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Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by antonyh »

rationalist wrote: post #10
cyberax wrote: post #7

Sigh. ReMarkable. It's just remarkable how they keep shooting themselves in the foot. Their hardware is great, but their software just sucks. And for no real reason, as far as I can understand. They technically do have a cloud subscription that needs to lock out users, I guess? For example, they don't have handwriting recognition for non-Latin languages. They don't even have on-screen _keyboards_ for non-Latin langua…

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

Obsidian has a paid subscription sync service and is free but not open source software.

Joplin has a paid subscription sync service and is free and open source software.

It's a different business model, but it's possible.

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by antonyh »

moh_maya wrote: post #41
rationalist wrote: post #21

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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 expo…

I tried Boox (Note Air 3 Colour) but it wouldn't run the one 'android' app I needed - O'Reilly bookshelf. Returned it and got an iPad instead. Seemed ok but only half supports apps. I didn't have it long enough to suffer pen accuracy or general performance, but the colours were muddy.

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by utopiah »

theSIRius wrote: post #45
utopiah wrote: post #42

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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 H…

It's been about 6 years so I doubt it.

If they do though then I won't update and won't buy the next model. I can imagine them doing it for a new model for already sold one that'd be a first.

FWIW if you really want ownership and don't care much for weight the PineNote is probably the best our there, able to run Android (with root) but also Linux proper.

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by azeirah »

antonyh wrote: post #51
rationalist wrote: post #10

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

Obsidian has a paid subscription sync service and is free but not open source software. Joplin has a paid subscription sync service and is free and open source software. It's a different business model, but it's possible.

I made a service to sync remarkable to obsidian. It's not free, but it _is_ open-source so you can self-host for free.

https://scrybble.ink

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by jjtheblunt »

functionmouse wrote: post #24
AshamedCaptain wrote: post #17

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The Paper Pro switched to AES like every other recent tablet out there instead of keeping the Wacom EMR, and it definitely takes a hit in almost every metric you can think of. Like accuracy, as TFA complains. I frankly _cannot_ recommend the Paper Pro if you already have the 2. It is way too expensive for something that is almost a sidestep instead of an upgrade.

AES ruined tabputers and it makes me so sad

What's AES in this context? (i think of advanced encryption standard)

Is it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_electronic_signature ?

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by Luc »

jjtheblunt wrote: post #55
functionmouse wrote: post #24

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AES ruined tabputers and it makes me so sad

What's AES in this context? (i think of advanced encryption standard) Is it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_electronic_signature ?

Active electrostatic. It uses a battery, EMR doesn’t.

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by rationalist »

theultdev wrote: post #50
cyberax wrote: post #11

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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.

> very generous

Are you affiliated with the company?

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by nja »

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…

I have been wanting a pocket-notebook-size tablet since the day I got my RM2. I've been considering the Move since it came out, but the stylus change was worrying me, and the price is pretty high -- I feel like I would have bought release day if they offered a lower priced monochrome one in the same form factor, especially if it used the RM2 stylus...

It's encouraging to hear you have had a good experience with it. Maybe I'll grab one if they ever go on sale!

Is there anything beyond your minor nits that you would caution someone like me about before buying?

Re: Remarkable Pro Colors

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Post by cyberax »

wl wrote: post #31
scheme271 wrote: post #30

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Yeah, that's a known problem The solution is to get one of those usb-c to qi adapters, keep it always plugged in, and use a qi charger to recharge. This minimizes insertion cycles and stress on the connector.

I repeat myself: I don't think the hardware is great.

I like handwriting, and reMarkable feels closest to actual pen and paper. It's also as thin as it can be (although it does cause the USB-C reliability issues).
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