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Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by jan_g »

nathell wrote: post #47

I’ve bought myself a reMarkable 2 with the approach that „I’m just getting an expensive toy” (ie not an everyday work tool, just a nice gizmo). And it’s been great, if a bit pricey. (On the flip side, I have a free subscription.) Some things I’ve used it for, so far: - To write handwritten.blog. - As a notebook. Nothing much to mention here. Being able to pick a page template (plain/dotted/lined/squared) is nice. - R…

Hey there, does sharing the screen to Mac require some kind of cloud sync? If so, is there any noticeable delay from sketching on the device to appearing on Mac?

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by constantcrying »

kennend3 wrote: post #258
eps wrote: post #162

Nice. Lost me at subscription. (Edit, to clarify - not because of what it offers, but because the very existence of a subscription tends to create wrong incentives for the company so to try and push people onto them. Maybe not now, but this will happen. Guaranteed.) Also, I don't see a properly supported way to actually get docs to/from the device without a cloud service, theirs or someone else's. For example, [1] sa…

I've been considering getting one for some time, but they lost me at "subscription" as well. I have another tablet which works just fine, except their auth server was taken down and now it is a "precision-engineered dud" as you put it. I will go with the Amazon version. Sure Amazon has its problems but it is more likely to be around in the next few years and less likely to make changes to a subscription service in or…

Have you looked at the BOOX tablets? I have an Note air 2, which is very similar to remarkable. The software is just android with a different UI. You can install whatever android app you want, transfer any file you want and so on.

It is about as non locked down as you can get for a "normal" tablet, which you can't say about the amazon devices...

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by kennend3 »

indigochill wrote: post #247
blindseer wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These features were free to begin with! Then they got greedy (imo a marketing / sales background product manager thought they should price more aggressively) and started charging for basic features! Honestly the device was completely unusable at that point. And now they are reverting ONLY because Kindle Scribe is going to be out soon, and they need to look like they are a similar product. I can guarantee that unless…

But if you're worried about greed ruining a good product, Kindle Scribe is an Amazon product and Amazon isn't exactly known for being a champion of its customers (though maybe I'm unfairly conflating their web store with the tablet branch). > or put it in writing that they will not change their service offerings Also I put zero faith in what a company puts in writing unless it's in a legally binding contract. Anythin…

> (though maybe I'm unfairly conflating their web store with the tablet branch).

this is exactly what you are doing. I've owned every kindle model since it was first released.

I no longer shop on amazon's marketplace and cancelled my prime membership. If i want to buy "made in china" products i can cut out the middleman and go to aliexpress.

The Kindle on the other hand is a solid product.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by exabrial »

huggingmouth wrote: post #144

I bought a rm2 a while back but abandoned it when I discovered it had extremely weak security: no fde, a weak remotely-resettable 4 digit pin, no local file syncing (doesn't appear as a mass storage device when plugged in as a usb, doesnt support standard file transfer protocols), non-e2ee (!!) cloud syncing (their company can see my notes unencrypted). Now I use an android tablet that I locked down + synching and i…

> weak security

I think security is important, but unless you're going up against a state actor with physical access, I think this isn't a credible threat at this time.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by ad404b8a372f2b9 »

blindseer wrote: post #225
davidroetzel wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FWIW, there is a tiny webapp on the device that you access when you follow the instructions above. You do not need to install anything and it worked perfectly fine for me so far. Also, you can ssh into the device and even get root access. I have not tried it yet but I guess scp would work as well. Last but not least: They recently changed their subscription service in a big way, opening up a lot of features that were…

These features were free to begin with! Then they got greedy (imo a marketing / sales background product manager thought they should price more aggressively) and started charging for basic features! Honestly the device was completely unusable at that point. And now they are reverting ONLY because Kindle Scribe is going to be out soon, and they need to look like they are a similar product. I can guarantee that unless…

All cloud features remained free for people who owned the device before they implemented the subscription model as far as I know, it's not a bait and switch.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by johngalt_ »

indigochill wrote: post #247
blindseer wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These features were free to begin with! Then they got greedy (imo a marketing / sales background product manager thought they should price more aggressively) and started charging for basic features! Honestly the device was completely unusable at that point. And now they are reverting ONLY because Kindle Scribe is going to be out soon, and they need to look like they are a similar product. I can guarantee that unless…

But if you're worried about greed ruining a good product, Kindle Scribe is an Amazon product and Amazon isn't exactly known for being a champion of its customers (though maybe I'm unfairly conflating their web store with the tablet branch). > or put it in writing that they will not change their service offerings Also I put zero faith in what a company puts in writing unless it's in a legally binding contract. Anythin…

Amazon may have many flaws, but it is pretty much known for being a champion of its customers.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by constantcrying »

asymmetric wrote: post #154
vertis wrote: post #35

Is there a reason this is trending, I can't see any changes recently? I played with the RM1 at work and quite liked it, but the locked down experience is a deal breaker. I want to be able to work with Obsidian (Onyx Boox might do this).

How does Onyx Boox work with Obsidian? Is it because it runs Android?

My Note Air 2 is just an android tablet. You can install any android app on it. Depending on what the App wants to do with the screen it works somewhere between really well (very rarely needs refreshes) and terribly (app needs refreshes very often, a lot of things change between frames).

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by noduerme »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #159
fhe wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> 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. Does paper have any advantage over vellum ("sheep skin") other than being cheaper? Most of the media you mention are supe…

Well, you sort of elided the chief benefit of paper's cheapness - the lowered cost of mass distribution of the information stored on it. Hence why any given pulp fiction novel had more readers than the Dead Sea Scrolls, despite the latter having sat around for 2 millennia.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by delecti »

fredestine wrote: post #256
Aachen wrote: post #254

Since when do things cost 50% more in euros than in dollars? I've always treated it as 1:1 in my head for convenience, but 280 USD or 350 EUR is a major difference. (Edit: Internet says it should be €280.) Not sure if I'd use this device but it seems nice, and for 250 it's worth thinking about. For 350 it's not even a question.

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I'd love to hear your definition of "woke".

I'm not aware of any relationship between increased fossil fuel usage and normal definitions of "wokeness", which is usually used as a pejorative to describe people who care about other people's feelings and dignity.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by kennend3 »

constantcrying wrote: post #272
kennend3 wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been considering getting one for some time, but they lost me at "subscription" as well. I have another tablet which works just fine, except their auth server was taken down and now it is a "precision-engineered dud" as you put it. I will go with the Amazon version. Sure Amazon has its problems but it is more likely to be around in the next few years and less likely to make changes to a subscription service in or…

Have you looked at the BOOX tablets? I have an Note air 2, which is very similar to remarkable. The software is just android with a different UI. You can install whatever android app you want, transfer any file you want and so on. It is about as non locked down as you can get for a "normal" tablet, which you can't say about the amazon devices...

Yes, i have actually narrowed it down to some sort of BOOX prior to the Scribe being released.

Will delay my purchase for a bit and do another review of the BOOX offering vs Scribe.

Amazon's devices are locked down (their tablets are terrible for this) but the kindle is a simple device and easy to side-load books bought elsewhere so it works well for me.

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