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Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by texasbigdata » Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 11:27 AM UTC

m4rtink wrote: post #249

jcun4128 wrote: post #182

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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…

For the record I use the Galaxy Note S6 + Wacom One combo for drawing in Krita and Clip Studio - also works quite nicely. :)

Both comments are super helpful. It's hard to have a third device that acts as a zoom white board that actually works. Used to use the giant surface hub studio that's on a swivel but it's way overkill

Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by perrygeo » Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 11:16 PM UTC

I have a reMarkable 2 and I really enjoy it. Before the weekend, I can load it up with pdfs of all the articles and books I hope to catch up on. Then I can spend all weekend reading them with natural light, marking them up, drawing notes, etc. Productivity with battery life measured in days, without any eye strain, and no internet distractions.

But it's not an IPad! It's always funny to hear it compared to tablets since the main value proposition (to me) is the e-ink and the distinct lack of tablet-like features. It's a replacement for physical bound books and paper notebooks. That's it. Do your paperbacks and composition notebooks have good OCR, search indexing and a mountable file system? Nope, and neither does the remarkable :-)

Re: The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader

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Post by LennyHenrysNuts » Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 1:55 AM UTC

I use a similar technology. It works by depositing pigments via capillary effect from a reservoir conveniently held in the body of the input device.

The pigments remain on an indexable surface, which is collected together with many other such surfaces. Searches, if the correct keyword is known, can take a couple of seconds.

The time between recharges is amazing, and to make a write requires a recharge every month or so. To actually retrieve information, it requires no charge at all!

Unfortunately, once the memory is full, you need to replace the storage device at a cost of about $10. I have to do this once every three months, but you can afford several and keep them aside. It's also really easy to tell when you're approaching your memory limit.

I'd say another drawback is a lack of backlight, but the ReMarkable doesn't have one either.