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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 msb »

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…

FWIW, I put a PaperLike brand screen cover on my ipad and it is eerily similar to paper when using the apple pen.

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

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Post by bradly »

pizza234 wrote: post #282
input_sh wrote: post #199

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> What is the latest word (as of 2020) on reading Kindle books on the ReMarkable? Is there a tool that makes it easy to buy Kindle books and strip them of their DRM? You go to amazon.com/myk, switch to the Content tab, three dots next to the book, Download & transfer via USB. You then drag-and-drop them into Calibre with this add-on set up: https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools There's some initial setup re…

> You'll have to convert them to epub or PDF to be able to read them on ReMarkable, but that's as easy as right-clicking a book within Calibre and choosing "convert". There is a significant omission here. Converting Epub to PDF doesn't necessarily yield a good quality. As a matter of fact, at some point I was so annoyed by the relatively nondeterministially poor quality (I stress "relatively"), that now, every time I…

Yeah, I don't think I've ever been happy with an epub conversion. I've always assumed the pirated pdfs are sold in some countries, so they are incentivized to clean up the conversions. I've just gone back to dead-tree library books, but selection and availability isn't always the best.

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

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Post by lighttower »

thekyle wrote: post #363
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 recently bought an Onyx Boox Android tablet with eInk screen for $340. It comes with a Wacom stylus included which feels kinda cheap (it's plastic) but works better than any other stylus I've owned before (and it has a proper eraser on back which reMarkable charges extra for). I think the main draw for the Onyx over a reMarkable is that you get access to full fat Android and all the apps in the Google Play store. A…

Did you get the Nova or Kontiki. I can't figure out the difference

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

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Post by livq »

Does anyone remember NoteSlate from like 2011? I came across it right before going off to college, and I was so ready for a writable e-ink tablet.

It ended up being a scam/vaporware so I was stuck taking notes on paper, but I'm glad things like this are becoming somewhat more common.

(I think they may have come out with some actual hardware like 5 years later, but from what I remember it was too little too late)

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Post by lukeplato »

It would be great if there were a regular pen/pencil that had the ability to capture a copy of notes to a digital medium in real-time while also operating like a normal pen/pencil. From what i can tell, capturing the orientation and positioning doesn't seem feasible yet and using image capture doesn't seem great either because of privacy and cost.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

thomasahle wrote: post #437
uniqueid wrote: post #82

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It must be heaven for Math teachers and professors. No more mounds of discarded paper. I'm sure they use tablets already, but the look and feel of writing figures on an iPad isn't as nice as epaper.

I'm not sure the mounds of discarded paper are that bad..

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

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Post by mennis16 »

krick wrote: post #273
jbeard4 wrote: post #265

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> 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.

You mean rsync via USB? Or can you rsync by WiFi without allowing it to send requests to their services?

Their support page does imply if you want to avoid cloud sync you should keep it offline, but perhaps that is just because it is the most brief/user friendly way to describe the situation. There definitely isn't an explicit option to turn off the cloud sync in the device settings, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are workarounds to this once you ssh in. You could also maybe block internet access to the device via your router settings, so you could at least use rsync while at home?

https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/36000264829...

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

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Post by lloyddobbler »

throwaway_827 wrote: post #343
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'm not sure they realize what a big selling point this is. Feel free to tell them here: https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/requests/new Continually impressed with this company.

I'm impressed as well - but I do think many of us here are overestimating the size of the audience that sort of technical messaging would apply to. It being open is a big deciding factor for us on HN - but there's a much larger audience for whom it would simply dilute the messaging. (I'm guessing their product marketing team did a substantial bit of research on this before going live).

I could, however, see them building out a 'developer community'-focused microsite. But I wouldn't expect them to put anything related to that on their homepage, as it would likely be confusing and irrelevant to their target audience.

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

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Post by Teknoman117 »

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…

Look at u/rmhack on reddit. They managed to get a normal arm Linux image to boot on it.

My main complaints are that it's not encrypted at rest, and the only way to use cloud features are to go through reMarkable's cloud (and you can't host a private instance). Makes it really hard to get approved in an enterprise environment.

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

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Post by azinman2 »

I want to like products like this but I ultimately question the improvement versus actual pen and paper. I have a great notebook that I love, I found a pen that I love, and neither require power, take up much room, and have the best tactile experience possible. I can always use a computer whenever I need to get a lot of “digital” work done. Maybe I’m just not the target? But I do take a lot of notes frequently, just not annotations of PDFs.
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