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Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by ThrowawayR2 »

BossingAround wrote: post #318

Before buying remarkable, compare remarkable to a BOOX device. I did just that and my conclusion was that remarkable is an overpriced piece of tech at risk of being abandoned. For example, just the reading software on BOOX is leaps and bounds ahead of Remarkable. Similarly, on BOOX, you've got Android, which opens up a number of possibilities, while remarkable uses Linux (which sounds awesome until you realize that n…

The Remarkable is intended to primarily be a digital notebook and their advertising is very clear on that. It's not intended to run apps, it's not intended as e-book reader (though it has some limited capabilities), it doesn't have a browser, etc., nor do they intend to add such things.

The parent is correct that people who are looking for those things should not be considering the Remarkable, but that is not a demerit of the device.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by BossingAround »

gbraad wrote: post #325

At the same time Boox launched their Ultra https://youtu.be/g69oMk2iIaw

Oh awesome, thank you for posting this. It's a bit disappointing that they still use Android 11.. I hope they're working on porting their devices to at least Android 12.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by BossingAround »

mbreese wrote: post #264

I don’t get it. Is there anything new announced? Because this is a 2 year old device, that judging from the comments a lot of us have. Am I missing something, or is this a PSA to remind people that the RM2 exists?

People love discussing RM2, so I suspect just a PSA. It's also a PSA that Boox exists :)

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by BossingAround »

abyssin wrote: post #316
laserlight wrote: post #312

Can someone educate me why not instead buy an iPad for $50 (18%) more? Currently 9th generation iPad lists at $329 and reMarkable 2 at $279. Both devices have similar form factor, except iPad is slightly heavier. Yet, iPad is infinitely more capable compared to a reMarkable 2.

The lack of features is a feature. The screen is good enough for focused reading, but too slow for anything more interactive in terms of consuming information. And the eink screen is more enjoyable to look at. ReMarkable is the reason why I have finally been able to go back to study as a dropout. It isn’t a perfect product, but it’s good enough and that’s huge. Retrospectively though, I think a laser printer might’ve…

The lack of features is a feature until you discover how much better the Boox experience is, where you can download apps for Safari Books, MS's One Note app, and even the default reader gets much better.

To say that the lack of features is intentional is a bit disingenuous. It doesn't force you to focus, it just forces you to pick up your phone to get distracted.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by BossingAround »

Octabrain wrote: post #153

The Remarkable 2 is a good device. I used one heavily for a few months, mainly for work related things but also personal stuff. So far so good. However, there are a few things I personally didn't like: 1. Battery life. Not bad, but I expected more from a eink device. I had to charge it every 1 or 2 weeks. I expected a battery life more similar to my Kindle Oasis which I charge once in a month. 2. The OCR was useless,…

> 4. The ebook/pdf reading capability was not a first class citizen.

I can't overstate how disappointing this is. It's an e-ink device that enables users to annotate PDFs. The fact that this is not a killer feature of RM2 is just missed potential.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by gs17 »

adamrezich wrote: post #330

would this be a good device to read tabletop RPG rulebook/scenario PDFs on? I'm in the market for such a device and this looks interesting

Yes, but I would recommend one of the Android based ereaders (e.g. Onyx Boox) so you can have apps. You might not use DnD Beyond, but it's still really good to have the option for other things.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by BossingAround »

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.

RM user base seems like a very niche Venn diagram:

1) People that love the feel of fountain pen writing.

2) People that love having all of their notes electronically.

I love what writing feels like, so I have a pen and paper and study offline (I typically throw out my notes). Generally, if you belong to just one of the two categories, you don't need to pay the RM premium.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by wintermutestwin »

fra wrote: post #304
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…

Repeat after me: "Traditional hardware purchases do not support software investments", as Zach Supalla so decisively put it ( https://www.atomsandbits.io/p/hardware-software-business-mod... ). You can not ask for cloud-enabled conveniences, as well as bug fixes, security updates, and product improvements for years to come for a one time fee. Increasingly, devices are a delivery mechanism for software, and one way or…

>You can not ask for cloud-enabled conveniences, as well as bug fixes, security updates, and product improvements for years to come for a one time fee.

Of all the products I own, this one has delighted me like no other - specifically because they are constantly updating the SW for free. I have bought every HW release from them for over a decade now:

https://www.fractalaudio.com/iii/

From the site: "Fractal Audio set a new precedent for the industry with the philosophy of free updates. Historically most companies have been content with one or two firmware updates over the life of a product (usually to fix bugs), or even charging a fee for updates. At Fractal Audio we believe a digital audio processor is a platform that grows as our knowledge and expertise grows. Just as personal computers receive frequent updates to improve performance and add features, we steadily release firmware updates to improve the capabilities of our products.

The Axe-Fx II series received no fewer than 29 major (and dozens of minor) firmware upgrades over its life cycle. The Axe-Fx III is designed with the same anti-obsolescence in mind."

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by BossingAround »

wiseowise wrote: post #149
Aeolun wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Onyx Box Nova Air C Call me old fashioned, but I just cannot take a product with a name like this seriously. Is it a knockoff sold by OODREEFT on Amazon? Does it come pre-installed with Chinese spyware? That’s the signal a name like that gives me. Same for the fact that it runs an android variant. Even if the remarkable software is sometimes suboptimal at least they took the time to build their own.

> Does it come pre-installed with Chinese spyware? It literally does, yes.

Is this a substantiated claim in any way?
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