How does this compare to something like a kindle for reading?
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
#142How 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...
It's great at PDFs. Looks good, and you can mark them up easily and the changes sync back to the app, where you can export them or whatever.
It reads epubs and rtfs, but not mobi or lit or a few others. Its text handling and formatting aren't great but they're working on it. If I was reading a novel I'd stick with an ereader but if I had 20 research papers to go through it's the remarkable by a long shot.
Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
#143It's a shame it is biased toward right handed users. And no, flipping it over leaves you with a narrow bezel on the bottom. Will not buy.
I'm not sure how useful it is, but they do have a left-handed mode: https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/36000687545...
Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
#144I'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…
The Remarkable does one thing and tries to do that one thing well. For a lot of people, not having Hacker News a swipe away is a feature. Having a much, much longer battery life is also nice.
Have you ever compared the screen of an iPad and Kindle outside? The Kindle is far easier to read in bright light. Even inside I prefer an eink screen because it isn't flashing 60 or 120 times per second.
Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
knew they had to skimp somewhere to bring the costs down, predictably, they went with software.
Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
#146the marketing video intrigued me.. then I found real world reviews.. It's gonna be a nope for me.
Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
#147It happens every single time. I like a product and want to order and it doesn't get shipped to India. Frustrating!
Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
#148I have been very happy with my ReMarkable 1, and have ordered the ReMarkable 2.0. Hacker News might be interested in the active development community around the device: https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable The device is open. It's just an embedded linux device. You can ssh into it, and run arbitrary code. The SDK is based on Qt. You can also connect a keyboard to it over a USB-on-the-go port. I have been…
Do you use the text OCR feature? Is that component opensource?
Note they mean open as in "it runs a random old Linux kernel and you can have the root password", not as in "open source". Nothing whasoever from their software is actually open source, and nothing indicates they may not decide to simply close down the platform in the future (e.g. for "security" reasons)
Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
#149How does this compare to something like a kindle for reading?
I looked into this when I first heard about the ReMarkable 2.0, general consensus was usable but not as good. Some work is required to convert books to be used on the device and make fonts look OK. I also remember something about the built in reader not being as well designed.
Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
#150I have been very happy with my ReMarkable 1, and have ordered the ReMarkable 2.0. Hacker News might be interested in the active development community around the device: https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable The device is open. It's just an embedded linux device. You can ssh into it, and run arbitrary code. The SDK is based on Qt. You can also connect a keyboard to it over a USB-on-the-go port. I have been…
That would be awesome. I have ordered the Remarkable and would like to use it as a dashboard connected to my computer. Just to display time, the calendar and other information which needs to be updated only very infrequently.
that's mental.