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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 w

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 to bad, then to almost acceptable, and now it's decent. I'm happy to see the company is doing well enough to make a second generation reality. Looks like it will be an overall improved experience, with a magnetic marker, a slick-looking device and overall incremental improvements. I'd like to see some kind of trade up program though, it's expensive (and 50$ more for a marker with one extra sensor is ridiculous) and I can't justify paying that much for an incremental upgrade. My only concern about the new specs would be the thickness, or rather the sturdiness. The first generation is thick by modern standards, but it's very sturdy. I've dropped the device, I've dropped the bag with it, I've bumped into things with it - not a scratch. Very refreshing in the age of fragile devices. Hopefully the rM2 doesn't sacrifice much sturdiness to be thinner.

marvindanig 7y ago
This, centum percentum! If 'papery' was my need of the hour I'd go back to physical paper straight. This is lame marketing of an expensive lifeless product that aims to copy the dead tree. That's not what our new mediums are about.
- scroot 7y ago
  Whatever pushes progress in the low-power, reflective technology of epaper displays should be celebrated, I think. One could imagine hacking something like this tablet to have a true interactive Squeak like environment on it. Or, better yet, a Squeak-like environment designed from the ground up specifically for epaper displays...
  - marvindanig 7y ago
    Reflective or iridescent, the nature of light that falls into your eyes doesn't change. Low-power is definitely an attribute that I can get behind but modern batteries are good enough to not go underpowered when it comes to books. Downvoters: yes, you deserve the truth! :-)
    - mrob 7y ago
      Reflective displays have the advantage of perfectly adapting their brightness to their surroundings. This is especially useful for portable devices. Emissive displays can have light-sensor-controlled brightness, but they don't adapt pixel by pixel like reflective displays. However, if you are using an emissive display in an environment with constant and even lighting, you can set the brightness correctly and it will be just as good. Many people in such lightning conditions configure their displays wrong and mistake the misconfiguration for an inherent disadvantage of emissive displays.
      - marvindanig 7y ago
        > have the advantage of perfectly adapting their brightness to their surroundings. The surroundings might not be lit enough for the health of eyes. This is the usual case and one of the prime issues why dead tree books and e-paper tablets lead to weak eyes.
        mrob 7y ago
        There's evidence that lack of exposure to sunlight increases risk of myopia. But emissive displays are typically dimmer than sunlit objects, even at full brightness. If insufficient brightness is a concern, you're better off using reflective displays outdoors.
        marvindanig 7y ago
        People often read at night before going to sleep. If reading in the Sun was a requirement, one could do that with physical books too. However, most reading happens indoors and for that an iridescent panel screen such as that on an iPad with full gamut of colors is suited better.
- rout39574 7y ago
  Paper is just better than glowing screens for lots of perceptual tasks. No-flicker is better than flicker, too. Keep in mind that lots of our new mediums can be thought of as chaff in the way of reading the right good book.
  - marvindanig 7y ago
    Flicker?? Are you talking about CRT monitors still?
    - monocasa 7y ago
      LCDs still flicker
      - Erlich_Bachman 7y ago
        There are a lot of LCDs that don't flicker, or ones that flicker at 40khz or other high frequencies which is imperceptibile to a human. There are databases on the internet if you want to get a flicker-free LCD screen or laptop.
    - muraiki 7y ago
      LCD dimming often works by rapidly flickering the backlight, although there are now more flicker-free LCD displays on the market.
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
- mrkeen 7y ago
  Are there any tablets that you've felt good writing on? I have a Galaxy Tab A (glassy surface) and I can tolerate drawing the occasional diagram on it. I haven't used its stylus at all after getting the first remarkable.
  - marvindanig 7y ago
    I use the iPad Pro 24/7. Nothing can come close or change that for me, it's such a good interface and surface to work with.
ncr100 7y ago
> concern about the new specs would be the thickness, or rather the sturdiness There has been an FCC leak: https://fccid.io/2AMK2-RM110 https://fccid.io/2AMK2-RM110 showing a machined aluminum back, which the motherboard is affixed to. To me this looks good. Disclaimer, I pre-ordered V2 today and am an owner of V1.
- ProZsolt 7y ago
  Direct link: https://fccid.io/2AMK2-RM110/Internal-Photos/Internal-photos-4523960 https://fccid.io/2AMK2-RM110/Internal-Photos/Internal-photos...
danharaj 7y ago
I'm going to give my old one to a friend and get the new one :) It's such a jank piece of hardware but I love it.
ktta 7y ago
