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I purchased the remarkable and was really disappointed. I ended up returning it. Ultimately, if i'm spending $700 for a writing tablet (after accessories), it h

I purchased the remarkable and was really disappointed. I ended up returning it. Ultimately, if i'm spending $700 for a writing tablet (after accessories), it has to work as described. Some of the deal breaking issues: - Battery lasts for hours, not days. - Mobile apps are buggy, viewing notes caused them to crash - Randomly stops responding to pen - Randomly freezes up - Customer support takes weeks to respond - Ereader experience is horrible (no bookmarks, table of contents, etc) - UI really needs improvements (pen style settings aren't retained)

seltzered_ 9y ago
Interesting. I owned an onyx boox (android eink tablet) and the battery life goes down when trying to do hacks to increase response time (a2 refresh mode). This is probably the main reason more companies haven’t bothered with making a eink tablet focused on wiring or more animated interactions so far. I’m waiting for products based on different display tech to eventually arrive, there was a new startup presenting at SID last year ( http://www.clearinkdisplays.com http://www.clearinkdisplays.com )
thaumaturgy 9y ago
The only one of those I could corroborate is the pen style settings issue, which occasionally irritates me too. Price: I won't argue it's expensive and if it isn't scratching an itch you've had for a long time then it might not be worth it. Mine has provided that much value to me since I bought it, and I figure I'm paying a little extra for early access anyway (and hopefully supporting a technology that will stick around for a while). Battery: I can see it lasting for only hours under heavy, constant use, but I've found that I only need to charge mine about once a week and I use it daily. I'm just not drawing or doodling on it constantly, so mostly it sits idle next to me and is interrupted every once in a while for a quick note. Apps: I haven't used any of the mobile apps for it because that defeats its purpose (for me). Pen response: has been perfect for me so far. This makes me wonder if you had a glitchy or buggy device. Freezing up: I've seen this happen twice, I think, since November, and in my case the device locked up for several seconds and then rebooted itself, which I thought was pretty cool (a hell of a lot better job than KDE on Debian 9). I didn't lose any work, even though both times I was using it when it happened. Customer support: haven't had to deal with them, but I'm not surprised at the lack of response. That seems to be a trend over the last several years. Nobody does customer support anymore. Ereader: Ashamed to admit I haven't tried using this feature on it yet, just haven't got around to it.
russellsprouts 9y ago
I have one, and my biggest issue with the UI was the pen settings not being retained, but they did fix that in the latest update. Apparently they made some changes to improve battery life as well.

seltzered_ 9y ago

Interesting. I owned an onyx boox (android eink tablet) and the battery life goes down when trying to do hacks to increase response time (a2 refresh mode). This is probably the main reason more companies haven’t bothered with making a eink tablet focused on wiring or more animated interactions so far. I’m waiting for products based on different display tech to eventually arrive, there was a new startup presenting at SID last year ( http://www.clearinkdisplays.com http://www.clearinkdisplays.com )

thaumaturgy 9y ago

The only one of those I could corroborate is the pen style settings issue, which occasionally irritates me too. Price: I won't argue it's expensive and if it isn't scratching an itch you've had for a long time then it might not be worth it. Mine has provided that much value to me since I bought it, and I figure I'm paying a little extra for early access anyway (and hopefully supporting a technology that will stick around for a while). Battery: I can see it lasting for only hours under heavy, constant use, but I've found that I only need to charge mine about once a week and I use it daily. I'm just not drawing or doodling on it constantly, so mostly it sits idle next to me and is interrupted every once in a while for a quick note. Apps: I haven't used any of the mobile apps for it because that defeats its purpose (for me). Pen response: has been perfect for me so far. This makes me wonder if you had a glitchy or buggy device. Freezing up: I've seen this happen twice, I think, since November, and in my case the device locked up for several seconds and then rebooted itself, which I thought was pretty cool (a hell of a lot better job than KDE on Debian 9). I didn't lose any work, even though both times I was using it when it happened. Customer support: haven't had to deal with them, but I'm not surprised at the lack of response. That seems to be a trend over the last several years. Nobody does customer support anymore. Ereader: Ashamed to admit I haven't tried using this feature on it yet, just haven't got around to it.

russellsprouts 9y ago

I have one, and my biggest issue with the UI was the pen settings not being retained, but they did fix that in the latest update. Apparently they made some changes to improve battery life as well.