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Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by paulcole »

hiq wrote: post #417
paulcole wrote: post #44

I ordered mine and am very excited for it. I use it everyday at work (handwritten notes and reviewing short PDFs like resumes and white papers). It’s one of the biggest professional ROI investments that I’ve ever made. The people who hate the Remarkable seem to be either zealots for openness or people who want to read ebooks on it or people who hate subscriptions. Those 3 things don’t matter to me at all so I’ve been…

What line of work are you in?

Director-level role at a 30-person marketing agency.

Not a programming job but I do a few hours of coding a week for work — generally building internal tools to improve processes.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by nenaoki »

maximus-decimus wrote: post #432
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 regret buying mine. I like my Sony dpts1 much better which was 13 inches (a great size for reading book pdfs) while managing to be lighter somehow. I also used that to take university notes and do university cs homework. I just can't recommend an e-book reader that's smaller than a piece of A1 paper if its purpose is to replace A1 sized paper (either books or notebooks)

A4 surely. A1 paper is massive.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by pcl »

tjoff wrote: post #392
pcl wrote: post #368

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IME IP addresses handed out by my phone’s tethering mode aren’t stable, so it’s sorta more of a hassle than just fishing out the little cable and letting my script run. (The device assigns itself a stable IP address on the USB interface.) Although I haven’t looked at those addresses in some time; perhaps they are more stable now than they used to be.

Good point, I've resorted to nmap in desperation in similar cases but would hope there is a more elegant solution.

It’s easier than that with the remarkable tablet — the device documents its current ipv4 and ipv6 addresses. But it’s several taps away, and then typing on the laptop keyboard, whereas USB is just a connector away. Plus, you need to charge anyways.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by leetrout »

They have been pretty hostile toward the community lately having trademark / copyright watchdogs takedown all sorts of community resources in figma, etsy, etc.

I wont be giving them any more of my money.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by Qwertious »

WillAdams wrote: post #131
password4321 wrote: post #117

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For those curious, the PineNote is currently $399 + shipping, but out of stock (and has been for some time, not even mentioned on the store home page that includes just about everything else). https://pine64.com/product/pinenote-developer-edition/

Apparently, it was a big loss and probably won't ever come back in stock.

As someone who's been following #pinenote for the last ~3 years this isn't true, it's "not dead yet" but Pine64 refuses to ship a second batch until they have a stable community distro to ship pre-flashed. Currently the hardware support itself is sorted, and the desktop integration just needs to be sorted out.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by justinlloyd »

nenaoki wrote: post #442
maximus-decimus wrote: post #432

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I regret buying mine. I like my Sony dpts1 much better which was 13 inches (a great size for reading book pdfs) while managing to be lighter somehow. I also used that to take university notes and do university cs homework. I just can't recommend an e-book reader that's smaller than a piece of A1 paper if its purpose is to replace A1 sized paper (either books or notebooks)

A4 surely. A1 paper is massive.

The kind of ebook reader you open to the crossword puzzle and say "harrumph" an awful lot whilst sitting in your high back wing chair in front of the fireplace where discrete employees refill your brandy snifter. You may occasionally bend down one corner of the ebook reader as you peer askance at the likes of who they are letting in these days. There is a member of staff whose sole job it is to stand nearby with a real news paper and snap the pages to show your displeasure as you return to crossword. Five down, "someone who adds nothing to the conversation beyond pointing out the minor flaws in another's statements." Begins with P... With P... Hmmm...

;-)

I kind of like this A1 ebook idea. Time to get out the wallet.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by Apocryphon »

Ancapistani wrote: post #406
Apocryphon wrote: post #361

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That PineNote page doesn't even have screenshots. Absolutely pathetic marketing.

My understanding is that Pine64 isn't really trying to sell you anything. It's closer to a "nerd co-op" than a for-profit company.

It would still be nice to get some images of what their product looks like!

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by cyanydeez »

paradox460 wrote: post #364
dotancohen wrote: post #219

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I'm typing this on my Boox Note Air 2 Plus. I absolutely love this device. I usually use it without the backlight, but sometimes at night I'll use the backlight and the adjustable blue light filter is an absolute must. This is my fifth or sixth E-Ink device, and probably my favorite. It's an Android device, so everything that I was already using works on it. Notably Firefox when properly configured, and Ankidroid.

I really do love mine too, and support has been rather good. I do worry about it reaching end of life, but only mildly. I do wish that boox would open source their android changes, they are arguably the best in class features for eink, and beat the pants off systems like the Kindle

Last I heard, book is violating open source licenses.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by Qwertious »

noname120 wrote: post #418
thimabi wrote: post #179

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I concur. For a device of that price, size, and considering the reading and note-taking use case, only 229 ppi is abysmal. Why cut corners in a key part of the product?

E Ink has a monopoly on microcapsule displays and the prices are incredibly high. The device would be much more expensive if they used the high-density display. As an example the E Ink Kaleido 3 screen part (only the screen!) costs $449[1] per piece: https://shopkits.eink.com/en/product/detail/13.3''Kaleido3eP...

>E Ink has a monopoly on microcapsule displays and the prices are incredibly high

This is either horseshit or very sneakily worded. GoodDisplay sells their DES screens which are also electrophoretic screens, with the only difference being that they use cofferdam tech that directly builds microcapsules onto the underlying substrate, rather than being separately produced and sprinkled on.

>As an example, $449

How is that an example? If you're comparing it to LCD please say so explicitly. LCDs are produced at a rate of billions per quarter, whereas electrophoretic screens are a niche tech used in ereaders and not much else. It wouldn't surprise me if LCDs had 1000x the production, you don't need a monopoly to explain LCDs being cheaper here. It's just raw economy of scale.

Re: ReMarkable Paper Pro

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Post by sam29681749 »

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".

Most reviews I have seen say the battery life is terrible (which is the reason I haven't bought one). Can you share a little more on your experience and the 'long battery'.
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