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by x87678r »

truth_seeker wrote: post #2

Any reason why should i buy it instead of iPad Pro 2020 or recently announced Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 plus ?

Good point I have a kobo forma which at 7.8 is a bigger than normal ereader that is good for technical books. Outside I use the kobo (and I use less often than I expected), but inside I have a cheap windows tablet which is faster, easier to read and does other stuff too.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by minxomat »

cordite wrote: post #24
roel_v wrote: post #16

How good is a ReMarkable as an ebook reader? I don't care that much about the writing, but having a large size ebook reader that can display A4 pdfs in acceptable quality would be a game changer for me...

Not sure about normal ebooks, but it's been a fantastic tool for getting through IETF RFCs. No distractions, easy on the eyes. Would be nice if the contrast were even better for low light environments. Maybe this 2.0 would do it. I seem to have lost my pen though, so I'm not sure what I'll do for any annotation now.

I second RFC, I've implemented plenty of them while scribbling over them on the RM1. Also great to quickly show a colleague something on a page.

But, the eBook (as in published books) experience is pretty bad compared to basically anything. What even the RM2 does is just load the epub/pdf into the editing buffer and other than somewhat faster navigation and a hidden menu, it's not good at all for consumption.

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