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Re: ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

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Post by marvindanig »

rout39574 wrote: post #64
marvindanig wrote: post #37

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This, centum percentum! If 'papery' was my need of the hour I'd go back to physical paper straight. This is lame marketing of an expensive lifeless product that aims to copy the dead tree. That's not what our new mediums are about.

Paper is just better than glowing screens for lots of perceptual tasks. No-flicker is better than flicker, too. Keep in mind that lots of our new mediums can be thought of as chaff in the way of reading the right good book.

Flicker?? Are you talking about CRT monitors still?

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Post by marvindanig »

mrkeen wrote: post #69
marvindanig wrote: post #37

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This, centum percentum! If 'papery' was my need of the hour I'd go back to physical paper straight. This is lame marketing of an expensive lifeless product that aims to copy the dead tree. That's not what our new mediums are about.

Are there any tablets that you've felt good writing on? I have a Galaxy Tab A (glassy surface) and I can tolerate drawing the occasional diagram on it. I haven't used its stylus at all after getting the first remarkable.

I use the iPad Pro 24/7. Nothing can come close or change that for me, it's such a good interface and surface to work with.

Re: ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

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Post by greenshackle2 »

canada_dry wrote: post #146
tomerbd wrote: post #107

I'm using this $13 "NEWYES 12" LCD Writing Tablet Digital Drawing Tablet Handwriting Pads Portable Electronic Tablet Board ultra-thin Board with pen" As a better paper, without any distractions, works well!! I have one at work, on my desk, I have one for each kid doing maths with them on it, it's awesome. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32922602355.html?spm=a2g0o.p...

I also use one of these as my quick-grab sketch/note pad. The huge downside is being unable to erase any part of the screen without erasing the entire screen - so by the end of a long brainstorming session I have lots of scribbled out parts and lines directing the eye to follow my flow. I desperately want something like the remarkable2, but I just can't bring myself to spending $800CDN (for the package) as a replacem…

FYI the new one is on pre-order for 600CAD for the package including taxes and shipping. Tempted to buy one myself.

EDIT: Ok, 719CAD if you want the marker with an eraser and the book-style cover instead of the pouch.

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Post by lallysingh »

idmyn wrote: post #141
lallysingh wrote: post #131

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You are my spirit animal. I just got a polar/readwise/orgmode/Anki setup together and I'd love to use this.

Ooh, sounds cool! What does that workflow look like?

Polar and org feed into Anki. Readwise gets Kindle highlights, will try to get safari sync working.

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Post by ACS_Solver »

diehunde wrote: post #152
ACS_Solver wrote: post #24

Terrible link, the actual reMarkable website is much better. It's a very niche device but I've owned mine for nearly two years and am a big advocate. In some ways, the first model was proof of concept. Excellent hardware and writing experience, but the early versions of the software were horrible, and the device itself is very ugly. The software has improved dramatically in the time I've owned it, going from horrible…

How is the PDF reading experience?

Mediocre, though reasonable for small PDFs. Reading something like scientific papers (5-10 pages) is pretty great, with long PDFs (manuals or ebooks) the navigation is a pain and you notice the slowdowns. I wouldn't get the rM as a reader, but reading and annotating PDFs is a decent secondary function.

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Post by dsr_ »

Grustaf wrote: post #143
Avery3R wrote: post #92

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Discussion re: if techcrunch should be banned from hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22539255

Is it just me or does every single TC article read like an ad?

Perhaps the submission form should have a caution:

"If this URL looks like an ad or a press release, please consider finding an original source for the information."

Re: ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

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Post by ACS_Solver »

harshalizee wrote: post #80
ACS_Solver wrote: post #24

Terrible link, the actual reMarkable website is much better. It's a very niche device but I've owned mine for nearly two years and am a big advocate. In some ways, the first model was proof of concept. Excellent hardware and writing experience, but the early versions of the software were horrible, and the device itself is very ugly. The software has improved dramatically in the time I've owned it, going from horrible…

It looks amazing. My concern is that it's around $500. That's about the price of an iPad and Apple pencil. Is it really worth the asking price?

People often compare it to an iPad initially, which completely misses the point in my view. The rM has nothing in common with an iPad, and the word "tablet" in the name makes people think of the completely wrong thing.

The rM is best thought of as a pen and paper notebook, except of effectively infinite size. There are no apps. The UI (the only user-facing program) has minimal features, most of which are there just to mimic what you can do with an actual paper notebook. There are only a few exceptions, like being able to drag your notes/scribbles on the page. The device won't integrate with any 3rd party services, it doesn't have search, etc. If a physical notebook doesn't have it, then the rM probably also doesn't.

That definitely makes the rM a very niche device, but I'm getting great use out of mine, while I never managed to get much good use of an iPad.

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Post by applecrazy »

stronglikedan wrote: post #116
carlosdp wrote: post #99

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That's up to you, but the drawing experience feels wayyyy better on the remarkable than on the smooth glass of the iPad, from my own experience. It's also far lighter and really does feel paper-y.

My boss has an iPad with the Paperlike screen protector, and it makes me jealous. Just something to look into if you don't like the glass.

Paperlike is nice, but I've heard it actually wears down the tip of the Pencil. That's another thing you may need to buy, but relatively inexpensive ($20 for a pack of 4).

Re: ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

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Post by gfaure »

Is it possible to keep documents entirely local and guarantee that ReMarkable doesn't have access to data? From what I recall, their Terms of Service leave this possibility open.

This made ReMarkable a non-starter for many companies that have policies around where internal data may be stored.

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