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$400 might be cheap compared to, say, a remarkable2, but not if the display turns out to be flat-out mediocre. Then that's $400 better spent on "saving up for a remarkable2".
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How is the web browser experience on the ReMarkable? It kinda sucks on the Kindle and forces me to consider an iPad to make up for open access.
No web browser on the remarkable (at least stock). Stock it is literally just a note taking device, which I personally find appealing.
Let me just say that the Remarkable also runs linux. Not only that, but I've been blown away by the ongoing results from the team at Remarkable. I only have the Remarkable 1 but they continue to ship updates for it, and these updates are often really substantive with sometimes profound new features. Their cloud service is free, no aggravating subscription stuff and even though they have the remarkable 2 now, they con…
How is the web browser experience on the ReMarkable? It kinda sucks on the Kindle and forces me to consider an iPad to make up for open access.
I have a Remarkable 2, and I really enjoy it, but it's more like an upgraded replacement for the legal pad/notebook I would carry around at work.
It does notes and sketches really well. But there's no browser by default on the device. I appreciate it, since it keeps me focused on what I'm doing without distractions (like HN :D ).
Let me just say that the Remarkable also runs linux. Not only that, but I've been blown away by the ongoing results from the team at Remarkable. I only have the Remarkable 1 but they continue to ship updates for it, and these updates are often really substantive with sometimes profound new features. Their cloud service is free, no aggravating subscription stuff and even though they have the remarkable 2 now, they con…
Kobo and Kindle both run Linux too. Kobo still updates every single model they've released except for the first two non-touch models and the 5" mini stretching back a decade. And Amazon is pretty good with updates too. Kobo is pretty similarly hackable to the Remarkables but they are not nearly as open and free as the Pine stuff. I take a look at what remarkable has updated, and they just still haven't gotten ePub su…
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Not everyone follows Pine devices closely. I was quite surprised to see someone announce a device and call it a notebook, when it lacks the all of the software that defines the category.
Yup, it's supposed to be more like an e-ink tablet AIUI. Not really a traditional notebook computer.
I was hoping for an affordable competitor to the Remarkable, but seems like it is just a competitor not necessarily affordable like a lot of the other Pine products. Not to say it won't be great or it is a bad thing, but had my hopes up when I saw the title. I cannot justify spending that amount for that type of product. Again not a knock as it is nice to see them get into this market just not what I thought when I o…
I find it pretty unfortunate, because E-Ink really, really shines in terms of battery life and readability, and I think the current fees are leaving the tech only in niche and high end markets.
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I like the idea of Remarkable but the thing that bothers me a lot is that it doesn't have a backlight. I'd really like to use it to read at night and no backlight kinda kills that. Do you not use it at night or do you use some other solution for nighttime lighting (like bright ceiling lights)?
What about a normal book light that you’d use with a traditional book? I find that even the Kindle light can be uncomfortable when in complete darkness, so I try to always keep a little bit of ambient light, which is usually enough to read by.
Will this have a OneNote client? That missing feature makes the remarkable a nonstarter for me and the fact they still don't seem interested in adding one baffles me. No I'm not interested in the "just email it to yourself" workflow. I want and need to be able to directly interact with OneNote.
Big plus to the relatively open ecosystem of the remarkable is that it's not that hard* to implement yourself. (*hard being a function of tech familiarity here, if you can run/install linux, you're probably fine tinkering)
In my case, I have a few custom scripts that push my notes/notebooks up to a self-hosted Bookstack instance (https://www.bookstackapp.com/). Not something a commercial company is ever likely to make, but workable on a remarkable.