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Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by ilynd »

adastra22 wrote: post #330
nerdjon wrote: post #325

Every time I see this device pop up, I really struggle to find out what exactly this has over something like an iPad with an Apple Pencil? With this one being $579 including the basic marker. The iPad Air with an 11" screen with the cheaper pencil is $678. iPad with an 11" screen and the cheaper pencil is $428. If it is the screen feel, how does that compare to the paperlike screen protectors for iPad? Some say a lac…

For someone with ADHD, “do not disturb” is not a reliable solution to the distraction problem.

Why don't you just not install any apps besides work apps on the ipad?

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by freilanzer »

_benj wrote: post #290

I had an iPad Air, which I changed for a reMarkable 2 and I couldn't be happier! I see a lot of people here commenting about the limitations of it, and I get it. For me personally those limitations are features. My needs are mostly note taking and reading technical PDFs, and for that the reMarkable is fantastic. I used it extensively while taking Calculus, which, it was great to use as many pages as I needed and to w…

> My needs are mostly note taking and reading technical PDFs, and for that the reMarkable is fantastic.

I do both of those and I dislike the RM2. There's little space for notes above and below the PDF page, no infinite canvas. I have more space on the back of a printed PDF (to the left of the current text page) than in the RM2. So, all note taking in a PDF for me is just keywords, while I would much prefer to put text and drawing,s graphs, etc. all around the PDF page.

So, for the last few months I have barely used the RM2 and have gone back to pen and paper.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by pjmlp »

agentultra wrote: post #272
pjmlp wrote: post #244

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By now it is more than proven that devices with community developed OSes never take off to the amount to keep a sustainable business, and then there is the whole FOSS OS distribution politics on top.

ReMarkable2 is running on Gentoo iirc.

They use their own in-house OS, based on Linux, Codex.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by goosedragons »

ilynd wrote: post #331
adastra22 wrote: post #330

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For someone with ADHD, “do not disturb” is not a reliable solution to the distraction problem.

Why don't you just not install any apps besides work apps on the ipad?

I don't think Apple let's you completely remove Safari. That in itself is a giant distraction.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by sp1rit »

boomskats wrote: post #285
laserbeam wrote: post #123

I love my remarkable 2. Bought it before "Connect" was a thing, so I don't have a subscription. But I cannot recommend it to anyone. There are better alternatives out there and MyDeepGuide (youtube) has reviewed them all better than I ever could. The software is moving too slowly and often in a wrong direction. Especially since they released the keyboard folio most updates were around typing (which is supar on any ei…

I've owned a rm2 since xmas 2020 and really used to love it. I even brought an old obsidian plugin for it back from the dead. But the power button gave up 13 months in and they were dicks about it, and then when the pen nib holder disintegrated and they insisted it wasn't a known defect, I just gave up and it's been sat on my shelf ever since. For anyone still into them though, a Lamy EMR pen coupled with the Wacom f…

They absolutely know about this, given that the seemingly reworked markers for this tablet have a redesigned nib holder that doesn't look like it breaks as easily as the old ones. This is a common enough issue that there are people on ebay selling caps to replace the broken nib holder, but they seem to expensive for what amounts to a piece of 3D-printed plastic; I might just look into your solution with the lamy pen. It's just a shame that reMarkable is handling those issues so badly. They force you to buy a new pen for $130 because a little piece of broken plastic.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by freilanzer »

Solstinox wrote: post #274
AlanYx wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pen accuracy uniformity has always been one of the bigger issues with the RM2 in comparison to its e-ink competitors. It's beyond annoying to pick up the pen to dot an "i" and see the dot appear a mm away from the rest of the letter, especially if you're writing along the right edge of the device. This is probably one of the motivations why they're ditching EMR pens in this new device.

Use the pen that comes with it, magnet side facing the screen and sweep across the areas that are misaligned or the whole screen. This fixes things for me.

This has never worked for me. Sometimes it's more than 1 mm off.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by crooked-v »

For me the killer anti-feature of reMarkable devices is the limited storage. I have way more than 64 GB of ebooks and PDFs (lots of full-color tabletop game books), so anything that has both such limited storage and no SD card slot is off my radar.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by kweks »

selykg wrote: post #289

I previously wrote about how difficult it was to return and get a refund on a Remarkable 2. It was hell. I would highly recommend avoiding them like the freaking plague if you're at all on the fence, because it's a hellacious process to return one. I also assume that if you were to ever need to use the warranty for any purpose that requires returning the product it's going to be the same thing and also awful. Buyer b…

I appear to be in the minority where the RM2 is a perfect fit for my needs - but I can confirm that their support is aggressively anti-customer, and also non-compliant with EU consumer laws.

My device broke in warranty (Despite my attempts at polite out-reach to individuals at the company, including C-level, everything was ignored until a lawyer friend sent a formal letter - and suddenly everything was magically resolved the next day.

It's such an expensive device, and each press-release makes it more and more cultish - I couldn't recommend buying this - I'll wait for a competitor to do a better job.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by [deleted] »

jval43 wrote: post #299

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…

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Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by freilanzer »

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…

> If you are writing a lot or working on a text file to take notes etc. it's a great product.

Even for this intended purpose, I am disappointed. The screen is imprecise up to 1 mm, no search in notes, etc. I went back to paper, which is certainly not what I expected.

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