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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 Izkata »

jbeard4 wrote: post #265
pre wrote: post #223

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Indeed. "All your work is instantly synced to the cloud" Ugh. Nope nope nope. But now maybe sounds like I could turn that off and just rsync the files to my Debian tower. That is more win.

> But now maybe sounds like I could turn that off and just rsync the files to my Debian tower. Yes, I can confirm this. I have never connected my device to wifi. I backup my notes to my home server using rsync.

...and now I, too, have reason to consider ordering one. Looking like it was dependent on the cloud was what turned me off before.

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

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Post by mellosouls »

disgruntledphd2 wrote: post #122
mellosouls wrote: post #45

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 be fair, learning.oreilly.com is pretty good on iPad (not so much on mobile). It's pretty expensive, but potentially worth it if you read a lot of technical books.

Sure, but the whole point of using ereaders compared to tablets (like iPad) is the screen which tablets can't compare with for pure reading.

But eReaders don't traditionally have remotely comparable UX performance so are only suitable for linear reads like novels.

My question is whether Remarkable have solved that. It's far more important to me and similar potential users than the writing/whatever stuff they are selling on the webpage linked.

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Post by dchuk »

pier25 wrote: post #253
nomel wrote: post #166

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In terms of latency, I have trouble believing it's better than the newer iPad Pros (120Hz screen, 240Hz pencil scan).

I have an iPad Pro and the deal breaker is using the pencil over glass. I wouldn't mind a little latency if they get the paper feel right.

a < $10 matte screen protector completely changes the experience on an iPad, it is a necessity if you have the Pencil

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

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Post by ognarb »

AshamedCaptain wrote: post #148
laksdjfkasljdf wrote: post #120

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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)

The CTO is a KDE developer and they use and contribue some KDE libraries (like the KArchirve). They have a github with some projects: https://github.com/reMarkable/ but sadly the software is not open.

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Post by futureproofd »

Some features of reading my books on an android tablet are the ability to lookup words with the dictionary service, and to sync all of my notes automatically to google drive.

Does anyone know how the reading features of the R2 stack up in this regard?

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Post by joezydeco »

_ph_ wrote: post #27
jbeard4 wrote: post #13

I 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.

There are alternatives that are cheaper:

https://www.amazon.com/waveshare-7-5inch-HAT-Raspberry-Consu...

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Post by polemic »

ShakataGaNai wrote: post #305

I've been interested in eink displays and eink readers for a long time. Kindle owner since version 1. But... Is the ReMarkable really worth $500 ($400 + the $100 pencil which seems like a requirement)? For that amount you're getting a low end iPad which has greatly wider use cases. I understand that for the "paper on pencil" feel an iPad is no where near... but then again you can also just write using real paper and…

I co-work with an architect who loves his ReMarkable 1. He'll do initial sketches on it, keep meeting notes, read contract docs etc on it, and so on.

It's an ideal "work support" device for what he does, vs an iPad which can do everything _if_ you find a good app, but still won't do those things as well, and is full of distractions like notifications and other anti-productivity cruft.

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Post by andrepd »

pizza234 wrote: post #293
Karunamon wrote: post #269

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Epub would be better than PDF for the use case. AFAIK, you can't reflow text in PDF, so if the page size isn't exactly matched to the device size, all you can do is pan&zoom. Yuck.

Not necessarily, as a significant part of a reading experience is the reader. For example, I'm bound to a specific PDF reader that has a very powerful annotations system. The last time I checked Epub readers, there was nothing that satisfied my requirements. A couple of additional notes: - the downside of reflowing is that you may not be able to take annotations that require absolute positioning - for almost all the…

Which reader is that?
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