Does this one also have the too-dark screen?
Too-dark...the Remarkable 2 is e-ink at least, so did you mean low contrast? Or is there some other problem with it?
ReMarkable Paper Pro
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#462When I first bought it, my Remarkable 2 was one of the very few pieces of technology (hardware or software) that I didn't actively dislike.
Then they started releasing software updates that made the UI slower, moved around the buttons in said UI, made it easy to accidentally select the wrong widgets (e.g. because two widgets are in the same part of the screen and so a double-tap combined with the high refresh latency causes a misinput), made notebook/page loading much slower (which, to their credit, they have fixed), and started adding lots of typing-related features that I don't use or need.
The device is still good, but I still find myself getting annoyed at it in a way that I didn't when it was new - although for me that's my experience with virtually all technology.
I wish there was a tablet with similar ergonomics that allowed me to tinker with the guts. I want to be able to write Python or C against a simple API and immediately run my code - I don't want to have to write an Android application, which I think is necessary for the BOOXen? I just want to easily write code that processes my pen strokes in real time.
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#463Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every single update has made my reMarkable tablet worse. I’ve stopped using it as a result. I have absolutely no idea why they went all in on keyboard input, when the whole freaking point of the tablet was that you could write on it like paper.
I imagine a lot of people bought reMarkables, enjoyed the stylus handwriting for a few weeks, and then remembered that they actually prefer typing to writing by hand. So the product shifted to become a keyboard-driven device with an e-ink screen that incidentally offers handwriting as a novelty, rather than a primarily handwriting-driven device.
I think they just realized they could get Freewrite’s market too if it did both.
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I just worry about using Android… this sort of e-ink device seems somehow even more personal than a laptop or cellphone (which are already quite personal); like a journal or something. I’d love one that had a community developed OS, like Linux or BSD.
> " I just worry about using Android… " Exactly, I'm avoiding them for the same reason, I don't want to use a personal e-ink device running on an OS created by the biggest advertiser in the world. I was hoping Pocketbook would release something new this year running some Linux distro / with less tracking, and more privacy. PS. Also: i want a light sensor to automatically adjust brightness/night mode based on lighting…
AOSP is free and clear of Google beyond the obvious fact that a lot of engineers paid by Google contribute to it.
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#465There aren't many companies for whom I have love like Remarkable. All I've ever wanted is hardware that isn't needlessly closed or locked down, that is hacker friendly. Remarkable mostly delivered that. But it feels like they've been increasingly moving away from that, especially where the openness now competes with their cloud subscription. Given the amount of love the open source community has shown Remarkable, I t…
I have a remarkable 2 but don't use it much anymore, mainly because it doesn't have a backlight. Oh, and page turning swipes were hit or miss. that was annoying. I bought it for the same reasons you allude to - open, not locked down, cannot enshittify something you don't have to update. I didn't really buy it for the pen. I tried a 6" kobo klara 2E for a while. You can mount it as a USB device, but you have to hack i…
What did you find hard about sideloading on the Kobo? I've had a Clara and now a Libra, sideloading books is as easy as plugging in a USB cable and clicking and dragging files onto it like it's a usb stick.
It's optional, but you can use Calibre with an extension to convert epub to kepub as well.
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#466I love my remarkable 2. Bought it before "Connect" was a thing, so I don't have a subscription. But I cannot recommend it to anyone. There are better alternatives out there and MyDeepGuide (youtube) has reviewed them all better than I ever could. The software is moving too slowly and often in a wrong direction. Especially since they released the keyboard folio most updates were around typing (which is supar on any ei…
I regret buying mine. I like my Sony dpts1 much better which was 13 inches (a great size for reading book pdfs) while managing to be lighter somehow. I also used that to take university notes and do university cs homework. I just can't recommend an e-book reader that's smaller than a piece of A1 paper if its purpose is to replace A1 sized paper (either books or notebooks)
A4 paper has a diagonal of about 364mm (≈14.3 inches). I've not seen an e-paper e-book reader that big. Several companies lie and claim to have A4 screens when they're considerably smaller.
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#467I wonder how long before the incoming lawsuit from Apple / other tech giant / patent troll.
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#468Earlier quoted context omitted.
EInkBro is terrific. I filed a bug last year, the dev fixed it in less than a week. I use the stock launcher, but on an old Nook I used ReLaunchX, it was fine. On that device I only had two applications that I used anyway. I have not tried KOReader, but I can test it for you. What features do you use?
I'll second EinkBro as an awesome browser. I absolutely cannot stand anything else on my e-book reader: Onyx BOOX Max Lumi, Firefox/Android, Onyx's NeoBrowser (rebranded Chromium), and DDG Privacy Browser installed, I only use those if EinkBro blows up for some reason, which it very rarely does. I've had a lot of interactions with the developer and the GitHub repo, and he's been quite responsive. Hasn't addressed eve…
I'm going to check that out. I have had a Max Lumi for years and have been happy with it, but I never do browsing.
Any other apps I you recommend?
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#469Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a remarkable 2 but don't use it much anymore, mainly because it doesn't have a backlight. Oh, and page turning swipes were hit or miss. that was annoying. I bought it for the same reasons you allude to - open, not locked down, cannot enshittify something you don't have to update. I didn't really buy it for the pen. I tried a 6" kobo klara 2E for a while. You can mount it as a USB device, but you have to hack i…
What did you find hard about sideloading on the Kobo? I've had a Clara and now a Libra, sideloading books is as easy as plugging in a USB cable and clicking and dragging files onto it like it's a usb stick. It's optional, but you can use Calibre with an extension to convert epub to kepub as well.
I believe I had to edit "Kobo eReader.conf" and add "SideloadedMode=true"
Otherwise you had to create an account and log in and blah blah.
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#470Can anyone share their experiences with the new Kobo colour devices with pen support (like the Libra Colour)?
Been itching to upgrade my beloved Libra H20.
Thanks in advance.