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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 _ph_ »

joezydeco wrote: post #327
_ph_ wrote: post #27

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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...

Thanks for the link, that looks interesting. I have to see, where I could buy it (Amazon doesn't ship it to Germany). I will certainly check this out for tinkering with my Pie. Of course, I wouldn't buy the ReMarkable just for using it as a second display, but that would be an added value, if it could be done with some more software I can install on it. My main usage would be as a reader/note tool.

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Post by eugeniub »

tito wrote: post #285

Texture matters. I bought this screen cover for my iPad for the explicit use of adding texture since 99% of my iPad usage is with Apple Pencil. I had read it has a paper texture unlike other slick covers: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00G4SA1FG/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_i... Curious what others have tried!

I have the XIRON Paperfeel. Sketchy name, totally worth it.

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Post by cilea »

IMAYousaf wrote: post #341

Does anyone have any opinions on this vs. the Sony Digital Paper?

I have the 13.3 inch Digital Paper but not the ReMarkable. The A4 size is great for reading Magazines and Journals. The writing experience is good but the stylus does not support pressure sensitivity. One feature that stands out: split screen, i.e. one side as a reader and the other side for taking note. By the way, the stylus supports erasing and highlighting. I wish it supports EPUB (PDF-only reader). Was interested in getting a ReMarkable, but the A4 size won me over.

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Post by yayr »

scoopdewoop wrote: post #359
semi-extrinsic wrote: post #333

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I'm slightly astonished (have been for a while) at the fact that no-one (as far as I know) have developed a Guitar Hero style e-ink sheet-music reader. Imagine how much easier you'd make life for kids learning how to play music! Software and hardware wise, it's got to be well within the realm of feasibility.

You should check out Rocksmith. Its guitar hero with real guitar, pretty cool stuff. I don't see how a scrolling format like guitar hero would fit the slow refresh rate of an e-ink display, but perhaps you imagine something different.

Absolutely love that toy, unfortunately they stopped producing DLCs for it some time ago to do something else... I wonder what that is.

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Post by borgel »

davisr wrote: post #238
ianai wrote: post #229

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Really curious whether anyone’s actually used Parabola-rM often? It lacks support for Wi-Fi and the sdma port. Not sure what that leaves you to rely on for file transfers or much of anything. I can at least imagine a lack of networking as a plus though for lack of distractions.

SDMA isn't related to networking. As I mentioned here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24294868 The device is exposed over USB as a composite device, consisting of a virtual Ethernet port and a virtual serial port. Network communications may happen over that link, as well as SSH/SCP'ing files. It also supports USB OTG, so one could plug in a libre-compatible Wi-Fi card and use that.

Ah, I was wondering about OTG support, thanks for mentioning it!

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Post by LegitShady »

c-c-c-c-c wrote: post #348
jron wrote: post #248

I almost impulse per-ordered the RM2 when I first read about the SD card mod here on HN. I decided to wait after hearing about the limitations as a reader and the slow software development. If you're considering the RM2 for anything other than a sketch/note pad, I highly encourage you to watch this fantastic review from My Deep Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iIAYMsugzM Full review: https://www.youtube.com/pl…

You can mod it to accept sd-cards. I think it was feautured on HN a while ago http://www.davisr.me/projects/remarkable-microsd/

Breaks the warranty for sure.

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Post by crispyporkbites »

webkike wrote: post #277
efitz wrote: post #270

I love my remarkable 1 but don’t use it very much because I don’t want to be tethered to yet another company’s cloud, and I want document syncing not to require another app or website. I won’t buy a R2 until they add support for one of the big cloud storage providers like Dropbox or OneDrive or gDrive or something. The device itself is great; the OS is a little slow and takes a little getting used to navigate; recent…

As the top comment mentions the remarkable runs embedded Linux, it would be pretty simple to make your own syncing software and there’s likely alternative open source programs already made to do exactly what you want

This reminds me of the top comment on the original HN launch for Dropbox

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Post by wyoh »

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…

I get their ads all the time on IG, but they should have advertised it to me as open, Qt powered, and ssh friendly.
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