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Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by moh_maya »

rationalist wrote: post #21
cyberax wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah. But then people are not going to buy their hardware. I have a reMarkable from 6 years ago that I'm using to run Toltec and koreader, but I'm not going to buy any new hardware from them. Was the subscription income worth it?

Same. I'm finally looking to get away from Kindle, and ReMarkable is off the list.

Was comparing the remarkable with the kindle scribe and the boox note 5c - and settled on the 5c - though the battery life trade-off is significant (I end up charging once every 3-4 days, with 2-3 hours of daily use - writing and reading) - and I am really happy with the device. Fantastic hand-writing feel, very good on-device hand-writing recognition, and decent to very good integration with google drive, notes export, etc. May be worth considering if you are looking for an colour e-ink device that you can write on (notes, thoughts, journalling), as well as run android play store applications, including the kindle app.

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by utopiah »

theSIRius wrote: post #37

I was actually thinking about buying Remarkable Paper Pro after Christmas. Not necessarily for the colors but just to have a portable e-ink tablet to scribble on and organize myself a bit better. In the end, I went with Supernote Nomad (A6X2). The build quality is not as good, the display does not have colors, and there is no backlight. But, for my use cases, it fits perfectly. I have found myself taking notes left a…

Bit late reMarkable is running Linux and the community is providing tools like https://github.com/ddvk/rmfakecloud

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by utopiah »

alfanick wrote: post #35
okuntilnow wrote: post #18

The good thing about the Remarkable is that it’s basically just a Linux machine and you have root access. There’s a great community of folk building extra functionality and tools / apps for it.

I did some minor research, I've only found that I can ssh into it in Dev Mode. Is there a way to run a fullblown nice terminal with keyboard over bluetooth and mosh? I'm dreaming of e-ink portable terminal.

Yep, my notes https://fabien.benetou.fr/Tools/Eink#remarkable on the topic.

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by utopiah »

Tinkered with RM1, have RM2 then RMPPro since they are out.

If you care about colors, do NOT buy that or any other e-ink devices IMHO. The colors are washed out.

If you NEED colors in some situations (e.g. reading research papers with important graphics, charts) or enjoy some hints of colors (e.g. manga covers) then why not. It's way WAY better than black&white for colored contents.

Finally, and that's THE #1 use case, if you take notes or sketch diagrams, and would like a dash of color here and there, then it's literally another dimension.

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by theSIRius »

utopiah wrote: post #42
theSIRius wrote: post #37

I was actually thinking about buying Remarkable Paper Pro after Christmas. Not necessarily for the colors but just to have a portable e-ink tablet to scribble on and organize myself a bit better. In the end, I went with Supernote Nomad (A6X2). The build quality is not as good, the display does not have colors, and there is no backlight. But, for my use cases, it fits perfectly. I have found myself taking notes left a…

Bit late reMarkable is running Linux and the community is providing tools like https://github.com/ddvk/rmfakecloud

That's a pretty cool project. But with it living in the grey area of not being really supported by Remarkable, I would be skeptical if Remarkable does not block it down the line.

Supernote has full-fledged Linux support in the official pipeline. It has gotten postponed quite recently, so the devices still run on their customized Android distribution only. But even in the current state, I feel more ownership over my HW and SW than I would with Remarkable.

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by ainch »

danpalmer wrote: post #20
bee_rider wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are the usual complaints?

Needs a subscription for sync, the sync system is pretty basic, the web/desktop experience is poor, no support for things like Google Drive or other cloud storage, and generally very limited software experience on the device. (This is not to say I fully agree with these, but these are the criticisms I see a lot online)

As a user that doesn't pay for the subscription, I use their Google Drive integration quite often. I believe they support Dropbox and OneDrive too, no?

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by cooperadymas »

hboon wrote: post #40
cooperadymas wrote: post #13

Since this thread is undoubtedly going to devolve into the usual whining about Remarkable that is entirely unrelated to the article at hand, and doesn't understand the intent of the devices, or is based on the entirely unnecessary subscription service, I'll add a positive contribution. Since receiving the RMPP Move for Christmas, it has become my go-to daily device and other than the obtuse name, I am almost entirely…

Are there pens that work like Lamy Al-Star EMR pen, with a button to switch tools, etc, on the RMPP? I have been using my RM2 for years. Backlight would be nice, but not sure it's worth the trade off for me.

AFAIK this does not exist yet for the RMPP. It would be a nice addition and I would guess that they release something eventually.

If you are generally happy with the RM2 then the form factor is probably the only reason to upgrade or swap that ends up being worth it. Most Best Buys carry Remarkables and offer an opportunity to feel it before deciding.

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by caseyf »

GeorgeHahn wrote: post #23
okuntilnow wrote: post #18

The good thing about the Remarkable is that it’s basically just a Linux machine and you have root access. There’s a great community of folk building extra functionality and tools / apps for it.

Is that true on the pro? I trialed one maybe a year ago and got the impression that the company had stopped supporting third party devs.

SDK :) https://developer.remarkable.com/documentation/sdk

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by criddell »

bee_rider wrote: post #19
cooperadymas wrote: post #13

Since this thread is undoubtedly going to devolve into the usual whining about Remarkable that is entirely unrelated to the article at hand, and doesn't understand the intent of the devices, or is based on the entirely unnecessary subscription service, I'll add a positive contribution. Since receiving the RMPP Move for Christmas, it has become my go-to daily device and other than the obtuse name, I am almost entirely…

What are the usual complaints?

I always complain about the size. I want a 13" so I can read and mark up full-size PDFs (I'm normally dealing with A4 or Letter size documents).

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by theultdev »

cyberax wrote: post #11
rationalist wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But then they can't try to force people into their sweet, sweet subscription services.

Yeah. But then people are not going to buy their hardware. I have a reMarkable from 6 years ago that I'm using to run Toltec and koreader, but I'm not going to buy any new hardware from them. Was the subscription income worth it?

You probably have lifetime subscription btw.

I have two devices with lifetime (RM 1 + 2)

RM was very generous giving it to all devices bought before the service came out.

It's only $5/mo iirc w/ no hard limits, not a bad deal to sync your docs, pdfs, and books tbh.

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