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Can I plug in the device into my PC/Notebook and up/download documents via the cable?
If the answer is no, or contains the word "Cloud" at any point other than in the context that there is no need to use any "Cloud" to up/download documents, then I don't care how well made the product is, I don't care how good the writing experience is; If a notetaking device doesn't work without relying on some "cloud", I won't buy it, end of story.
I've had a remarkable 2 for awhile, and it works great for what it was designed to be (writing). I would really love to be able to read on it as well, that experience has not been great. So maybe I'll check out the Boox.
There's no problem with that setup for standard books too, I just usually prefer a smaller/crappier ereader (ideally also with koreader) for that type of reading.
I will ask the one thing that is relevant to me: Can I plug in the device into my PC/Notebook and up/download documents via the cable ? If the answer is no, or contains the word "Cloud" at any point other than in the context that there is no need to use any "Cloud" to up/download documents, then I don't care how well made the product is, I don't care how good the writing experience is; If a notetaking device doesn't…
Ps, it runs Linux and is hackable
The remarkable2 is a highly opinionated device. Like most strongly opinionated people, if your needs / incentives / perspectives align, you'll get on perfectly. If not, you'll have a strong repulsion to the device. They have an intentionally slow development cycle, which stays very true to Remarklable's interpretation on how to use the device. I find that I align perfectly with the workflow imposed by the device (not…
Sounds like they are on an American mindset while selling products in Europe.
I will ask the one thing that is relevant to me: Can I plug in the device into my PC/Notebook and up/download documents via the cable ? If the answer is no, or contains the word "Cloud" at any point other than in the context that there is no need to use any "Cloud" to up/download documents, then I don't care how well made the product is, I don't care how good the writing experience is; If a notetaking device doesn't…
Yes. I never do it, but when you plug it in, it acts as a network device and you access the web interface with a browser and drag and drop files.
Remarkable used to be such a good option, but they instantly became unrecommendable when they added the shitty cloud subscription. The device isn’t worth it without it, and isn’t worth it with it.
I've had a remarkable 2 for awhile, and it works great for what it was designed to be (writing). I would really love to be able to read on it as well, that experience has not been great. So maybe I'll check out the Boox.
Remarkable used to be such a good option, but they instantly became unrecommendable when they added the shitty cloud subscription. The device isn’t worth it without it, and isn’t worth it with it.
You can sync with Dropbox, Google drive, onedrive, or just use a cable.
EDIT: I'm not sure now -- I might experiment a bit with this to see if it'll save my notebooks from the device to other clouds. It looks like you can use it as a quick way to get PDFs to your device, but if you use it as a journal you are SOL.
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I took for granted that such expensive device would render at least epubs and PDFs flawlessly.
Yeah, that part feels reallly lazy. They wouldn't even have to build something better, there is open source ereader software already that is 100x better. Remarkable screams designed by marketing to me tbh. Features exists to sell, existing customers can suck it. I really want to like the RM, but it just misses the mark on software quality and performance. UI is clunky and latency _just_ high enough to be anoying to m…
Yeah, that is annoying to me. To their credit though, they did make it easy to just install it yourself.