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Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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Is the response time really that fast? On my e-reader, it takes solid 1 second in the best case (and sometimes more than 3s worst) to switch a page. This device looks really fast. But maybe it's just updating small region and that's why it's so fast?

Just curious but which ereader do you have? The current higher-end Kindles (I have an Oasis and a Voyage) turn pages so fast as to be unnoticeable with a noticeable full screen flash every 10 or so pages.

It's Nook, but I don't remember the exact model. Maybe Glowlight.

Maybe it's just time for me to update? I bought this in 2014.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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post #209

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No, most people are not like you. Saying "impossible to do other things" is a main feature is just nonsense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJX4ytfqw6k

Your comment is not stated as an opinion though.

"The ReMarkable is intended for a different audience, people who remember what it's like to be undistracted and want that again."

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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post #40

I wish that people who reviewed devices with handwriting support would include some pictures showing math writing. Throw in an electronics schematic diagram or two, also. I want to know how well the thing works as a STEM writing scratchpad. If it can handle math and electronics reasonably well, that should be sufficient for most STEM.

Same here. I asked about exactly that a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15544996

Math writing needs a much higher resolution than ordinary text. For example if you are writing 2^2^2 the last 2 is really small. You also need a larger surface area so that you can draw diagrams and layout your calculations exactly as you want. I haven't tried ReMarkable myself, but from what I've heard, for math it is not quite there yet.

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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post #123

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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 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.

There is a large ereader by onyx that you can use as an external screen:

https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/onyx-boox-ma...

Otherwise, most other ereaders also have webbrowsers, but you would want to get the ReMarkable for the pen experience (the large one linked above also has a wacom pen, but more latency)

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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post #246

Is there any hdmi e-ink screen? Preferably with the possibility to power from USB :)

I think the Onyx Boox Max2 PRO does this: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/12/8/16750544/o... https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/onyx-boox-ma...

thanks, looks good. But the price tag... hehe

Re: The ReMarkable E Ink Tablet

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post #103
post #43

I have been using it since November (second preorder wave). Pros: The e-ink display is great, large enough to show one page of any pdf. The device is light. Taking notes feels good. Battery life is great for reading books, good for taking notes. Cons: Price. In-house cloud storage that you must use (there is a beta setting enabling some weird tunnel over usb, have not tried it yet ...). Apps you must use in order to…

There is a linux app, but the link was taken away from https://remarkable.engineering/ . You can download it from https://remarkable.engineering/remarkable-linux-client-0.0.5...

This client only works with some version of Debian. I am using flatpak https://flathub.org/apps/

and it works (flatpak run com.remarkable.reMarkable )

It takes about 400Mb since it downloads many libraries.

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