reMarkable is dead. See all the other posts describing their new subscription model.
The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader
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Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader
#62Good luck ever getting a warranty or return done on these. Look around at their support. It’s awful. I had to file a dispute after they wouldn’t provide a refund for my return after nearly 30 days of non-movement of the return (their label, their shipping carrier). I would strongly caution you run away. Worst customer support I’ve ever experienced. Edit: I will never understand people that downvote a warning like thi…
Can you provide more details? It's a bit unclear what happened. You bought it, asked for a return, and then what? I don't know what non-movement means.
Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader
#63I have the recent version but I have to say I'm not happy with it. While the writing / drawing itself is great, the responsiveness of the UI and some actions (like erasing content) makes the whole experience super frustrating for someone with ADD. It also lacks some features that would make it a worthy Kindle alternative, like structured text higlighting. You can highlight fragments using Highlighter, but it's not smart about indexing and browsing those higlights afterwards, it's just a dumb overlay over the document.
Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you read everyone else's comments, you can use it without the cloud service.
But can I be sure that an update can't change that?
Don't install updates then! I don't understand this line of logic - you don't want ongoing service but you're using the ongoing service to get updates?
Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader
#65I have the recent version but I have to say I'm not happy with it. While the writing / drawing itself is great, the responsiveness of the UI and some actions (like erasing content) makes the whole experience super frustrating for someone with ADD. It also lacks some features that would make it a worthy Kindle alternative, like structured text higlighting. You can highlight fragments using Highlighter, but it's not sm…
That sounds frustrating. Have you tried providing feedback to them?
Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader
#66I have one, and I find the writing part nearly perfect. But there are a couple of downsides mentioned in the article that mean I barely use it:
- Searching and organisation is really difficult. I wish everything would be OCRed transparently and you could instantly search for it (while keeping the original graphics)
- It's unfortunate that the OCR runs on their cloud. It would be really perfect if it was a web app that you could install on your own servers, if you have hightened security requirements for example
- In the UI, there is an on screen keyboard and you have to press keys. Why can't you just write in the text fields?
I think most of these problems come down to the fact that the OCR is some "secret sauce" provided by a third party. I wonder if there is any viable free handwriting OCR one could use instead to build a better experience (open source, source available, or even just some research papers)?
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You can go into settings and enable ssh Until they disable it via an update because their cloud offering isn't making them enough money?
I would be genuinely curious to know how many people do ssh based tricks instead of paying for a subscription. Is it really worth pushing away your initial tech-savvy crowd for those couple of people that are not annoyed enough to leave?
even with the free subscription I still access it over ssh aha
Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader
#68I bought one, then returned it. For the price they're selling it at, the following points were a deal breaker for me:
1. Custom file system: this means I can ssh into it, but I can't rsync my bibliography into it, since it won't display regular pdf files whose name is not hashed and registered in some sort of index. Moreover, the lack of a Linux client meant it was very hard to put my pdfs on it, or extract my notes from it.
2. Left hand support is ridiculous. They just flip the screen left-to-right; which means you lose the nice bevel and it becomes very uncomfortable to use in "handheld" mode. Finally, the "close" button gets placed on the top-left corner of the screen, which is the first place a left-handed writer touches.
3. The lack of some sort of backlight and slightly gray background means I can't read under suboptimal light. Sure, I get it, its e-ink; but for the price they charge, it would be a very nice-to-have feature.
I ended up returning mine and went for the Samsung Galaxy Tab s7 and that thing is amazing! Plus, I get to follow through bibliography immediately without needing to go back to my computer and get another article then do the whole sync'ing dance again.
Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader
#69What is wrong with using a paper notebook?
I'm going to answer with what is cool with a Remarkable against a paper notebook when it comes to writing : you can easily erase shapes, strokes, undo, resize, copy, paste, add pages between... To me that's a lot of advantages only for the comparison of the actual "writing tools" even not taking into account the "extras".
Disclaimer : I sold my remarkable because I had a tiny but noticeable "gap" between the stylus and the "ink" and I wasnt able to tolerate it. But I'm missing the edition features.
Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
But can I be sure that an update can't change that?
Don't install updates then! I don't understand this line of logic - you don't want ongoing service but you're using the ongoing service to get updates?
Do you suggest to also avoid security updates? Does not sound like a good advice.
For this reason, I prefer devices running exclusively free software. I can be sure that I will always own them and that security updates will never end, if the device is still used by the community.
Debian clearly separates security and non-security-related updates. I wish more projects did that.