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Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by kweks »

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…

Since a few updates ago, margins and pages are "limitless", so you can scroll a page (including PDFs) to the side to reveal a parallel page / much larger margin.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by qnleigh »

skavi wrote: post #3

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

I'm looking forward to a non-Windows device that has two screens. Gave up on Windows a while ago, and as much as I love their Surface tablets, I don't think I'll go back.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by Epa095 »

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…

Did you consider any of the boox tablets? On first sight they seem quite similar, epaper with android, but maybe there are important differences I am overlooking?

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by ISL »

parasense wrote: post #38
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…

Hi Locutus_ I'm one of those people with "analysis paralysis" towards the E-Ink ecosystem. Remarkable Paper Pro came out while I was researching, and made me aware of the set of dichotomies around the notion of minimalism vs full blow Android, black & white only tablets vs Galery-3 vs Kaliedo, front lights vs having a screen closer to the surface without front lights... It's difficult to enter the e-paper market. For…

There is nothing I'm aware of that converts from handwriting to LaTeX

My general impression is that you'll still have the most-contrasty screen with black-and-white eInk. Color is just getting awesome, while black and white is already there.

The minimalism claims are real. The existence of Boox shows that reMarkable is deliberate in their minimalism. An rM2 is a for-real linux system and it does have a browser under the hood -- they could make that user-facing if they wanted to do so. In practice, the minimalist use-case can be powerful. rM's interface is conducive to entering flow and reviewing electronic documents in a way that is far less distracting than a fully-featured iOS/Android tablet. That said, that choice can also be troublesome. The lack of a real email client and for-real Google Docs integration (or JIRA) is a major impediment to certain forms of collaborative productivity. If you need to spend a long time with a document, or really think things through, though, the rM interface is helpful.

If you're eInk-curious, go demo some. Best Buy usually has displays of more than one eInk device. Doing so helped me to shape my decisions in the arena.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by ISL »

rafaelmn wrote: post #33
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…

Just looked into this and - this isn't e-ink just a grayscale LCD - at that point just get an iPad instead of an overpriced low end Android tablet.

They're different enough that they are worth trying out.

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by nyolfen »

TheRealPomax wrote: post #48
nyolfen wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

it is a novel reflective lcd display they developed for their devices; i haven't seen it in person yet but it is an epaper solution like e-ink, though does not have some of the advantages e-ink does, like sustaining an image without power, and battery life generally seems to be on par with a typical tablet

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by eternityforest »

walterbell wrote: post #41
fragmede wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

You can turn it off without getting up out your chair though, right?

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by walterbell »

eternityforest wrote: post #67
walterbell wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

You can turn it off without getting up out your chair though, right?

There's a separate password for exiting Assistive Access.

If you don't trust yourself, let someone else setup that password.

https://support.apple.com/guide/assistive-access-iphone/set-...

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by eternityforest »

walterbell wrote: post #68
eternityforest wrote: post #67

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You can turn it off without getting up out your chair though, right?

There's a separate password for exiting Assistive Access. If you don't trust yourself, let someone else setup that password. https://support.apple.com/guide/assistive-access-iphone/set-...

I guess you could also use a long password and write it down in a different room

Re: Using Two ReMarkables

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Post by parasense »

bc569a80a344f9c wrote: post #39
parasense wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi Locutus_ I'm one of those people with "analysis paralysis" towards the E-Ink ecosystem. Remarkable Paper Pro came out while I was researching, and made me aware of the set of dichotomies around the notion of minimalism vs full blow Android, black & white only tablets vs Galery-3 vs Kaliedo, front lights vs having a screen closer to the surface without front lights... It's difficult to enter the e-paper market. For…

I’m currently doing a Masters in Computer Engineering, struggling through a lot of calculus and linear algebra. I have a Remarkable 2 for notes and working on math problem set homework to hand in as PDFs. It’s fine. It doesn’t do anything other than record your handwriting. You can try and have it convert it to text, this works for language but fails utterly at math. I got the better pen that you can turn around to u…

Hi bc569a80a344f9c,

I also use a table for university, instead of a laptop I've got the bigass Samsung s9 ultra (or whatever it's called) because it's near A4 size for reading PDF papers, etc..

This tablet has a special accessory that is a screen overly that is textured glass, so the "Writing feel" seems more like a pencile or whatever paper-like... It's marketed towards artists or whatever creative types. I think the Remarkable has that feature built into the screen without any accessory. You might see if you can find something like that for Apple tablets.

As far as a writing or note taking table goes, for people in the University, we really do need integration with things like Google or Microsoft. The whole idea that a minimal table requires the user to be subject to gatekeeping things like a computer/mobile app to do basic input/output of documents is quite frankly absurd. There is nothing distracting about saving a document into OneDrive or Google Drive.

I really do suspect the whole "focus" of Remarkable, and similar, is a cope. I totally get people with ADHD exist, and those people appreciate the kind of devices that actively prevent them from straying off their path.... but this is ridiculous.

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