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

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Post by jonahbenton »

e12e wrote: post #177

Anyone have any look developing and running software on this thing? https://remarkable.engineering/ Isn't easy to find from the official site (remarkable.com), and I've yet to find a simple "Hello, world"-example from ReMarkable... Ed: i see there already are some comments on this topic. I think I just might pre-order an rm2.

I have not tried software on the device itself, but I have written against the (community documented) APIs they use for sync'ing, etc. They work well. From the visible quality of the software engineering, I would have high confidence in deploying something on the device.

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Post by ironmagma »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #232
subaru_shoe wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or actually do something good. why all the glass half full

Experience. A great deal of computing has trended towards locking out user control. Hopefully this is an exception, but I understand why people are pessimistic.

The trouble is that you can always assume that systems will become closed. If that's true, there's nothing to be hopeful about ever. It may be true in the majority of cases, but you have to give someone a chance at some point.

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Post by jonahbenton »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #240
carlosdp wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The cloud sync/storage is pretty rudimentary, no versions or anything like that. But they have an app for desktop/phone so you can download and backup. There are unofficial client libraries for the cloud API as well, so it can be automated.

> But they have an app for desktop/phone so you can download and backup. Can I just... connect a USB cable and transfer files? Why do I want an app at all? The apparent requirement to transfer files through an app was the reason I didn't get a remarkable 1.

I don't recall if it shows up as a USB storage device, but it will expose a webserver to you over USB to which you can put documents. I also wrote a utility to send documents up to their server side APIs, which them gets them automatically sync'd down to the device. Takes about a minute, works very well.

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Post by angry_octet »

What is the security of these things? I'd really like a good encrypted notebook, but tbh I would want iOS like security (hardware enclave, so I can use a short PIN and still have moderate security).

Also, is it too much to expect colour?

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Post by jonahbenton »

WalterBright wrote: post #231

This looks very cool, but at the price I'm still kinda stuck using my $0.73 spiral notebooks. I fill them up with my scribblings, then run them through the scanner and archive them. I use colored pens on them, too. It's very, very hard to beat this. Note to ereader makers: Please, PLEASE make the screen saver show the last page read! I'd throw away my Kindle and buy a new one just to get that. I'd pay extra for it. I…

Yes. Handwriter for 30 years. Hundreds of pages a month of paper, whole workflow around it. No use of color, though.

It took my brain about 13 months after first trying the RM1, failing to transition my workflow to it, setting it aside- then all of a sudden, the crystallization moment, a flash of how it would work. I switched over and haven't looked back.

Re: screen saver- the RM has 4 different power modes- active, then 2 levels of sleep, then off. The last page is visible both in active mode and also in the first level of sleep. The screen goes blank on the second level of sleep, then dark when off. Given the openness of the software I suspect the duration of first level of sleep could be tweaked.

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Post by jonahbenton »

pricci wrote: post #230

This seems great and the price is much more achievable now. I personally can't read PDF books from a normal screen. I need paper. I own a Kindle DX but the screen is not big enough and the software is showing its age. The fact that you can even use a pencil I this device is a big plus.

I replaced my pool of failing Kindle DXes with the RM1. Wrote some tools to automate DeDRMing my Kindle books so I have them on the RM1 now.

Very similar reading experience. The RM1 is faster than the DX, but the software is slightly less reader friendly (harder to get to table of contents, go to specific pages, etc). I didn't use zoom on the DX, don't know if RM1 has it or how usable it is.

The ability to notate on PDFs on the RM1 is very valuable.

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Post by kumarvvr »

tomerbd wrote: post #107

I'm using this $13 "NEWYES 12" LCD Writing Tablet Digital Drawing Tablet Handwriting Pads Portable Electronic Tablet Board ultra-thin Board with pen" As a better paper, without any distractions, works well!! I have one at work, on my desk, I have one for each kid doing maths with them on it, it's awesome. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32922602355.html?spm=a2g0o.p...

I used this too, until my kid destroyed it.

It's a great tool, especially considering there is almost no lag between the "pen" and the display.

However, the contrast is a bit low and makes it difficult to view in moderate to low light.

Great for outdoors though. I have one with four magnets on the back and keep it on my fridge.

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Post by 1996 »

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 had both, and returned the remarkable as it was rather unremarkable. By itself it wasn't so bad, but next to a Sony I could feel the difference.

Everything just felt better on the Sony- not just the hardware or the software, but the whole product. With some minor fixes (ex: moving the icon from the dropdown menu to the empty space on top of the screen) it could move from outstanding to just perfect.

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Post by kumarvvr »

scottwernervt wrote: post #119
mandliya wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From remarkable website: Does the reMarkable adapt to left-handed people? If you're left-handed, don't worry. A few of our colleagues are also left-handed. They want to make sure all lefties have an excellent experience with their reMarkable device. You'll be able to set up your reMarkable to left-handed mode when you first set up your device. We've also made it easy to switch between right-handed and left-handed mod…

Good to know. Techcrunch needs better writers...

Yup. After reading the article, I was dumbfounded when the solution to the left/right handedness is a simple screen flip.

Glad the OEM thought this through.

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Post by kick »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #186
Avery3R wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Discussion re: if techcrunch should be banned from hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22539255

I wonder if I say dang three times in a mirror, he will show up and take advice on HN policy changes. I really would like to see TC just gone. It didn't use to be this bad, but they've been going downhill since... forever, really.

Just send mail with any advice you have to the address at the bottom of the site. He may not agree with you, but he's more than reasonable about responding (everything in the inbox is read), and it will do more good (and probably get you more goodwill) than campaigning for policy changes in the middle of random threads.

It's also worth considering, when thinking about why it hasn't been banned, whether or not the main value from the threads (assuming the perfect source) would be from the link or the comments.

For some types of submission, it's the link: personal blog updates, academic papers, interesting technical achievements, detailed research, so on.

For others, it's the comments: company updates, interesting world news, most things happening in real-time, obituaries, so forth.

For others still, it's tied: blog posts on historical subjects, 'Show HN:' posts, submissions about different ways of doing things than mainstream methods.

Product launches, from my perspective, fall in the "Value in Comments" category. So then you have to decide whether it's worth the trade-off. By banning TechCrunch, would the site lose comment value?

Looking at this one, you'd really be missing some good comments by getting rid of TechCrunch links; there are all sorts of anecdotes about the product in this thread, and there are a bunch of interesting anecdotes about competing products as well.

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