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

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Post by beezle »

kybernetikos wrote: post #196

Judging by the technical specifications on https://remarkable.com/ it seems not to have a microsd card or much in the way of onboard storage. I wonder if the device can recognize a storage device attached to the usb-c port. The writing experience, battery life and hackability are very appealing to me, but it also looks like it's not as good a reading device as high end readers, where really good lighting and water re…

You won't find a high end reader (other than Sony?) that is in this size which is quite useful for those reading scientific papers, a bit blind, or who want to use it for sketch/art. It is only slightly larger than a typical hard cover.

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Post by beezle »

enricozb wrote: post #60

It hurts my heart how conflicted I am about this device. The hardware _is_ there. I love using the original reMarkable tablet _when it works_. But damn there are some stupid software decisions, alongside some absolutely genius ones. (Disclaimer: I've had the original reMarkable tablet for 3 months now) Here's a summary of my experience with it: - It's sometimes unstable, and crashes while I draw. Not super often but…

While I am not a huge ePub reader, I have not had the tablet crash while reading them. Agreed on the first time delay.

Lack of backlight not a big deal for me; rather use a room light if necessary.

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Post by Groxx »

hannasanarion wrote: post #265
Groxx wrote: post #236

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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 will stop complaining about my ereader if you do this. Would this be... not having a screensaver? Or are you thinking of something more specific? Having typed it out, it's sorta odd that there's a screensaver at all, rather than just always acting…

EInk displays only use power when they're changing what's on the screen, right? They work by giving a static charge to a bubble full of ink, and that charge should remain for a while, even if the screen loses power. So I don't see why screensavers are necessary.

You may be able to argue burn-in issues (I'm not sure if any are permanent, but they can definitely last quite a few black/white cycles), but that's about it AFAICT...

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Post by thaumaturgy »

rkangel wrote: post #280
thaumaturgy wrote: post #127

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I've had my Remarkable for a little over two years also and it's easily my favorite tech gadget. Occasionally I'd go from regular work (notes on a project file), to a business or client meeting (pull up notes from past meetings, update with new notes), to a volunteer meeting after work (pull up the previous week's training notes). At each point I had all the information I needed without having to juggle binders or lo…

What's the time interval from "closed" to "I can write a note" (carefully avoiding the word "off" because that might mean something different on an e-ink device). I've tried a few things in the last couple of years to take my note taking electronic, and it turns out that delay is important - if there's too much delay I end up not jotting down the couple of quick notes I need to write. Wunderlist opens very quickly on…

The Remarkable (the older one that I have; not sure on the newer one) has two "off" modes: an "inactive" kind of mode, where it has just deactivated the screen from lack of use, and a "sleep/power-off" mode, where it's actually either gone to sleep or been powered off by the user or a low battery.

In the first mode, it comes back in about 1 second. It's enough that there's a bit of a lag and I don't like it if it happens right in the middle of something, but I haven't run into this very much.

In the second, it takes a few seconds to spin up, so I got into the habit of doing that before a meeting or whatever started. It takes about as much time to get it started up and navigate to the appropriate file as it would to fish a binder out of my bag and open it up to a blank page.

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Post by lallysingh »

sharcerer wrote: post #269
lallysingh wrote: post #131

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You are my spirit animal. I just got a polar/readwise/orgmode/Anki setup together and I'd love to use this.

Same setup almost! I am a student, just starting to use Anki, been using Polar since it same out, will get Readwise subscription soon. Just want to integrate RM2 pdf highlights with Polar. Will buy RM2 when pocket permits. It's going to be a tough decision be an iPad and RM2, recently came across Liquidtext iPad app, it's so good.

I've been really happy with an x1 yoga so far.

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Post by Awtem »

I'd love to give this another go, however, my experience with the first remarkable are reMarkably poor, and the new revision supposedly has the same display hardware

- the display is not very sharp, has poor contrast, and no active illumination

- also, despite there being no display illumination, reading in the sun was not possible, as it immediately resulted in the display bulging notably from the absorbed sun/heat.

- seriously buggy software

Let me know, if you have information that the new revision has improved on those aspects.

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Post by rkangel »

thaumaturgy wrote: post #304
rkangel wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the time interval from "closed" to "I can write a note" (carefully avoiding the word "off" because that might mean something different on an e-ink device). I've tried a few things in the last couple of years to take my note taking electronic, and it turns out that delay is important - if there's too much delay I end up not jotting down the couple of quick notes I need to write. Wunderlist opens very quickly on…

The Remarkable (the older one that I have; not sure on the newer one) has two "off" modes: an "inactive" kind of mode, where it has just deactivated the screen from lack of use, and a "sleep/power-off" mode, where it's actually either gone to sleep or been powered off by the user or a low battery. In the first mode, it comes back in about 1 second. It's enough that there's a bit of a lag and I don't like it if it hap…

I appreciate the detailed response.

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Post by intopieces »

tesseract2 wrote: post #130

While at that price point, many other, more feature complete devices become available, the ePaper devices do have their own niche. I tried to use iPad Pro as a full-time note-taking device and found that after writing on it for up 3-4 hours during the day, my eyes get very tired by the evening. I tried various things to mitigate it, such as using dark background, changing brightness etc, and nothing seems to help eno…

> Onyx Boox Max 3.

Can you tell me if the Onyx Boox Max 3 works with USB-C to USB-C cables? I had a Onyx Boox Nova and it was noncompliant somehow, I had to only use the USB-C to A cable that came with it. I ended up selling it for that reason -- I didn't want to carry around a single cable just for this device when all my other devices are USB-C.

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