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Huawei MatePad Paper – eInk Tablet

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Post by vineyardmike »

teucris wrote: post #206
ABCLAW wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The question was whether the lack of a feature that can be disabled is a feature, which it isn't. It is, though, and examples have been provided of VERY successful platforms built upon this negative space. Consider the lack of a feature as a feature itself; it lowers the amount of cognitive brainpower required to use the system, and that is VERY valuable.

I’m of two minds on this one. Starting without notifications as an option in my devices would help me tremendously in my day to day life. But that’s just me. There are so many different brains out there. How does a company make a product that sells to a sufficiently wide market to make it worthwhile? The only option I see is… options. User-specific customization.

> Starting without notifications as an option in my devices would help me tremendously in my day to day life.

Incredibly good for mental health.

> The only option I see is… options. User-specific customization.

You can SSH into a remarkable tablet and do whatever you want to it.

> How does a company make a product that sells to a sufficiently wide market to make it worthwhile?

It is very expensive. Its only purpose is to be a digital notebook.

Re: Huawei MatePad Paper – eInk Tablet

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Post by vineyardmike »

emsy wrote: post #183
m12k wrote: post #162

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Devices with notifications are little skinner boxes for our brains. There's perfectly valid reasons for people to want a device where notifications are not even an option, just like there's valid reasons for alcoholics to not want booze in the house. If that's not an issue for you - congratulations, those devices are not designed for you. But please don't deny others them, just because you don't think they should exi…

Nobody said the Remarkable shouldn't exist. The question was whether the lack of a feature that can be disabled is a feature, which it isn't. You know what else doesn't send notifications and doesn't even need a battery? Paper.

> You know what else doesn't send notifications and doesn't even need a battery? Paper.

Think of this product as very expensive paper that backs up writing to the internet. Not a sh*ty tablet that can't do a lot of things.

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Post by wenc »

vineyardmike wrote: post #219
wraptile wrote: post #146

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You can turn these all off. Lack of features is not a feature imho - no mather how hard people try to sell this.

No you're wrong. Its absolutely a selling point. When i got my remarkable i did what i do with any other tech, start searching the menus and features and trying things out. What i immediately discovered... theres nothing to do! Until you start writing, or you have something to read, the device is useless. I got mine for XMas, and a week earlier i bought myself an ipad pro to use as a digital notebook. Unboxing it and…

I have an old iPad Air that I don’t link to my main Apple ID. It has no apps except for the minimum needed to function as an ebook reader and scratchpad.

It’s pretty distraction free. I would say if you’re willing to run your tablet under its potential it’s possible to have a quiet device.

I ordered a Remarkable 2 but canceled once I realized I had an old iPad lying around. It works for me.

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Post by avgcorrection »

yumraj wrote: post #204
youhavetosayit wrote: post #130

Remarkable 2 is better, because of the features it doesn't have. The best feature of Remarkable 2 is how quiet it is, it doesn't do anything except for Book reading and note taking. No notifications, no messaging, no email, quiet tech.

> No notifications, no messaging, no email, quiet tech. Also, no spyware..

Of all the larger nation states that could spy on me, I would probably be the least concerned about Indonesia. But China is not far above it.

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Post by m-p-3 »

youhavetosayit wrote: post #130

Remarkable 2 is better, because of the features it doesn't have. The best feature of Remarkable 2 is how quiet it is, it doesn't do anything except for Book reading and note taking. No notifications, no messaging, no email, quiet tech.

To be honest, I'd likely get one if I could read my work emails, check my calendar and keep myself up-to-date through my RSS feeds natively from it.

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Post by goosedragons »

vineyardmike wrote: post #219
wraptile wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can turn these all off. Lack of features is not a feature imho - no mather how hard people try to sell this.

No you're wrong. Its absolutely a selling point. When i got my remarkable i did what i do with any other tech, start searching the menus and features and trying things out. What i immediately discovered... theres nothing to do! Until you start writing, or you have something to read, the device is useless. I got mine for XMas, and a week earlier i bought myself an ipad pro to use as a digital notebook. Unboxing it and…

Ive had LCD tablets and have a few Boox devices. The Boox devices are IMO not really a distraction. Web browsing just feels off and beyond grabbing something to read off the net I never really find myself using it. I don't compulsively browse reddit on it. Games and movies obviously are pretty much no goes but I get the added flexibility of being able to read the newspaper or a library book. You don't even need to make an account with the Boox devices. It's there if you want but it's MUCH easier to ignore than a smartphone or traditional tablet.

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Post by microtherion »

vineyardmike wrote: post #216
youhavetosayit wrote: post #130

Remarkable 2 is better, because of the features it doesn't have. The best feature of Remarkable 2 is how quiet it is, it doesn't do anything except for Book reading and note taking. No notifications, no messaging, no email, quiet tech.

Also eInk means that the display doesn't have a backlight, which means it doesn't catch your eye and steal your attention. +1 feature missing that makes it better.

Isn't what the Boox Max Lumi & Co have a "Backlight" ? https://shop.boox.com/products/maxlumi2

I found that this made a big usability improvement in low light situations over previous eInk readers I owned, and that in practice there were more low light situations (or at least situations where I'd rather not turn on a light just to read).

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