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Re: ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

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Post by jshevek »

enricozb wrote: post #60

It hurts my heart how conflicted I am about this device. The hardware _is_ there. I love using the original reMarkable tablet _when it works_. But damn there are some stupid software decisions, alongside some absolutely genius ones. (Disclaimer: I've had the original reMarkable tablet for 3 months now) Here's a summary of my experience with it: - It's sometimes unstable, and crashes while I draw. Not super often but…

For what it's worth, I don't think my device has ever crashed. I wonder if there is a memory overflow bug such that different types of usage could lead to different crash frequencies?

>No idea why this is here

I agree it would be nice to turn off quick sheets for those who don't use it. For me, I love quicksheets. I often want to just grab the device, jot something down immediately, and put it away. Sure I could create a 'notes' file and put it somewhere obvious, but quicksheets reduces the time and effort for these quick notes.

Re: ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

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Post by lottin »

g123g wrote: post #61

Is it worth it to buy just for reading purposes? I have a Kindle but a want bigger screen to read PDFs and web pages. Also, any integration with the Android app store?

It is suitable for reading PDFs, but don't expect much. It doesn't have a web browser and doesn't run Android apps.

Re: ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

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Post by pettycashstash2 »

jshevek wrote: post #62
pettycashstash2 wrote: post #51

why so many posts to hacker News about this today? Seems and feels like guerrilla marketing.

> why so many posts to hacker News about this today? Seems and feels like guerrilla marketing. Are you accusing the people who posted these links of being employees of Remarkable? If so, you could just look at their comment histories to see if it seems likely before posting a general accusation. I am fascinated by this product. It is far more interesting to me than much of what Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, or A…

I am not and did not accuse anyone. I simply noticed many links to many resources about same product in a short period of time. You can make your own judgement call on that. Are press releases standard - of course. I would ague that guerrilla marketing is standard ops for many new products/services and it should not be perceived in a negative way. Its a tool, i was simply curious if this was the case. In addition i'm fascinated at guerrilla marketing operations and am curious if they in fact are, how are they are engaged, paid etc.....

Re: ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

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Post by blue_shirt »

capableweb wrote: post #71
enricozb wrote: post #60

It hurts my heart how conflicted I am about this device. The hardware _is_ there. I love using the original reMarkable tablet _when it works_. But damn there are some stupid software decisions, alongside some absolutely genius ones. (Disclaimer: I've had the original reMarkable tablet for 3 months now) Here's a summary of my experience with it: - It's sometimes unstable, and crashes while I draw. Not super often but…

As someone who is thinking of getting the reMarkable 2, what is some examples of "A lot of cool open source software"?

Not the grandparent, from what I've found is there's a lot written for the tablet since it is a Linux device that gives the user root access.

Some examples of the open source stuff can be found on github [1] and their wiki[2].

[1] https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable [2] https://remarkablewiki.com/tips/start

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Post by funkaster »

I bought the original one during the initial sale, I think I paid something around $300 for it. Loved it and used it as my main reading/note taking device. I got an iPad Pro (12.9) last year and I've stopped using the remarkable, but will prob get the newer version. I find it much easier on the eyes and better to read using the remarkable. It was a great piece of hw before, the new one looks even better.

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Post by quartz »

Can any remarkable owners comment on the reliability/robustness of the document storage? Does it store versions and/or backups?

I made the mistake of buying an equilpen2 at an apple store years ago. I say mistake not because I didn't like the product (I used it for hundreds of pages of notes over the year or two after I bought it and loved that it let me write on regular paper) but because the company gave up on the product and eventually released destructive app updates that deleted all my notes from my local machines.

I was only able to recover my content because I had it synced to dropbox and now I'm paranoid about content creation devices like this potentially losing my content in the future if the company goes belly-up.

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Post by vlunkr »

gentleman11 wrote: post #79
ACS_Solver wrote: post #24

Terrible link, the actual reMarkable website is much better. It's a very niche device but I've owned mine for nearly two years and am a big advocate. In some ways, the first model was proof of concept. Excellent hardware and writing experience, but the early versions of the software were horrible, and the device itself is very ugly. The software has improved dramatically in the time I've owned it, going from horrible…

I still hate the idea of not being allowed to buy/sell used books, and the potential to spy on you, which everyone from kindle to Wacom has decided to do. Paper and paper books are just the way to go for now

FWIW you can basically leave a Kindle in airplane mode all the time and copy books over USB. Plus it extends the already great battery life.

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Post by [deleted] »

capableweb wrote: post #71
enricozb wrote: post #60

It hurts my heart how conflicted I am about this device. The hardware _is_ there. I love using the original reMarkable tablet _when it works_. But damn there are some stupid software decisions, alongside some absolutely genius ones. (Disclaimer: I've had the original reMarkable tablet for 3 months now) Here's a summary of my experience with it: - It's sometimes unstable, and crashes while I draw. Not super often but…

As someone who is thinking of getting the reMarkable 2, what is some examples of "A lot of cool open source software"?

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Re: ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

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Post by jshevek »

throwlaplace wrote: post #58

the only thing i want is a device i can write on that has a refresh rate (or whatever) that's near realtime (so that I don't get the cognitive dissonance from the lag in the line appearing). does such a device exist? i've tried surface and ipad and etc. all of them still have quite noticeable lag when writing.

>does such a device exist?

That is the goal of this device. The original Remarkable was superior to the surface and the iPad, and according to their marketing the next one will be twice as fast.

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