> My only concern about the new specs would be the thickness https://youtu.be/SWY_bwFMxro?t=73 https://youtu.be/SWY_bwFMxro?t=73 Made out of aluminium, so I don't think there should be worries about give. I think bendgate is still fresh in people's minds.
gentleman11 7y ago
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
- vlunkr 7y ago
  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.
  - mNovak 7y ago
    Yup, this is what I do. Battery lasts forever. Since I get most of the books off Project Gutenberg, there wouldn't be any slick wifi transfers for me anyway.
    - nik_0_0 7y ago
      You can use slick wifi with Gutenberg books! There is a “send to kindle” function which allows you to either use a desktop application, or set up an email address you can send .mobi files to! Highly recommended if you get tired of plugging in - thats why I swapped from my old Kobo to a Kindle.
      - int_19h 7y ago
        Not only that, but this actually adds the book to one's personal library (as "document"). For .mobi, this also synchronizes the last read position, just like it does for books from the Kindle store.
harshalizee 7y ago
It looks amazing. My concern is that it's around $500. That's about the price of an iPad and Apple pencil. Is it really worth the asking price?
- carlosdp 7y ago
  That's up to you, but the drawing experience feels wayyyy better on the remarkable than on the smooth glass of the iPad, from my own experience. It's also far lighter and really does feel paper-y.
  - stronglikedan 7y ago
    My boss has an iPad with the Paperlike screen protector, and it makes me jealous. Just something to look into if you don't like the glass.
    - applecrazy 7y ago
      Paperlike is nice, but I've heard it actually wears down the tip of the Pencil. That's another thing you may need to buy, but relatively inexpensive ($20 for a pack of 4).
    - mbreese 7y ago
      I just added the Paperlike 2 protector to my iPad Pro a few month ago. It's amazing to write on now. You can notice a bit of distortion in the display, but it's really nothing that bothers me at all. I've been very happy with this combination. Because of this setup, I've switched almost all of my note taking over to my iPad. Before, I only took notes in a paper notebook (large Moleskine soft cover). And so far, I haven't had any excess wear and tear on the Pencil nib... The only issue I had was waiting on shipping from Germany.
      - JanSoy 7y ago
        Thanks for the feedback and it's great to see you're enjoying it! We're currently working on better worldwide distribution - in the USA we're working with the new Shopify Fulfillment Network to drastically reduce shipping times!
Avery3R 7y ago
Discussion re: if techcrunch should be banned from hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22539255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22539255
- Grustaf 7y ago
  Is it just me or does every single TC article read like an ad?
  - dsr_ 7y ago
    Perhaps the submission form should have a caution: "If this URL looks like an ad or a press release, please consider finding an original source for the information."
- type0 7y ago
  What is the HN policy about posting redirecting URLs to other pages in general? If there isn't one I think there should be clear rules on that. To be clear, I'm not talking about moved pages and links that change after submission.
- DiabloD3 7y ago
  I wonder if I say dang three times in a mirror, he will show up and take advice on HN policy changes. I really would like to see TC just gone. It didn't use to be this bad, but they've been going downhill since... forever, really.
  - hinkley 7y ago
    Beetlejuice didn't so much show up and take advice as he showed up and tried stage a shotgun wedding with your underage daughter in order to exploit some sort of interdimensional green card loophole. This is suddenly very reminiscent of John Mulaney describing Back to the Future...
    - TheCraiggers 7y ago
      The whole "say someone's name 3 times in a mirror" predates Beetlejuice by a long stretch. That said, I don't know of any of the those myths that ended in happy endings for those saying the name, so I think your main point still stands. ;)
thaumaturgy 7y ago
I've had my Remarkable for a little over two years also and it's easily my favorite tech gadget. Occasionally I'd go from regular work (notes on a project file), to a business or client meeting (pull up notes from past meetings, update with new notes), to a volunteer meeting after work (pull up the previous week's training notes). At each point I had all the information I needed without having to juggle binders or loose-leaf papers. And I love that I can rework my notes as I write them. So, during a meeting, first draft is just scribbling stuff down, then while people are busy listening to themselves talk, I can drag my scribbles around into priorities and tasks, add a diagram, clean a few things up. This is a completely different workflow from either plain paper or laptop/tablet, and it really works for me.
- secfirstmd 7y ago
  It's brilliant isn't it? They've managed to really do a good job of updating it. The only things I would like are slightly longer battery life and more options for syncing with other services like Dropbox etc
  - JadeNB 7y ago
    The article mentions: > The company is claiming a 3x boost to battery life, using the same 3,000 mAh battery, based on performance improvements throughout and a more efficient (but more powerful) dual-core ARM processor. That means two weeks of use and 90 days of standby. This is welcome news, because frankly the battery life and power management on the last one were not great.
