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Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by walterbell »

fragmede wrote: post #40
vtail wrote: post #26

After a few days of using Daylight Computer, I have to admit that it solves all the pain points I had with Remarkable 2: - 60 FPS screen makes a huge difference in reading experience, especially if you want to flip through a PDF quickly - It's an Android tablet, meaning that I can use my usual programs and don't have an awkward "how do I bring it to Remarkable and back" process The downsides: - It's $729 vs $379 for…

> It's an Android tablet That's not a feature. I'm looking for a digital piece of paper that can't access reddit/HN/webpages-on-demand, not something that runs highly distracting apps. If I wanted that I could just buy an ipad. I know it's seems really weird to intentionally pay more and get less - fewer features, but the fact that I can go lock myself in my office with my phone and laptop elsewhere and get some prop…

iPadOS Accessibility Mode can restrict usage to a few user-selected apps.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by qnleigh »

Has anyone here tried a dual screen or folding screen laptop like the Lenovo 9i or the X1 fold gen 2? I imagined using them similarly, one screen for reading and one for writing.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by WillAdams »

dunefox wrote: post #18
Locutus_ wrote: post #6

I'm a heavy ReMarkable user, mostly as a note taking device when doing client meetings. For personal use I use it a lot for annotating philosophy papers and source materials, and the lack of a split screen feature is extremely frustrating. Writing annotations or commentaries on texts means writing in the margins or switching back and forth between books (often a paper book and the remarkable for writing, or 2 noteboo…

I find mine close to useless. The pen is sometimes really inconsistent, to the point where the ink gets applied 1mm from the pen tip. Also, no canvas for pdf annotation, no split screen, no search in pdfs and notes, only tags, etc. It's strictly worse than paper for me.

That is likely a problem with that specific stylus --- have you tried a different stylus?

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by openrisk »

The Paper Pro looks gorgeous, but its specific use case and the closed nature of the platform (despite it being a linux OS) makes it less appealing.

It would be nice to have a paper tablet that is, indeed, focused on what it does best, but also seemlessly interoperates with linux laptops and desktops. Users having to juggle multiple closed platforms adds to the cognitive burden.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by WillAdams »

qnleigh wrote: post #42

Has anyone here tried a dual screen or folding screen laptop like the Lenovo 9i or the X1 fold gen 2? I imagined using them similarly, one screen for reading and one for writing.

It's nice, but doesn't have the advantages of e-ink.

I work similarly to the person in the parent article, but use a mix of devices:

- Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 --- running Windows 11 this is used for development and web browsing and art/drawing and 3D modeling and so forth

- Kindle Scribe --- ebook reader and notepad --- sometimes will use the web browser for referencing documentation

- Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ --- on-the-go usages

- Wacom One (gen 1 13 inch stylus display) attached to an Apple MacBook --- affords the ability to draw/annotate

The big thing is all 3 devices use the same Wacom EMR stylus technology, so it's seamless switching from one to the other when using a stylus.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by codemac »

openrisk wrote: post #44

The Paper Pro looks gorgeous, but its specific use case and the closed nature of the platform (despite it being a linux OS) makes it less appealing. It would be nice to have a paper tablet that is, indeed, focused on what it does best, but also seemlessly interoperates with linux laptops and desktops. Users having to juggle multiple closed platforms adds to the cognitive burden.

You should check out Supernote. While still a bit closed, it's interop is far superior to Remarkable.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by WillAdams »

Multicomp wrote: post #13
skavi wrote: post #3

The people yearn for the Microsoft Courier [0]. [0]: https://youtu.be/UmIgNfp-MdI

Agreed. I'm still letting the Lenovo Yoga 9i bake another generation or so and then I'm jumping in. Booklet PC! Finally!! There is an Acer product but it does not fold down flat like the lenovo model does.

I am very much hoping that Samsung will make a Yogabook 9i competitor w/ Wacom EMR.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by TheRealPomax »

nyolfen wrote: post #9
nunez wrote: post #7

I haven't been as excited about technology in a very long time as I have upon discovering eInk devices this year. Most of my Internet usage is skimfeed/Hacker News and the occasional jaunt on Reddit. I've also gotten back into books given how parasitic the Internet has become writ large. The iPad Pro is overkill for this use case, and its screen is harsh on the eyes (unless you use it in what I call "red mode", i.e.…

Check out daylight: https://daylightcomputer.com/ they've only launched recently (mine arrives monday) but it uses a novel display tech which purports to be e-ink-like with 60fps. i'm very excited because the main usecase for ereaders that i've found totally unworkable for the last 15 years of trying is marking up the margins of a pdf while i read it; early readers were too small to read pdf's, current gen ones can b…

But note that the daylight is not an e-ink device. It's just good old LCD.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by jauntywundrkind »

Some meta-commentary, I'm a little surprised there's just been so little visible progress in broadening computing systems beyond single system. We have cloud that syncs data, but so few systems are designed for more than one computer.

It'd be awesome to be able to have a reading/note-taking experience that spanned more than a single system.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by thimabi »

evoke4908 wrote: post #20
sudhirkhanger wrote: post #10

How different does it feel to take notes on Rm2 compared to pen and paper? Can you be equally effective on taking handwritten notes on Rm2?

It's definitely a different feel, but not bad. It feels like using a particularly smooth ballpoint on some nice heavyweight stationery. I don't find it particularly noticeable or distracting, but I also don't do much handwriting anymore. It has a pleasant amount of drag and has a very slight squishy feel, like if you're writing on a stack of two or three sheets. My problem is that I apparently apply quite a lot of pr…

> Pen strokes are not vectorised and come out inexplicably jagged and aliased.

That’s something I’ve been experiencing with the Kindle Scribe as well. You can’t zoom in on notebooks in the device, but all PDFs exports contain jagged lines everywhere, no matter how straight I write or draw. I can’t explain why these writing-focused devices get this so wrong… a general-purpose iPad does this so much better.

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