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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 h0l0gr4ph1c »

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…

You are say that the ReMarkable is open, but where is the GPLv2 code for the underlying Linux OS? As far as I can see there is nothing on the site that makes mention to it. That includes the Legal section which makes no mention of the GPL licensing.

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

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Post by beezle »

KallDrexx wrote: post #423
shados wrote: post #417

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It seems obvious to me that management doesn't understand the target audience for the device > If you're considering the RM2 for anything other than a sketch/note pad It is marketed as a sketch/note pad and that's about it. The e-reader feature is like the youtube functionality on a Switch. It's there because "lolwhynot" and little more. I have one and I really love mine. But all I wanted was a digital notebook. If…

> It is marketed as a sketch/note pad and that's about it. The e-reader feature is like the youtube functionality on a Switch. It's there because "lolwhynot" and little more. I personally disagree with this. I almost bought one because I wanted a good notebook and a lot of notes I write these days is specifically related to ebooks and pdf documentation that I work against. I almost ordered one after seeing this post.…

epub gets converted to pdf internally on the device which can be annotated. I have found it is easier in the long run to do this myself with Calibre on my desktop or laptop.

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

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Post by jron »

beezle wrote: post #489
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…

2 - If they were that interested in selling cloud storage I suspect this would have happened by now. I have numerous large physics, math and comp sci text books on my RM1 and have no storage issus. 3 - They have issued numerous updates to the software. 4 - They have made improvements to reader functionality. As I and others have noted - font resizing and first use of epubs is slow because those files are converted to…

The reviewer mentions a Norwegian source for future monetization plans involving cloud storage.

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

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Post by beezle »

crazygringo wrote: post #394
curiousgal wrote: post #70

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I was on the fence about this but the clunky zooming when reading PDFs made me decide not to get it. I think a tablet is better for browsing PDFs.

That's the deal-breaker for me as well. I'm always resizing PDF's so that the text is a legible size (neither too small or big), and therefore scrolling across larger pages, and the smoothness of a tablet is necessary. I've tried reading PDF's on my Kindle, but it's just so frustrating to navigate around the page. But the iPad is perfect.

There are apps for windows that allow cropping pdfs and/or reflowing. I generally avoid the latter and have found that cropping pdf's almost always works well enough.

Most documents have more than enough margin that the final cropped document is then readable on the RM1. (Eventhough I wear readers I don't like to see microtype). Those same programs can also be used to split two column papers.

RM1 has a built in crop tool but I find it slows things down a bit and it won't work to split a two column layout.

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

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Post by beezle »

TheRealPomax wrote: post #66

But no mention and video evidence of the pen input lag and precision, which is what's supposed to set this apart from other eink display solutions. The 1 has some lag, just enough to still be a nuisance: did the 2 fix that?

I have RM1 and though I don't do a ton of sketching, I do annotate papers. Never felt there was lag in anything other than perhaps erasing, but I'm not a speed writer either.

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

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Post by beezle »

soneca wrote: post #93
TheRealPomax wrote: post #66

But no mention and video evidence of the pen input lag and precision, which is what's supposed to set this apart from other eink display solutions. The 1 has some lag, just enough to still be a nuisance: did the 2 fix that?

No evidence that I could see, but they do mention it, claiming that this version 2 is 2x more respondent ( ”Speed at which digital ink appears on reMarkable“ ) than version 1.

the response time has gone from about 50ms to 20ms.

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

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Post by beezle »

uberduper wrote: post #307
TheRealPomax wrote: post #66

But no mention and video evidence of the pen input lag and precision, which is what's supposed to set this apart from other eink display solutions. The 1 has some lag, just enough to still be a nuisance: did the 2 fix that?

I'd guess that this is a much better experience for left handers than right.

I'm fairly certain the RM2 will have both left and righ handed modes changable in settings.

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

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Post by sukilot »

chabad360 wrote: post #254
danShumway wrote: post #230

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The device is open -- does that extend to the notes and filesystem itself? I'm very interested in the ReMarkable 2, but I want to be able to write scripts to handle stuff like syncing. If this is something where I know I can get good integration with Emacs/Org-mode on my desktop (letting me insert diagrams on the fly into org-mode files, making one searchable interface between handwritten notes and typed notes, etc),…

The notes file format itself, I believe is proprietary, but it's been reverse engineered. The general storage I don't believe is actually folder based, but have a look at the unofficial wiki, it should answer most of your questions.

"reverse engineered" means you can't trust them not to break things at any time
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