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Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by Aeolun »

senectus1 wrote: post #92
Aeolun wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What kind of security are they lacking? I compare it with a notepad, which you lock away in a drawer when you don’t want people to access it.

MDM We want to be able to restrict what gets synced to where. (eg, not dropbox or box or google etc) We want to enforce passwords and screen time outs. We'd prefer to use intune to do this but are open to other possibilities etc etc None of this is possible and remarkable don't seem interested in this.

Ah, yeah. I can see why they’re not interested in touching that market with a 10ft pole.

It’d make them tons of money but it would drain their soul.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by auggierose »

artdigital wrote: post #62

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

I had a ReMarkable 2 last year, but sent it back. For reading PDFs my iPad Pro 12.9 inch is way better, and for taking notes and scribbling paper is way better. I can also have 10 sheets of paper or more next to each other on my desk, try that with a ReMarkable. It's a beautiful device, but inferior to the alternatives, at least for me.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by rpastuszak »

artdigital wrote: post #62

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

How's the pen latency, esp. compared to iPads? I'm using an iPad Pro (2nd or 3rd gen) + Paperlike and it works lovely and even the 1st-gen pen is just so much better than anything else I've tried.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by fhe »

japanuspus wrote: post #82
makach wrote: post #34

I am one of the original kickstarter backers and got mine at a very favorable price compared to what they are selling it for now. As a original kickstarter backer they also provided me with a free tier for their subscription service so I am not paying anything extra to have full functionality, this is very important to me because I am not very excited of subscription based software features - remarkable please take n…

With regard to security, it seems to me that the most obvious comparison for the ReMarkable would be a paper notepad which would also be compromised if you had physical access? Saying this as a former ReMarkable owner (and kickstarter backer) who ended up only using the device as a notepad, after learning that I read in a non-linear fashion which doesn't work well on the relatively slow screen. And for notes, I ended…

fellow nonlinear-reader here. random access to an otherwise rather linear content format is so key for me, and the responsiveness and user interface are maddening. now i can't stop marveling at paper as a medium -- it got so many things right. it certainly wasn't the first try by humans. we tried clay plates and sheep skin and bamboo chips, until we hit upon paper. but nonetheless it's amazing that paper is still not surpassed after more than a thousand years.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by rpastuszak »

auggierose wrote: post #123
artdigital wrote: post #62

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

I had a ReMarkable 2 last year, but sent it back. For reading PDFs my iPad Pro 12.9 inch is way better, and for taking notes and scribbling paper is way better. I can also have 10 sheets of paper or more next to each other on my desk, try that with a ReMarkable. It's a beautiful device, but inferior to the alternatives, at least for me.

You might wanna try Paperlike: https://paperlike.com/products/paperlike-for-ipad It made a huge difference for me. My use case is similar to yours. I use it for drawing but also as an endless pile of paper with Concepts.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by fake-name »

ashton314 wrote: post #7

My dream machine is an e-ink tablet that runs both KOReader as well as Zotero. Make that and I’ll buy it in a heartbeat. The perfect combo for a reader/academic.

There are lots of android-based e-ink tablets out there that do that.

I have a Onyx Boox Note 2. The company is kind of a bunch of dicks (GPL violations ahoy!) but it works very nicely.

There are other alternatives out at this point.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by tucnak »

Ravir wrote: post #103

does remarkable support this: import documents/pictures in color, make notes on them and then reexport as pdf or png in color ? if not, any other device that support this ^?

It does

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by clnq »

A lot of people are comparing reMarkable with other e-ink note taking tablets. But I think that it would be wise for anyone buying these things to also compare them with pen and paper. I only bought rm 2 for one reason - to cut down on paper waste as I was filling out the same forms every day. But over time of its use, I've started noticing more and more advantages of pen and paper.

Advantages of pen and paper:

- more size options,

- a more natural feeling of writing,

- cheaper for a long time,

- easier to buy pens when they run out rather than replacement tips,

- easy to archive,

- no need to charge,

- no writing latency,

- no service subscriptions,

- defects/bugs have been worked out centuries ago,

- much better privacy: unless the e-ink tablet is forever air-gapped, but sometimes you need to connect it for one reason or another,

- system updates do not break your workflow: like custom templates in rm2,

- easily recyclable, at worst case - biodegradable,

- probably more green to produce: although paper production causes a lot of emissions, the amount paper a person might use over the lifetime of an e-ink tablet seems to be not that much,

- no kill switches: intentional or by way of a company ceasing support,

- good ecosystem: easy to share, easy to write in different colours, with different pens, easy to print custom forms.

On the other hand, there are some clear advantages of e-ink tablets:

- compact to store notes: although paper can be too, if one does not take a very large amount of notes,

- for heavy users, in the very long-run, digital storage costs less than paper and the storage space needed for it,

- carrying a very large number of books and notes around is much easier.

Overall, after using rm2 for about 6 months, I think it makes sense in niche scenarios when compared to plain old paper and a pen. But otherwise an e-ink note taking tablet could be more of a lifestyle choice than a practical one.

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