> There’s no doubt a faster processor would vastly improve this tablet.
1 GHz is more than fast enough for a snappy bootup and responsive input. The devs just need to improve the firmware.
The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet
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#212Earlier 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 feel like if that was the case, it wouldn't cost $600.
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#213Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
No . I own one. I've had mine since last November. I love it. I love it in large part because when I'm working on it, I -can't- read email, browse HN, read blogs, check on a server. The only thing I can do is put thoughts to words and diagrams. What you want is a tablet, maybe something from Amazon. The ReMarkable is intended for a different audience, people who remember what it's like to be undistracted and want tha…
Again, I feel that, if that's all it does, it should not cost $600. And should not have the input lag demonstrated in the review.
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#214Nice. 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…
The old HP Omnibook was pretty close. Monochrome screen with an advertised 8 hours of battery life, solid state storage, at a time when conventional laptops struggled to get two hours.
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#215Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Whatever happened to simple USB mass storage where you can just plug it in and copy files back and forth? I agree that it should definitely be an option because there are plenty of situations when using this device where you might not even have connectivity. > the default behaviour of requiring one to send files from a computer out far away to some server on the Internet, and then back to the tablet sitting only a…
rsync is much easier than creating an account and gives me more control. It was one of the first things I thought of, "I hope I can run rsync on this thing to sync notes".
I guess if this device is targeted only at power users then rsync support is great. If they're hoping to make this a mass market device then they probably need something more user friendly.
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#216Earlier quoted context omitted.
by connecting via USB and flicking a switch in the options menu, you get SSH access, as well as a REST endpoint where you can upload your files via curl. So if you don't like their cloud offering, you can turn of wifi and be sure your data is local Maybe it's just me, but why do the defaults for devices like this seem to now always require either a special app or reach out into the Internet? Whatever happened to simp…
To make it more likely you'll stay within their ecosystem and buy more from their app/book/etc. store, is always my first assumption.
They can always steal from Amazon's playbook and randomly delete sideloaded files.
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#217I have this device, and for hackers, this review misses some stuff: * the company behind it is based in norway, so you can be pretty sure the techies got treated well * they abide by the GPL very well * by connecting via USB and flicking a switch in the options menu, you get SSH access, as well as a REST endpoint where you can upload your files via curl. So if you don't like their cloud offering, you can turn of wifi…
by connecting via USB and flicking a switch in the options menu, you get SSH access, as well as a REST endpoint where you can upload your files via curl. So if you don't like their cloud offering, you can turn of wifi and be sure your data is local Maybe it's just me, but why do the defaults for devices like this seem to now always require either a special app or reach out into the Internet? Whatever happened to simp…
It's because Microsoft exerts it's patents on FAT32.
Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet
#218Nice. 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…
One with the same screen as the Pebble watches, but bigger, would be nice. Coding without color wouldn't be fun.
Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet
#219Earlier quoted context omitted.
rsync is much easier than creating an account and gives me more control. It was one of the first things I thought of, "I hope I can run rsync on this thing to sync notes".
I guess if this device is targeted only at power users then rsync support is great. If they're hoping to make this a mass market device then they probably need something more user friendly.
Of course, but they are not mutually exclusive, you can offer both.