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

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Post by lemming »

LoveMortuus wrote: post #192
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…

Have you seen/tried DPT-S1/DPT-RP1 and if you have, what are your thoughts including compared to reMarkable, because I've been looking at these tablets for many many years now (There's even DPT-CP1 now). But because they are all very costly, it's really hard to decide, I did buy DPT-RP1 for ~800€ but because of the high price, I returned it. Also, how often do you need to buy new tips, or do they not wear out? I'm as…

a company with long history

To be fair, Sony are a company with a long history of absolutely amazing hardware crippled by comically bad software. The DPT series doesn't even show you the PDF table of contents, last I looked.

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

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Post by JadeNB »

LoveMortuus wrote: post #192
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…

Have you seen/tried DPT-S1/DPT-RP1 and if you have, what are your thoughts including compared to reMarkable, because I've been looking at these tablets for many many years now (There's even DPT-CP1 now). But because they are all very costly, it's really hard to decide, I did buy DPT-RP1 for ~800€ but because of the high price, I returned it. Also, how often do you need to buy new tips, or do they not wear out? I'm as…

The article links https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/05/sony-and-remarkables-dueli... , which compares the older version of reMarkable to the newer version of the Sony device.

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

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Post by JadeNB »

secfirstmd wrote: post #160
thaumaturgy wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had my Remarkable for a little over two years also and it's easily my favorite tech gadget. Occasionally I'd go from regular work (notes on a project file), to a business or client meeting (pull up notes from past meetings, update with new notes), to a volunteer meeting after work (pull up the previous week's training notes). At each point I had all the information I needed without having to juggle binders or lo…

It's brilliant isn't it? They've managed to really do a good job of updating it. The only things I would like are slightly longer battery life and more options for syncing with other services like Dropbox etc

The article mentions:

> The company is claiming a 3x boost to battery life, using the same 3,000 mAh battery, based on performance improvements throughout and a more efficient (but more powerful) dual-core ARM processor. That means two weeks of use and 90 days of standby. This is welcome news, because frankly the battery life and power management on the last one were not great.

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

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Post by tapia »

lemming wrote: post #201
LoveMortuus wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you seen/tried DPT-S1/DPT-RP1 and if you have, what are your thoughts including compared to reMarkable, because I've been looking at these tablets for many many years now (There's even DPT-CP1 now). But because they are all very costly, it's really hard to decide, I did buy DPT-RP1 for ~800€ but because of the high price, I returned it. Also, how often do you need to buy new tips, or do they not wear out? I'm as…

a company with long history To be fair, Sony are a company with a long history of absolutely amazing hardware crippled by comically bad software. The DPT series doesn't even show you the PDF table of contents, last I looked.

It does that since the last software update ;)

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

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Post by ACS_Solver »

LoveMortuus wrote: post #192
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…

Have you seen/tried DPT-S1/DPT-RP1 and if you have, what are your thoughts including compared to reMarkable, because I've been looking at these tablets for many many years now (There's even DPT-CP1 now). But because they are all very costly, it's really hard to decide, I did buy DPT-RP1 for ~800€ but because of the high price, I returned it. Also, how often do you need to buy new tips, or do they not wear out? I'm as…

I've never seen any of Sony's e-ink devices live. I understand that the first ones were pretty disappointing, but I'd like to try the CP1. I have tried the Boox Note 2, which is actually a decent Android tablet, and the tactile feeling of writing is much better than on iPads, but still far below the rM.

One marker nib lasts me about 10 weeks, but it seems to be very individual. Some people can write hundreds of pages on a single nib, others need a new one weekly. In any case, I wouldn't say nibs wearing out is a major concern. It would be nice if they didn't wear out, of course, but the design of the nibs seem to be crucial for giving that excellent writing feeling.

And yes, these devices are expensive. I'm in the EU myself, and some 400€ is rather steep for upgrading the rM to rM2.

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

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Post by IshKebab »

Paul-ish wrote: post #195
Foxboron wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Martin Sandsmark, the CTO, is a KDE developer and long-time Arch Linux community...guy. It's not going away in a future software update :)

That is just one person, who can leave.

Or be overruled.

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

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Post by tapia »

secfirstmd wrote: post #160
thaumaturgy wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had my Remarkable for a little over two years also and it's easily my favorite tech gadget. Occasionally I'd go from regular work (notes on a project file), to a business or client meeting (pull up notes from past meetings, update with new notes), to a volunteer meeting after work (pull up the previous week's training notes). At each point I had all the information I needed without having to juggle binders or lo…

It's brilliant isn't it? They've managed to really do a good job of updating it. The only things I would like are slightly longer battery life and more options for syncing with other services like Dropbox etc

The only thing that holds me from considering buying the remarkable is its size. If they would offer a 13 inch version, then I would consider doing that. Right now I am super happy with my sunny DPT-RP1.

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

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Post by redindian75 »

fmela wrote: post #123

This looks interesting, but it's the software that will make or break the experience. Software aside, this is expensive ($479 when you select the pen with the eraser and the book cover), and the screen is not back-lit, so this won't be usable without other source of light. Why is it so hard to find an e-ink device that's good for reading books, PDFs, and web content (e.g. Pocket)? So far, everything I've tried has fa…

I got Mobiscribe from Amazon for around 250. Smaller screen, but has warm backlit eink screen. Decent ereader for ePubs, very good responsive notetaking. It comes with a note-folio & pen for $250

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

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Post by jshevek »

ProZsolt wrote: post #180
jshevek wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is perfectly serviceable for reading, though it may lack some of the reading oriented features of other eink devices. I love the large size for some of my documents, which are unpleasant to read on smaller devices.

What you re missing?

Based on other comments here, it seems that the Remarkable is missing several features that some people enjoy in their eReaders. The only one I can cite definitively is the lack of backlight. I can't speak to other allegedly missing features because I haven't investigated the issue. I am satisfied with the features I do use when I want to read certain docs on the large remarkable screen.
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