  - tapia 7y ago
    The only thing that holds me from considering buying the remarkable is its size. If they would offer a 13 inch version, then I would consider doing that. Right now I am super happy with my sunny DPT-RP1.
    - ObsoleteNerd 7y ago
      What file format do the Sony's use? Is it cloud-based like the ReMarkable or can I manage the files myself locally and copy them over USB to my computer? I'd love to have an e-ink tablet for hand writing and sketching ideas, but I'm not crash hot on it all being locked in to some closed ecosystem.
notahacker 7y ago
I've owned mine for nearly two years and barely used it, although your comments about the improved software are making me reconsider. I do also like the sturdiness of the first generation device, especially compared with my experiences with Kindles
xenonite 7y ago
reMarkable official page: https://remarkable.com https://remarkable.com
diehunde 7y ago
How is the PDF reading experience?
- ACS_Solver 7y ago
  Mediocre, though reasonable for small PDFs. Reading something like scientific papers (5-10 pages) is pretty great, with long PDFs (manuals or ebooks) the navigation is a pain and you notice the slowdowns. I wouldn't get the rM as a reader, but reading and annotating PDFs is a decent secondary function.
  - eequah9L 7y ago
    Mostly seconded. Short papers are just fine. Long documents, as long as you read them mostly sequentially, are IMHO just fine as well. But trying to read something where you need to flip around a lot is painful. One of the use cases I had in mind when buying rM was reading stuff like IEEE 802 standards, programming language standards, hardware references, etc. But with these documents, the table of contents itself can have 10s of pages. The tools for searching and moving around are there, but the high latency of the e-ink makes them frustrating to use. And hyperlinks in PDFs are not active. And you can't bookmark something to create your personal collection of pages that you often need, which would somewhat alleviate the abovementioned frustration. I use rM daily, but just not for reading manuals. It's just not a good use case for the device.
LoveMortuus 7y ago
Have you seen/tried DPT-S1/DPT-RP1 and if you have, what are your thoughts including compared to reMarkable, because I've been looking at these tablets for many many years now (There's even DPT-CP1 now). But because they are all very costly, it's really hard to decide, I did buy DPT-RP1 for ~800€ but because of the high price, I returned it. Also, how often do you need to buy new tips, or do they not wear out? I'm asking because the ones for DPT family are designed in such a way that they wear out. I guess I've always been more on the DPT side, because it's made by Sony, which gives me a feeling of confort, you know, a company with long history. If price wasn't an issue, which would you prefer. rM2 does look much more refined and it is half the price of DPT-RP1 (the Sony website does list the price at ~600$ but sadly the reality is that if you want to buy that in the EU the price is approximately: EU_price = base_price + (base_price*0.22)) And of course the shipping... I really hope rM2 turns out to be an amazing product, because the digital paper market feels very stagnant at the moment. I would love to hear more of your experiences with the device. Thank you, Lots of Love Mortuus
- lemming 7y ago
  a company with long history To be fair, Sony are a company with a long history of absolutely amazing hardware crippled by comically bad software. The DPT series doesn't even show you the PDF table of contents, last I looked.
  - tapia 7y ago
    It does that since the last software update ;)
- JadeNB 7y ago
  The article links https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/05/sony-and-remarkables-dueling-e-paper-tablets-are-strange-but-impressive-beasts https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/05/sony-and-remarkables-dueli... , which compares the older version of reMarkable to the newer version of the Sony device.
- ACS_Solver 7y ago
  I've never seen any of Sony's e-ink devices live. I understand that the first ones were pretty disappointing, but I'd like to try the CP1. I have tried the Boox Note 2, which is actually a decent Android tablet, and the tactile feeling of writing is much better than on iPads, but still far below the rM. One marker nib lasts me about 10 weeks, but it seems to be very individual. Some people can write hundreds of pages on a single nib, others need a new one weekly. In any case, I wouldn't say nibs wearing out is a major concern. It would be nice if they didn't wear out, of course, but the design of the nibs seem to be crucial for giving that excellent writing feeling. And yes, these devices are expensive. I'm in the EU myself, and some 400€ is rather steep for upgrading the rM to rM2.
dheera 7y ago
How easy is it to get Kindle books onto your Remarkable? Is there a solution to automatically fetch a DRM-free version of each Kindle book you buy and automatically push it to the Remarkable?
sharcerer 7y ago
Thanks. Will keep it in mind next time.
Apofis 7y ago
No more paper notebooks? YES GIVE ME! Top of my wishlist. Does it support ePub format ebooks or just PDFs?

