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Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by NalNezumi »

do_it_simpler wrote: post #59
esperent wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is the writing/drawing latency in practice? I watched some videos comparing the Remarkable 2, Supernote a5, and Boox Note 2. From the video it looked like the Boox had a bad delay. Could appear worse because of the backlight which increases distance from pen to screen. The Supernote and Remarkable also had visible delay that would annoy me, but the larger delay of the Boox looked like a deal breaker to me.

I've had a Boox Note Air 2 since launch and I can't discern any drawing delay. It's fantastic to write / draw with.

Question from a fellow Note Air 2 user but is there any note taking app replacement that can do the handwriting recognition better than the default app? I'd like to recognize only part of the notes (not the entire page, if I write figures or math formulas that function blows it up ) so that my notes become searchable

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by artdigital »

Love my ReMarkable but I'm one of those paper nuts that likes to scribble a lot

I use it as an "endless pile of paper" and don't think much about organizing my notes. It's very effective at emulating paper, and because it can do so little it's also very nice to keeping focus and not getting distracted

It's my go-to tool for jotting down ideas, or taking notes during meetings and it's always on my table

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by sdze »

Don’t bother and buy an iPad. I have the rM and it really lacks any useful feature that could a 1ghz cpu offer to paper.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by wiseowise »

alwayslikethis wrote: post #32
phrz wrote: post #14

A wonderful product ruined by a proprietary cloud. The problem with the latter was very promptly proven by the unilateral imposition of a subscription. The product is useless without its cloud.

I have an Onyx Boox e-ink writing device. While it also has a cloud service, it seems to be less necessary since it is just Android so you can just install whatever you need on it. I use Syncthing for this and it works fine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Onyx_Boox/comments/hsn7kx/onyx_usin...

https://www.reddit.com/r/ereader/comments/mpyi5q/is_it_safe_...

Please refrain from ever mentioning anything positive about this company. Whataboutism in a tech support, GPL violations, constant pinging some server in China.

It should be vilified.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by darkteflon »

afandian wrote: post #38
YeBanKo wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is it useless without cloud if you can still use USB?

They broke that feature. They’ve been quite responsive to my Zendesk ticket, and claim to be working on it. But I don’t know if they fixed it yet. For a number of versions at least it was impossible to use USB upload. Also, it was always advertised as “experimental”. They don’t officially support non-cloud use. Edit: To clarify that last comment, I mean non-cloud use for the advertised primary benefits. I.e. getting…

That’s absolutely insane. I’m exactly the kind of person that would be interested in the RM2 but every time it comes up on HN I learn something new that keeps me away. Strange business.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by jesterson »

Myself and couple of friends have been considering it, but dropped due to aggressive and ridiculous "marketing" tactics.

Perhaps it's a fine device, but no thanks. Good luck with subscription for connection.

Settled with Huawei MatePad Paper and couldn't be happier.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by wiseowise »

Twirrim wrote: post #5
oxff wrote: post #4

I hope R3 gets released so this goes on sale, want it but the price is oof.

When I looked at it a few months ago: "$279? That's not too bad.. oh wait, that's for refurb. $299 new. Okay, still good. Wait what.. $129 for the pen , too? Hang on... $179 for the cover/case?!" Talk about nickle and diming you.

Premium products cost premium money. Packaging, leather folio, stylus, device itself, they all look, work and feel like top quality.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by knaik94 »

wiseowise wrote: post #55
L0stLink wrote: post #51

I honestly cannot see the value in ReMarkable after the Kindle Scribe announcement. The kindle has a newer faster, 300dpi display vs 226dpi on the ReMarkable. I am waiting on reviews before ordering one for myself, but I can already see that Kindle Scribe is going to be disruptive for this segment.

Supposedly higher latency and worse experience when writing(also supposedly). I own Remarkable 2, and unless they can replicate same paper feeling, it won’t a replacement for Remarkable. But it is a nice eBook reader, yes.

The kindle will be using wacom emr which is more then adequate for most people. I never had a problem with the technology before and I don't think it will be practically worse. I can't imagine most people expect it to feel like writing on paper.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by afandian »

darkteflon wrote: post #65
afandian wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They broke that feature. They’ve been quite responsive to my Zendesk ticket, and claim to be working on it. But I don’t know if they fixed it yet. For a number of versions at least it was impossible to use USB upload. Also, it was always advertised as “experimental”. They don’t officially support non-cloud use. Edit: To clarify that last comment, I mean non-cloud use for the advertised primary benefits. I.e. getting…

That’s absolutely insane. I’m exactly the kind of person that would be interested in the RM2 but every time it comes up on HN I learn something new that keeps me away. Strange business.

With this issue I think it’s just they’re in move fast break things mode still. Probably feeling the heat from the competition and focusing on competitive features.

But as a user, my impression is that they don’t consider this feature to be existential enough to have a smoke test for. And I do.

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