Believe it or not, this is a product that could save an incredible number of lives over time, by allowing us to spend more time outdoors:
http://sunlightinstitute.org/research-studies/
ReMarkable Paper Tablet
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#62So a tablet-sized smartboard? Who is the target market for a product like this?
I can see myself being in the target market (sw/hw developer) - while much of my day-to-day work takes place on a computer, I still rely on pen and paper for early sketches/brainstorming and the like, leading to an office with (quite literally!) hundreds of notebooks on the shelves. If it feels sufficiently paper-y to write on and PDF exporting is seamless-y and with at least a rudimentary tagging function, I'd proba…
Interesting. I'm actually envisioning this being a great tool for academic research.
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#63I was sold until this line: "Your thoughts, whether they’re words or sketches, are instantly synced to reMarkable’s cloud service" Imagine for a company only five years back to literally say that your thoughts are sent to their server. I welcome any product that understand we need less distractions and less help from so-called AI, but there are many reasons to be cautious about this one (preorder, latency claim and l…
> Imagine for a company only five years back to literally say that your thoughts are sent to their server.
Well, now or five years ago, no one had the mind reading technology to say that, literally.
However, it's worth noting that Chromebooks were introduced five and a half years ago, so for a company introducing a device line to say that your work would be synced that way 5 years ago isn't something you have to work hard to imagine, if you were paying any attention at the time.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great to hear from you guys directly! I guess we (i.e techie internet folks, you included) have been served so many crowd funded promises that it's difficult to believe things that are too good to be true. Although I'm personally a big advocate of keeping stuff open, I do understand that a small company has to have some secrets for themselves. Now I see you're also a developer at KDE which certainly gives credibility…
> I guess we (i.e techie internet folks, you included) have been served so many crowd funded promises that it's difficult to believe things that are too good to be true. well, I personally have basically stopped contributing to crowdfunding campaigns, I've been burnt a lot. and this is also why we haven't gone public earlier, even when we've been working on this for years. > I truly understand and support that you do…
I appreciate your approach of avoiding speculation (apart from the mass-production uncertainties) and I've just pre-ordered. I have a couple LCD pen tablets (Samsung Note 10 and Surface Pro 3, apart from a USB Wacom Intuos 3) and a Kobo Aura H₂O, and your device looks like something I'd use often.
Just to give you a little feedback, I don't expect any reply for now:
- if the cloud sync can not be disabled I'll just nuke the packets at the router, but I suspect the option will be there.
- I want the SDK (mentioned as possible in your FAQ), unofficial-void-your-warranty all the way to the moon if you want, to have a programmable scientific calculator (maybe with Computer Algebra System functionality if I find the time) on this device. Having to build a complete firmware image in my laptop (Linux) and flashing it just to install my application is acceptable, simply uploading the file as if it was a PDF is better.
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#65Very much want one, if it materializes I will feel very jealous of today's college students. This would have been a godsend, I would take notes in class, but organizing them was always a pain. I've lost several class notes I wish I kept. Will hold out until actual products are given to the public, I've seen several pitches for this that haven't materialized. Best of luck though, I will be waiting.
I too struggle (and fail) to keep physical papers organised. But I'm not sure why electronic papers should be any easier? Unless there's some amazing software that can recognise content automatically...
Just tags plus dates would be enough to a very long way to making things much easier to organize. I know I made some notes after that meeting in October and I know I probably tagged the note with something like 'CFD' and/or 'wind'. Show me all the notes that match those criteria and I'll probably recognize the notes I'm looking for in less than a minute.
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#66I really want this to succeed. I'd love to buy one. There's been quite a few failed attempts. From FAQ > own special operating system Codex / We might however release an unsupported SDK for best developers That's disappointing. I assume "best developers" means corporates. I'd have hoped for a fully open SDK as you're not able to use anything from Android etc. There's probably no end of utilities solo coders would pie…
"best developers" was a bit tongue in cheek, it was late and I didn't have time to come up with good wording (I'm not a good word person). but what I tried to convey; we know that even _if_ we can release a toolchain, we can't deliver a full, polished SDK. so "best developers" was more about developers that don't need any hand-holding. but again; we can't even promise that we have the time and resources to package up…
Is it safe to assume that it will be possible to update the firmware on the device so that some updates will be possible after shipping?
Re: ReMarkable Paper Tablet
#67So, it looks great but
a) does it have a backlight
b) can I sync it with my own server instead of some 3rd party cloud service?
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
While you have certainly made huge and impressive improvements, I still don't think I could call that "solved". I think any latency is still going to put people off when it comes to writing on this vs. paper.
our goal for solving it was to get it down to where it wasn't a detriment for the writing and sketching experience. one of the first things we did was gather data and read what research there was on what kind of latency was noticeable and lead to writing feeling "wrong". so we solved our goal, but it's always possible to get better.
So obviously without actually trying one myself I can't say that you are incorrect, but certainly the demo video you provided still has a feeling of wrongness. Its like with animation, we're still stuck in the uncanny valley but you are definitely climbing out of it.
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#69Re: ReMarkable Paper Tablet
#70Believe it or not, this is a product that could save an incredible number of lives over time, by allowing us to spend more time outdoors: http://sunlightinstitute.org/research-studies/
It's (partially) replacing paper. You can already take paper outside.