marvindanig 7y ago

This, centum percentum! If 'papery' was my need of the hour I'd go back to physical paper straight. This is lame marketing of an expensive lifeless product that aims to copy the dead tree. That's not what our new mediums are about.

scroot 7y ago
Whatever pushes progress in the low-power, reflective technology of epaper displays should be celebrated, I think. One could imagine hacking something like this tablet to have a true interactive Squeak like environment on it. Or, better yet, a Squeak-like environment designed from the ground up specifically for epaper displays...
- marvindanig 7y ago
  Reflective or iridescent, the nature of light that falls into your eyes doesn't change. Low-power is definitely an attribute that I can get behind but modern batteries are good enough to not go underpowered when it comes to books. Downvoters: yes, you deserve the truth! :-)
  - mrob 7y ago
    Reflective displays have the advantage of perfectly adapting their brightness to their surroundings. This is especially useful for portable devices. Emissive displays can have light-sensor-controlled brightness, but they don't adapt pixel by pixel like reflective displays. However, if you are using an emissive display in an environment with constant and even lighting, you can set the brightness correctly and it will be just as good. Many people in such lightning conditions configure their displays wrong and mistake the misconfiguration for an inherent disadvantage of emissive displays.
    - marvindanig 7y ago
      > have the advantage of perfectly adapting their brightness to their surroundings. The surroundings might not be lit enough for the health of eyes. This is the usual case and one of the prime issues why dead tree books and e-paper tablets lead to weak eyes.
      - mrob 7y ago
        There's evidence that lack of exposure to sunlight increases risk of myopia. But emissive displays are typically dimmer than sunlit objects, even at full brightness. If insufficient brightness is a concern, you're better off using reflective displays outdoors.
        marvindanig 7y ago
        People often read at night before going to sleep. If reading in the Sun was a requirement, one could do that with physical books too. However, most reading happens indoors and for that an iridescent panel screen such as that on an iPad with full gamut of colors is suited better.
rout39574 7y ago
Paper is just better than glowing screens for lots of perceptual tasks. No-flicker is better than flicker, too. Keep in mind that lots of our new mediums can be thought of as chaff in the way of reading the right good book.
- marvindanig 7y ago
  Flicker?? Are you talking about CRT monitors still?
  - monocasa 7y ago
    LCDs still flicker
    - Erlich_Bachman 7y ago
      There are a lot of LCDs that don't flicker, or ones that flicker at 40khz or other high frequencies which is imperceptibile to a human. There are databases on the internet if you want to get a flicker-free LCD screen or laptop.
  - muraiki 7y ago
    LCD dimming often works by rapidly flickering the backlight, although there are now more flicker-free LCD displays on the market.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
mrkeen 7y ago
Are there any tablets that you've felt good writing on? I have a Galaxy Tab A (glassy surface) and I can tolerate drawing the occasional diagram on it. I haven't used its stylus at all after getting the first remarkable.
- marvindanig 7y ago
  I use the iPad Pro 24/7. Nothing can come close or change that for me, it's such a good interface and surface to work with.

ncr100 7y ago

> concern about the new specs would be the thickness, or rather the sturdiness There has been an FCC leak: https://fccid.io/2AMK2-RM110 https://fccid.io/2AMK2-RM110 showing a machined aluminum back, which the motherboard is affixed to. To me this looks good. Disclaimer, I pre-ordered V2 today and am an owner of V1.

ProZsolt 7y ago
Direct link: https://fccid.io/2AMK2-RM110/Internal-Photos/Internal-photos-4523960 https://fccid.io/2AMK2-RM110/Internal-Photos/Internal-photos...

danharaj 7y ago

I'm going to give my old one to a friend and get the new one :) It's such a jank piece of hardware but I love it.

ktta 7y ago

> My only concern about the new specs would be the thickness https://youtu.be/SWY_bwFMxro?t=73 https://youtu.be/SWY_bwFMxro?t=73 Made out of aluminium, so I don't think there should be worries about give. I think bendgate is still fresh in people's minds.

gentleman11 7y ago

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

vlunkr 7y ago
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.
- mNovak 7y ago
  Yup, this is what I do. Battery lasts forever. Since I get most of the books off Project Gutenberg, there wouldn't be any slick wifi transfers for me anyway.
  - nik_0_0 7y ago
    You can use slick wifi with Gutenberg books! There is a “send to kindle” function which allows you to either use a desktop application, or set up an email address you can send .mobi files to! Highly recommended if you get tired of plugging in - thats why I swapped from my old Kobo to a Kindle.
    - int_19h 7y ago
      Not only that, but this actually adds the book to one's personal library (as "document"). For .mobi, this also synchronizes the last read position, just like it does for books from the Kindle store.

