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Anything an iPad can’t do ?
Such incredible ergonomics wasted by poor software.
It could be such an impressive device with some extensions (not even apps) marketplace.
I don’t want it to be another tablet with YouTube but I want to be able to scribble on my daily calendar and boom, with OCR it’s now on my caldav. I want to be able to make LINKS between pages. Like, let me write an index. Let me write summaries. Let me receive and send emails.
I agree with the design choice that remarkable is just a digital notebook and not another generic device. But I do believe that a digital notebook can be smarter than a piece of paper.
Anything an iPad can’t do ?
When you open a new tab in your browser, what do you get? This gives you a blank piece of paper to draw on. A blank canvas of infinite possibility, not suggestions from the latest news.
I really liked my remarkable2, but I eventually got the issue where it just stops charging and now it's effectively a brick. Tried all the known workarounds I could find with trickle-charging etc. Someone had tracked the issue down to a malfunctioning temperature sensor preventing charging but I have no idea if that's the problem with mine. Remarkable support would like me to create videos showing every workaround I…
The issue is actually that your usb-c receptacle broke free from the PCB inside. Open and you'll see. I emailed them about it a while ago. They majorly fucked up the design. The connector is on the very edge of a very thin finger of a thin PCB. There is nothing holding it to the case, only the few solder points to a thin PCB. They did not care. I sent photos, explanation, and a rather long essay as to why this should…
something like this: https://pakshwe.com/product/type-c-bottom-left-top-right-sid...
Otherwise there are magnetic usb adapters that let you charge or transfer data with a cable still... while avoiding plug fatigue.
I was a big fan of my RM2, but found the move to the subscription service a couple years ago to be off putting. Sure, I can turn off WiFi, or just use the network to ssh into it, but it felt less than great. I recently got a Supernote to replace it and so far love it. The company seems a bit more open and less likely to try to push me to some kind of subscription/cloud thing. They promote the “works great offline, no…
Anything an iPad can’t do ?
But as other have said, I would not recommend it because the software is quite "user hostile". It could be so great with a little bit more freedom, but now it is quite expensive for what it is.
For example, easy sharing or loading and "copy/paste" with copy are probably one of the main thing that anyone would want to do. But for that, the only solution, and not very convenient is to use shitty things with the premium subscription.
Why isn't there an easy permanent and public way to load and unload documents? There is a very very shitty kind of web browser "web interface" that is available, but it will only work when connected to a computer through "usb", and each time usb cable is unplugged, you would have to re-enable the feature. I hate that soo so much.
I would love something like the Remarkable tablet. However I'm not buying a niche hardware product to have my data held hostage by monthly cloud sync fees. Let me use Nextcloud or a service I've already paid for.
I would love something like the Remarkable tablet. However I'm not buying a niche hardware product to have my data held hostage by monthly cloud sync fees. Let me use Nextcloud or a service I've already paid for.