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Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by pcl »

tjoff wrote: post #172
pcl wrote: post #55

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I have scripted this (well, installation of some systemd units, but the workflow is the same). So I just plug my tablet into my laptop and run my script every time it updates. It’s not ideal, but not super tedious either. I’ve been planning to start charging via a raspberry pi so that the pi can automatically tend to the device whenever it’s connected, but haven’t gotten there yet.

Why not script it over ssh (wifi), preference or is not as simple as I imagine? (never used one but the ability to get shell and be able to rsync files is one of the reasons I consider a remarkable). I could be misinformed though, haven't researched it a lot.

Firmware updates blow away any customizations. So you need to bootstrap things again after each update.

Updates can be deferred, so the process isn’t too disruptive.

Edit: oh, yeah I see what you’re getting at. That direction could work, and I used to do that years ago, as it turns out, but these days I am frequently not on a familiar WiFi network when I’m using the tablet, so cabling has been more practical.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by DennisAleynikov »

breck wrote: post #257
steezeburger wrote: post #209

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The Remarkable screen and pen latency are better than Daylight? That's opposite of what I've heard previously.

The Daylight screen is _amazing_ for reading technical books. The pen isn't anything special, and I don't like it's thickness, but good enough to get the job done. Here is a photo I took from earlier this week: http://hub.scroll.pub/daylight2/

Afaik we put the same kind of high polling rate Wacom digitizer that remarkable uses.

Any quirks you notice between it and the daylight would be fascinating to note! Wacom is the most fluid digital pen system on the market from what we could find, especially compared to Ntrig, USI and other approaches.

Also you can use other pens other than the one we included in the box

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by gizmo »

diggan wrote: post #101
gizmo wrote: post #54

What does the ReMarkable really excel at? You can make notes, but the software is not that great from what I've seen. It doesn't have end-to-end encryption so I wouldn't use it for anything important. You can read PDFs but typing notes is much faster on a desktop/laptop, and for nontechnical books a kindle is much better form factor. You can use it to draw, but e-ink is inferior to a wacom tablet or iPad pro. e-ink i…

> What does the ReMarkable really excel at? Writing notes with a pencil. I think they make this pretty clear. Anything outside of that is either a bonus or out of scope for the device. > It doesn't have end-to-end encryption so I wouldn't use it for anything important Don't use the cloud sync and instead manually sync things between your own hardware, encrypt at rest if you feel like it. > e-ink is great in bright en…

I don’t think anybody gets real work done at the beach, and if you like to work outside you can use a laptop in the shade without issues. And if I have to sync my notes manually it’s easier to use pen and paper and snap a picture afterwards. The use-cases for this tablet seem contrived to me.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by DennisAleynikov »

WillAdams wrote: post #140
jonahbenton wrote: post #107

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A big issue is that it requires a new pen. The earlier pens are not compatible. I use a 3rd party pen with the RM2, much better ergonomics, but not clear what now will work.

That is a big disappointment --- for a while it looked as if everyone would standardize on the new generation of Wacom EMR (w/ 4096 pressure levels) so that a Staedtler Noris Digital or Lamy Wacom EMR stylus works w/ a wide variety of devices --- I use them on: - Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ - Kindle Scribe - Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 - Wacom One (attached to my MacBook) and I couldn't count the number of styluses I h…

Super weird, we use the Lamy pen on the Daylight Computer and it's the best thing ever

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by Rinzler89 »

semi-extrinsic wrote: post #264
SSLy wrote: post #163

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Ah yeah, that gobshite pdf reader shipped with kobos is adobe's digital editions. Incredible ass jank with bad concept (it's for their DRM). OTOH Kobo's Epub reader is very nice, if you convert your books to kepub – use callibre.

It's deeply fascinating to me that the company who invented PDF can suck so hard at making PDF readers.

Why is it fascinating they suck at it? That's what every monopoly does, rentseek. It's not that they can't do better, it's that's there's no incentive for them to do before. Kind of like Google and their search getting worse and worse.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by criddell »

alexpetralia wrote: post #241

I use the Fujitsu Quaderno A4 as my daily reader and notetaker (PDFs only).. it is absolutely fantastic. Simple but extremely thoughtful design. Extraordinarily light, durable, long battery. "It just works".

Does it OCR handwritten notes? Can you export the PDFs that have been annotated? How do you get documents onto and off of the device?

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by withinrafael »

beoberha wrote: post #231

My RM2 is sitting in a drawer. I really wanted to like it and build it into my daily workflow, but the software never made me feel I was being productive. Scrolling through notes is incredibly slow, so any attempt to reference a past note was just met with frustration and yearning for a paper notebook.

Same here, and PDFs are very slow to load and sometimes fail. It's also just a tad too heavy for one handed use.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by ctippett »

AlanYx wrote: post #198
nihzm wrote: post #165

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Sony made one a while back but I've never tried it, and it's as expensive as the remarkable if not more. https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/design/stories/DPT-RP1/ https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/sony-digital...

The DPT-RP1 line was acquired by Fujitsu and is now sold at the Quaderno. The hardware has been updated a bit in the Quaderno Gen 2, including a Wacom digitizer. They're still great devices, and the same open source software for the DPT-RP1 (dpt-rp1-py) works with both Quadernos.

It's been awhile since I've looked into it, but are you sure the open source software is compatible with the latest Quaderno's?

I've been following this issue[1] on GitHub that seems to suggest people are still holding out for a solution.

[1] https://github.com/HappyZ/dpt-tools/issues/181

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by jval43 »

I'm done with ReMarkable, the company. I have the original reMarkable and was enthusiastic at first, but it's been downhill since.

It's clear the company is now run mostly by marketing and business people. At some point they didn't do any software development at all, and soon after they actually removed features. None of the original hacker spirit has remained.

Most of your money is going to marketing. The device and software are insanely overpriced, and I see their ads everywhere.

Never buying any of their devices again.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by 23B1 »

gokaygurcan wrote: post #210

My wife has reMarkable 2, pre-ordered it before the release. If you are writing a lot or working on a text file to take notes etc. it's a great product. If you're connecting a keyboard to an e-ink device, you're doing something wrong. That's my take after seeing her using it for the last few years. I also agree with other comments here regarding the software being too slow to develop and some dark patterns (such as s…

Which tip/configuration is appropriate for the RM2? Having trouble finding that information on the Lamy site!
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