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I've been excitedly watching this product category for a while. I wanted to buy a DPTS1, but it turns it it only reads PDFs, nothing else. That felt a little to

I've been excitedly watching this product category for a while. I wanted to buy a DPTS1, but it turns it it only reads PDFs, nothing else. That felt a little too limited for $900. I've pre-ordered the reMarkable tablet, though more as a vote for the product category than love for the specific product. This doesn't replace paper at all, but it does bridge a gap that I've wanted to bridge for a long time. I've always liked printing out documents and making notes on them as I read, but it's hard to share those notes with others and it's impractical to haul the documents around. Products like this let me do this much more efficiently.

rbanffy 10y ago
What other devices of this size are there?
- douche 10y ago
  I got one of these https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/13-3-inch-android-e-reader https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/13-3-inch-android-e-reade... It's pretty decent, and exactly what I wanted - an old-school Kindle around the size of a sheet of paper.
  - chamakits 10y ago
    Sorry for the incoming barrage of questions, but I've been looking for a good e-ink device. I've come across this one before, but have read different experiences with it. How is it for taking notes? How smooth is the experience with PDFs? Is it any good for annotating on top of PDFs? What file types does it support? What is it's battery life like?
    - douche 10y ago
      > How is it for taking notes? I've been pretty happy with it so far. The included stylus is pretty responsive. > How smooth is the experience with PDFs? Scrolling a PDF is a little weird on the e-ink screen - the refresh rate is kind of low, so it looks a bit like the old Windows Freecell victory animation while scrolling is happening. Switching between pages is smooth. > Is it any good for annotating on top of PDFs? Haven't tried it yet > What file types does it support? So far I've opened up PDFs, EPUBs and MOBIs. I believe there's more in it's app store, but I haven't needed to explore that yet. > What is it's battery life like? I charged it up when I got it at the beginning of March, and it's still at around 50%, with the Wifi enabled.
chamakits 10y ago
I've seen the reMarkable before, and it's definitely a product I'm interested in. However, every other e-ink writable tablet I've seen reviewed (other than the DPT-S1) has some amount of issues with input lag. I'm also cautious of buying products from companies I had never heard of before, which may or may not be justified. When you get your reMarkable, make a post here reviewing it. If it turns out to be any good, I'd like to know!
thrownblown 10y ago
I've had my eye on the Earl for over 3 years now. So glad I was not a backer. It just seemed to good to be true. https://earl.is https://earl.is http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/04/10/earl-back-country-tablet-delayed-until-early-2016-at-least/ http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/04/10/earl-back-country-t...

rbanffy 10y ago

What other devices of this size are there?

douche 10y ago
I got one of these https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/13-3-inch-android-e-reader https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/13-3-inch-android-e-reade... It's pretty decent, and exactly what I wanted - an old-school Kindle around the size of a sheet of paper.
- chamakits 10y ago
  Sorry for the incoming barrage of questions, but I've been looking for a good e-ink device. I've come across this one before, but have read different experiences with it. How is it for taking notes? How smooth is the experience with PDFs? Is it any good for annotating on top of PDFs? What file types does it support? What is it's battery life like?
  - douche 10y ago
    > How is it for taking notes? I've been pretty happy with it so far. The included stylus is pretty responsive. > How smooth is the experience with PDFs? Scrolling a PDF is a little weird on the e-ink screen - the refresh rate is kind of low, so it looks a bit like the old Windows Freecell victory animation while scrolling is happening. Switching between pages is smooth. > Is it any good for annotating on top of PDFs? Haven't tried it yet > What file types does it support? So far I've opened up PDFs, EPUBs and MOBIs. I believe there's more in it's app store, but I haven't needed to explore that yet. > What is it's battery life like? I charged it up when I got it at the beginning of March, and it's still at around 50%, with the Wifi enabled.

chamakits 10y ago

I've seen the reMarkable before, and it's definitely a product I'm interested in. However, every other e-ink writable tablet I've seen reviewed (other than the DPT-S1) has some amount of issues with input lag. I'm also cautious of buying products from companies I had never heard of before, which may or may not be justified. When you get your reMarkable, make a post here reviewing it. If it turns out to be any good, I'd like to know!

thrownblown 10y ago

I've had my eye on the Earl for over 3 years now. So glad I was not a backer. It just seemed to good to be true. https://earl.is https://earl.is http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/04/10/earl-back-country-tablet-delayed-until-early-2016-at-least/ http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/04/10/earl-back-country-t...