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The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by peatmoss »

mikekchar wrote: post #34
dalbasal wrote: post #16

Nice. I'd like to see e-ink continue to develop. What I want is an e-ink laptop with simple but good word processing, coding, text-mostly browsing, emails and such. I like my reader. It doesn't feel like "device" and I'm much more relaxed using it. Im on my third one and all three were on airplane mode since the day I bought them. Reading on tablet/phone triggers my hyperactive "device mode". Checking emails, hn, tin…

I desperately want a solution for working outside. E-ink would be absolutely awesome. Unfortunately I don't see anything on the horizon. Even the devices that will work as monitors described in the sibling posts would be problematic because they are simply too big. I need something I can put in my bag and go. I guess I'll have to wait until the rest of society catches up with my nomad-work existence :-)

Seconded. Runner up was the Pixel Qi style screen that was in the OLPC, but everything about that appears to be dead.

The OLPC’s screen was pretty cool in black and white and was quite usable in full sun. It also was fast in a way that epaper wasn't.

In color mode, it was pretty muted, and the resolution was... commensurate with those of the time period. But, I imagine that things would have eventually improved. Kind of a shame the whole thing seems to have dead-ended.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by m-p-3 »

jsiepkes wrote: post #109
reacweb wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMHO, these are important features. It seems it does not have Bluetooth (for a keyboard and/or headset to listen to mp3 while reading) and the battery can not be easily replaced.

Because its meant as an pen and paper replacement. Nothing more, nothing less. Besides why would you want to listen to MP3s on such a device? Your smartphone with bluetooth and microphone jack is way better equiped for such a thing.

I still wish it was slightly more than that. If I could read my emails on that thing instead of my violet screen, I'd consider it for work.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by _pmf_ »

lima wrote: post #98

Some cool facts about the device from a hacker point of view: - Main developer/CTO is a KDE dev and very open source-friendly. - You get root access to the device out of the box. - The device is running a mainline kernel with minimal patches, which have a good chance at being upstreamed[1]. - The toolchain is open[2]. They use vanilla QT/QML and people have already built simple example apps. - There's an unofficial L…

Thanks for the links! What do you use it for; to write or to draw?

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by JasonFruit »

dalbasal wrote: post #16

Nice. I'd like to see e-ink continue to develop. What I want is an e-ink laptop with simple but good word processing, coding, text-mostly browsing, emails and such. I like my reader. It doesn't feel like "device" and I'm much more relaxed using it. Im on my third one and all three were on airplane mode since the day I bought them. Reading on tablet/phone triggers my hyperactive "device mode". Checking emails, hn, tin…

I've actually been working on something of this sort with a battery-powered Raspberry PI running Debian and a Pervasive 7-inch e-Paper display. I whipped up a pretty decent prototype that had a terminal (so, Emacs, w3m, newsbeuter, etc.), PDF reader, and rough support for keyboard-driven X apps, but then my little girl got to the wiring with scissors, and my momentum died. (It also had a small character LED display to show rapid feedback while typing.)

The last few days I've been working on a new version of the software, and I think I'll wire it back up. If I get it clean enough for others to use, I'll write it up.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by always_good »

f_allwein wrote: post #80
blub wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No Lcd is better than e-ink for reading. And the iPad is a distraction device, one would need to disable everything in parental controls to get a comparable experience :)

Well it saves you from all the software issues described in the article as there is a mature and powerful ecosystem, so reading, annotating, sharing and syncing pdfs is not an issue. I read a ton of pdfs on my iPad and am quite happy with the experience. Yes, epaper would be nice, but I don’t think there’s a good solution yet. Distracted? Try the pomodoro technique.

Pomodoro technique is for time management, not managing all the distractions you likely have on your iPad. From notifications to being able to "alt-tab" into your vices like HN.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by seiferteric »

Hmm, I had been thinking about something very similar to this recently. I would love to have a e-ink replacement for those big desk calendars, where it's only purpose/function would be the calendar, note taking and reading documents and maybe email. This seems to be pretty close if not perfect for that.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by pweissbrod »

collyw wrote: post #15

We have almost reached pen and paper functionality and usability for a mere $600.

sarcasm aside this is a good point. there are a handul of features this tablet has above and beyond, say, a cheap notebook and kindle.

it is a fair question to ask whom the difference in features (plus the extra hassle) is worth the difference in price

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Post by Jedd »

m-p-3 wrote: post #123
jsiepkes wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because its meant as an pen and paper replacement. Nothing more, nothing less. Besides why would you want to listen to MP3s on such a device? Your smartphone with bluetooth and microphone jack is way better equiped for such a thing.

I still wish it was slightly more than that. If I could read my emails on that thing instead of my violet screen, I'd consider it for work.

> I still wish it was slightly more than that.

You are describing a combination of 'perfect is the enemy of good' and feature creep.

Assess the qualities of the product as shipped, assume good faith on behalf of the people doing the build & ship, and determine if the price & features are appropriate for you.

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