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The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by necovek »

jcun4128 wrote: post #182
texasbigdata wrote: post #179

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The new Google drive intergration also super helps. Great tool.

The cool thing about it is you can SSH into it/do whatever you want from what I've read. There are some cool repos out there (check the sub). Eventually... I would like to mess around with it. It is a cool device though, the drawing feeling because the screen is textured and it "feels good" writing on it. It's thin and lasts a long time. Has it changed my life or anything, no not really it mostly sits with my SG2 tha…

Took me a minute to figure out that SG2 is "Surface Go 2", so let me share that for others' benefit :)

Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by newaccount74 »

bennyp101 wrote: post #82
forrestthewoods wrote: post #29

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> The subscription mode is for syncing your content on their cloud storage. According to the website the subscription model is for syncing your content to ANY cloud storage No Sub: No cloud storage of any kind $5/mo: Unlimited cloud storage on their servers $8/mo: Google Drive / Dropbox support https://remarkable.com/store/connect Thanks but no thanks. I'm not paying anyone $8/mo for the privilege of storing my digit…

That's not entirely true, you DO get syncing with no plan, just not unlimited syncing. But yes, I agree it is expensive for just connecting to somebody else's service. https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/44082491463...

"Just connecting to someone elses service" is a pretty thankless job in my opinion.

I write software that can connect to 3rd party services. It takes a lot of effort to make sure it all works. There's always stuff that breaks randomly, and it's really hard to debug because you typically get only vague error messages when something fails, and you can't debug from the server side.

So you end up spending way too much time making sure your product is compatible with some service, just so your customers can spend money on 3rd party services that you don't earn money from.

Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by newaccount74 »

rpastuszak wrote: post #79
martin_a wrote: post #2

> They are moving towards a subscription model. This is the biggest minus point for me. I want devices that I own, that I can use like I want to. I don't want to be caught in another cloud and pay monthly for something I don't want to use. Currently I'm looking into getting a device from Onyx, because those support the Android App Stores, so I could set it up with Notion or my Nextcloud probably. Remarkable seems to…

> edit: lots of people mentioning that you have SSH on the Remarkable. Good thing, but fiddling with shell scripts (yeah, no big deal for others, new for me) to sync with a cloud service of your choice... not sure I want that. I mean, yeah, as much as it sounds fun, I pay for things like this to have more time/ease doing other stuff (drawing, taking notes, etc), so this seems to defeat the point. iPad Pro + paperwhit…

Setting up Syncthing takes maybe 15min, so if that's compatible it would be sweet.

Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by meltedcapacitor »

sofixa wrote: post #95
meltedcapacitor wrote: post #78

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The subscription mode is likely primarily there for syncing their bank account with bank accounts of VCs who price everything in multiples of monthly recurring revenue. Probably not gonna end well.

Without a subscription they have no incentive to update the software of already sold or older model ( which they already do). Considering the price and the niche market, they probably can't rely on future sales only to improve the software.

As a relatively fragile portable device with a limited-life sealed battery, which is essential to people who adopt it, there is a nice replacement market. Being nice to your users by providing relative low-cost maintenance software updates should more than pay for itself.

No need to include new features, they can be sold for a one-off optional fee to old device users. Subscription is worse here: it provides weaker feedback from users to the developers, who have a harder time knowing if the new features are useless or damaging to the user experience. Products don't always benefit from constant gratuitous updates.

Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by Andrex »

> The option to connect an external keyboard would be killer. Of course, the main use case is to write with a pen. However, given that this is a distraction-free device, the option to behave essentially like the screen of a typewriter would be much appreciated by writers and minimalists.

I've been banging this drum for a while. Yes, please.

I really enjoy my RM2 despite this, though.

Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by 6chars »

selykg wrote: post #186
6chars wrote: post #180

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Wow, that's a really crappy experience. Personally, I had a pretty good experience with their customer service. My stylus broke after a few weeks (just stopped working for writing entirely). They sent me a new one right away and didn't require me to mail mine back. I think the way they do returns is pretty unfriendly compared to other electronic companies I've gone through this with. I was going to exchange my tablet…

That reminded me, they had two different return sites. First one they sent me to didn't even recognize my order, and because it takes them at least 24 hours to respond to an email (sometimes 2+ days) that was 24 hours of me continuing to twiddle my thumbs while they sent the second return site to me, both of which they included incorrect instructions for. But yes, part of the hassle was the return to Hong Kong I susp…

I wonder how much this has to do with their being a Norwegian company. I have no idea what the expectations of customer service are over there. I'm just going on my experience working at a Scandinavian company and the incredulity I've heard Europeans express about the US's "the customer is always right" attitude, so I apologize if this is extremely ignorant. Regardless, they have a lot of room for improvement.

Have you tried giving feedback directly to the company? They feel like a small enough operation that they may actually listen.

Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by soledades »

pantulis wrote: post #47

The reMarkable dilemma is that they got the hardware right --modulo backlighting, but that will come--. It's the services around such a powerful device that people will find lacking. Open source enthusiasts will state that they want freedom, while people who care less about that freedom will get suspicious as to what happens if the company ceases to exist. The latter will probably consider an iPad a better value prop…

The lack of backlighting is the one and only reason I went with Onxy Boox Note Air 2 over Remarkable2.

Is it really on the way? Is there an ETA?

Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by ryanmarsh »

I bought one and returned it. It did what it said, it’s not a bad product. However after spending just shy of the cost of a new iPad I couldn’t justify not having just buying an iPad and having 100x the functionality.

The remarkable also has very mediocre note management software, on the device, online, and on the desktop.

Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by michaelmior »

Loic wrote: post #48

If you are not sure which gadget could be the one for you, take also a look at the Supernote[0]. I have been using one (A5X) for the past month with a Lamy EMR and I really really enjoy it. It improves my note taking. I still have 7 Moleskins on my desk right now, but I haven't written in them for the past two weeks. The philosophy of the Supernote is not to replace the notebook, but more to improve it. You can creat…

I haven't tried Supernote, but FWIW reMarkable can work totally offline as well.
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