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Phenomenal news. I’m hoping competition drives prices down. Remarkable 2 looks neat but so expensive. Now there’s choice.
RRP €499 (around $558) according to https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22954498/huawei-matepad-p...
Hm, is that really a competitive price these days? That's more than 130 Euros more than an entry-level iPad... which has a long and good track record.
On the other hand iPad is more general-purpose powerhouse for pretty much anything, but if I'm between this and iPad for reading some books I'd prefer this. And I use/love an iPad Pro+Apple Pencil. Still would consider this for my long book/blog/paper reads.
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Most of the expense on these e-ink tablets comes from the huge cost of that screen, so unless Huawei is willing to subsidize this product and monetize your private data instead, I doubt this will be significantly cheaper than the competition. Regardless of price though, I'm not willing to out my private data on Huawei devices.
not to sound cynical but you are willing to draw the line with an american company, say google but not an openly chinese company like huawei. cool. what about all the chinese people then? why would they want to use a google device over a huawei device? shouldnt the discussion be about no company being able to harvest data in the first place, then we wouldnt be having this discussion about nationalities of the overlor…
Will it have a browser? It would be great for reading HN, coding, writing if I could use it with a browser. I do all these in the browser and I only need black and white and no fancy tools. So even if the browser is much slower than on a desktop, it would still be great.
As they are running on Android you can therefore, after activating it, access the Play Store to get a browser running...
Maybe that's the way to go.
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>Remarkable 2 looks neat but so expensive . Now there’s choice. R2 is $399, judging from the EUR retail price of €499 inc. VAT this will likely retail at $499 in US. It is not cheaper than R2.
The prices reMarkable advertise are deceptive to the point where I reckon they’re probably illegal under at least Australian advertising law: that price doesn’t include a marker, which is almost essential to the deliberately expressed purpose of the device; so add on another 20%. Most people will also want some kind of cover, which is another 20% for the cheapest reMarkable sells. You’ve got to be careful about this…
Which is why hell will freeze over before I purchase a reMarkable.
Incidentally, the free plan offers something called "50-day sync", which is described like this:
"Without a subscription, you can still use the cloud to store and sync your notes. However, files will stop syncing to the mobile and desktop apps if they haven’t been opened in the last 50 days. They’ll still be automatically stored on your paper tablet."
Just to be clear: This is a feature designed for the marketing department, not for users.
The marketing people get to say that "we offer free cloud sync", while reducing users' trust in the cloud sync significantly enough that they feel obliged to sign up for the paid subscription.
It's infuriating.
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>Remarkable 2 looks neat but so expensive . Now there’s choice. R2 is $399, judging from the EUR retail price of €499 inc. VAT this will likely retail at $499 in US. It is not cheaper than R2.
The prices reMarkable advertise are deceptive to the point where I reckon they’re probably illegal under at least Australian advertising law: that price doesn’t include a marker, which is almost essential to the deliberately expressed purpose of the device; so add on another 20%. Most people will also want some kind of cover, which is another 20% for the cheapest reMarkable sells. You’ve got to be careful about this…
Will it have a browser? It would be great for reading HN, coding, writing if I could use it with a browser. I do all these in the browser and I only need black and white and no fancy tools. So even if the browser is much slower than on a desktop, it would still be great.
People usually recommend the "Boox" devices for that. As they are running on Android you can therefore, after activating it, access the Play Store to get a browser running... Maybe that's the way to go.
RRP €499 (around $558) according to https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22954498/huawei-matepad-p...
Hm, is that really a competitive price these days? That's more than 130 Euros more than an entry-level iPad... which has a long and good track record.
Will it have a browser? It would be great for reading HN, coding, writing if I could use it with a browser. I do all these in the browser and I only need black and white and no fancy tools. So even if the browser is much slower than on a desktop, it would still be great.
People usually recommend the "Boox" devices for that. As they are running on Android you can therefore, after activating it, access the Play Store to get a browser running... Maybe that's the way to go.
RRP €499 (around $558) according to https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22954498/huawei-matepad-p...
Hm, is that really a competitive price these days? That's more than 130 Euros more than an entry-level iPad... which has a long and good track record.