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Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by AlanYx »

csdvrx wrote: post #406
AlanYx wrote: post #399

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>For everything else, you'd be better served by a Sony Digital Paper or a Fujitsu Quaderno I strongly agree with this, if your application is academic paper review or document review.

No, I do such reviews, but I also take notes, interact with a terminal, read books, hack etc. The boox and the previous gen of Sony are easy to root: there're even guides available. I may write such a guide for the new gen eventually. Also, they are cheaper, with better customer support, there's no need for special software or subscription. So I insist: the remarkable has only one small feature where it's ahead. I go…

We've both got a collection of these types of devices :)

I don't dislike the overall reading experience of the RM2; it's the file workflow and the highlighting workflow of the RM2 that in my experience let it down for document review.

My ideal device would be something with the industrial design of the RM2 and most of the software of the Quaderno Gen 2, except the file/folder interface (which I prefer from the RM2) and the tagging workflow from recent RM2 software versions.

Since you have experience rooting these devices, would you happen to know if there's a hack to turn off font hinting on the DPT-RP1/CP1 and Quadernos?

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by pdntspa »

jhoward321 wrote: post #380
pdntspa wrote: post #364

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The e-reader is alright, they have been adding features to it on a regular basis and now it's decent. But it has one big advantage in that you can drop PDFs onto it with no changes and then you can scribble all over them with the pen. (I am not a big fan of MOBI/EPUB and most of my content is in PDF.) My amazon ereader couldn't do that. I love mine! It's a fantastic device and I am glad I got on the bleeding edge of…

Try installing koreader - it works great with calibre

Can this be installed on Remarkable?

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by girvo »

solarkraft wrote: post #286
girvo wrote: post #246

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I have the best of both worlds: my Boox Note 2 is an android tablet but is a 10” e-ink Wacom note taking device too. It’s been brilliant, albeit less polished in some corners than the RM2 of course — but the note taking experience (and reading experience) is not one of them: it’s fantastically polished and performant. And got crazy good after sales support with firmware updates too to add new features to their notes…

> it’s fantastically polished and performant Except when you want to zoom, pan, not zoom/pan while writing or want an infinite canvas (I do). Or if you don't want your page's content to completely shift away from its background (irreversibly) when rotating the device. Those are just the most prominent bugs I remember, there were more. I love the writing feel of E-Ink; the software makes it unusable. You may be thinki…

I’ve had zero of those bugs, but you’re right it needs specialised software: that’s why I stick to the built in stuff. Works great for me.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by csdvrx »

AlanYx wrote: post #411
csdvrx wrote: post #406

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I do such reviews, but I also take notes, interact with a terminal, read books, hack etc. The boox and the previous gen of Sony are easy to root: there're even guides available. I may write such a guide for the new gen eventually. Also, they are cheaper, with better customer support, there's no need for special software or subscription. So I insist: the remarkable has only one small feature where it's ahead. I go…

We've both got a collection of these types of devices :) I don't dislike the overall reading experience of the RM2; it's the file workflow and the highlighting workflow of the RM2 that in my experience let it down for document review. My ideal device would be something with the industrial design of the RM2 and most of the software of the Quaderno Gen 2, except the file/folder interface (which I prefer from the RM2) a…

I haven't looked at font hinting, but if you're root, you should be able to replace the ttf files by files you've edited to behave just the way you want.

Have you tried to do just that? If you can't, if you can at least give me fonts, I can try to take a screenshot for you after I've replaced the default fonts by your fonts.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by arglebargle123 »

sharikous wrote: post #389
boesboes wrote: post #329

Not sure why this pops up now, nothing new afaik, but I'll take this as a chance to leave a quick review ;) I bought one during the kickstarter, mostly for note taking; but also as a ereader & perhaps drawing tool. - For note taking: I prefer a simple paper notebook, as my notes are more procedural. I don't really look back often. It's fine. Just not better then paper for note taking imo. - As a e-reader, it is absol…

My experience is almost the opposite but I understand what you say. I use it for note-taking only and it's almost like paper in the feeling. But it hasn't got the downsides of paper as compared to digital media: weight, the difficulty to copy it, the fact that it deteriorates easily, that you cannot erase pen marks easily, etc... This is what basically removed my need for paper in note-taking. And since in 2022 that…

Re: reading: try KOReader. It was a straight upgrade from the reader app on my Boox device and I wouldn't switch back if you paid me. I only dip into the stock apps for note-taking now, all of my reading happens in KOReader; It took reading from "pretty good but often annoying" to excellent.

Agreed on the other points though. Personally I think we're a good two generations of color display tech away from general availability of really good e-ink hybrid devices that have color displays, high PPI and low enough display latency to feel responsive during markup. If you're okay with slower refresh the kaleido 3 stuff hitting the market this year might satisfy your desire for highlighting and color markup. Personally I'm waiting a bit, 150PPI just doesn't do it for me.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by sireat »

boesboes wrote: post #329

Not sure why this pops up now, nothing new afaik, but I'll take this as a chance to leave a quick review ;) I bought one during the kickstarter, mostly for note taking; but also as a ereader & perhaps drawing tool. - For note taking: I prefer a simple paper notebook, as my notes are more procedural. I don't really look back often. It's fine. Just not better then paper for note taking imo. - As a e-reader, it is absol…

I had a similar experience, bought Remarkable 2 just to have it sit on the shelf next to similarly disused GDP MicroPC.

I wanted a nice notetaking device which would also be a decent e-reader.

Remarkable is a decent notetaking device but that's about it.

The way books/documents are uploaded is such a fail, why do you need a web interface?

It is a well built hardware device with a horrible e-reader. I did install Koreader. That helps but with KoReader you lose the notetaking integration.

As a company, it seems Remarkable is caught between Linux hardware graybeards(thank you for SSH!) and marketing cloud upsells.

Meanwhile I use my old waterproof Kobo H20 nightly, while using similarly old Sony DPT-S1 for larger PDFs.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by Aeolun »

necovek wrote: post #217
Aeolun wrote: post #90

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> 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.

How about that LG OLED C2 Evo 55" TV? Do you prefer that over LG OLED C1 or maybe LG NanoCell 80 Series or Nanocell 90 Series? Or maybe those Apple iPhone XS Max phones? Or iPhone 14 Plus or iPhone 13 Pro Max? Are these knock-offs sold by a reseller on Amazon? What I am saying is that there are (universally accepted as) good products that have silly names. Naming is done by marketing departments trying to be clever,…

Yes, they do, actually. The difference is that I know the Apple/LG brand.

I’m not even sure what the brand name (if any) is in the OP.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by 1123581321 »

trentnix wrote: post #183

I was considering one of these last year but one of the reviews I watched suggested the experience wasn’t as good if you are a lefty. The UI, according to them, was tuned for a right-handed writer’s experience and they frequently triggered buttons and menus accidentally. I would love to hear from any left-handed RM2 owners about their experiences and whether they experienced similar issues.

I'm a lefty. I suppose I am used to backwards interfaces but I'm not bothered by it not being optimized for me. What I really like is not smearing my hand on ink or graphite as I write a line.

Re: reMarkable 2

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Post by ge96 »

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…

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