harshalizee 7y ago

It looks amazing. My concern is that it's around $500. That's about the price of an iPad and Apple pencil. Is it really worth the asking price?

carlosdp 7y ago
That's up to you, but the drawing experience feels wayyyy better on the remarkable than on the smooth glass of the iPad, from my own experience. It's also far lighter and really does feel paper-y.
- stronglikedan 7y ago
  My boss has an iPad with the Paperlike screen protector, and it makes me jealous. Just something to look into if you don't like the glass.
  - applecrazy 7y ago
    Paperlike is nice, but I've heard it actually wears down the tip of the Pencil. That's another thing you may need to buy, but relatively inexpensive ($20 for a pack of 4).
  - mbreese 7y ago
    I just added the Paperlike 2 protector to my iPad Pro a few month ago. It's amazing to write on now. You can notice a bit of distortion in the display, but it's really nothing that bothers me at all. I've been very happy with this combination. Because of this setup, I've switched almost all of my note taking over to my iPad. Before, I only took notes in a paper notebook (large Moleskine soft cover). And so far, I haven't had any excess wear and tear on the Pencil nib... The only issue I had was waiting on shipping from Germany.
    - JanSoy 7y ago
      Thanks for the feedback and it's great to see you're enjoying it! We're currently working on better worldwide distribution - in the USA we're working with the new Shopify Fulfillment Network to drastically reduce shipping times!

Avery3R 7y ago

Discussion re: if techcrunch should be banned from hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22539255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22539255

Grustaf 7y ago
Is it just me or does every single TC article read like an ad?
- dsr_ 7y ago
  Perhaps the submission form should have a caution: "If this URL looks like an ad or a press release, please consider finding an original source for the information."
type0 7y ago
What is the HN policy about posting redirecting URLs to other pages in general? If there isn't one I think there should be clear rules on that. To be clear, I'm not talking about moved pages and links that change after submission.
DiabloD3 7y ago
I wonder if I say dang three times in a mirror, he will show up and take advice on HN policy changes. I really would like to see TC just gone. It didn't use to be this bad, but they've been going downhill since... forever, really.
- hinkley 7y ago
  Beetlejuice didn't so much show up and take advice as he showed up and tried stage a shotgun wedding with your underage daughter in order to exploit some sort of interdimensional green card loophole. This is suddenly very reminiscent of John Mulaney describing Back to the Future...
  - TheCraiggers 7y ago
    The whole "say someone's name 3 times in a mirror" predates Beetlejuice by a long stretch. That said, I don't know of any of the those myths that ended in happy endings for those saying the name, so I think your main point still stands. ;)

thaumaturgy 7y ago

I've had my Remarkable for a little over two years also and it's easily my favorite tech gadget. Occasionally I'd go from regular work (notes on a project file), to a business or client meeting (pull up notes from past meetings, update with new notes), to a volunteer meeting after work (pull up the previous week's training notes). At each point I had all the information I needed without having to juggle binders or loose-leaf papers. And I love that I can rework my notes as I write them. So, during a meeting, first draft is just scribbling stuff down, then while people are busy listening to themselves talk, I can drag my scribbles around into priorities and tasks, add a diagram, clean a few things up. This is a completely different workflow from either plain paper or laptop/tablet, and it really works for me.

secfirstmd 7y ago
It's brilliant isn't it? They've managed to really do a good job of updating it. The only things I would like are slightly longer battery life and more options for syncing with other services like Dropbox etc
- JadeNB 7y ago
  The article mentions: > The company is claiming a 3x boost to battery life, using the same 3,000 mAh battery, based on performance improvements throughout and a more efficient (but more powerful) dual-core ARM processor. That means two weeks of use and 90 days of standby. This is welcome news, because frankly the battery life and power management on the last one were not great.
- tapia 7y ago
  The only thing that holds me from considering buying the remarkable is its size. If they would offer a 13 inch version, then I would consider doing that. Right now I am super happy with my sunny DPT-RP1.
  - ObsoleteNerd 7y ago
    What file format do the Sony's use? Is it cloud-based like the ReMarkable or can I manage the files myself locally and copy them over USB to my computer? I'd love to have an e-ink tablet for hand writing and sketching ideas, but I'm not crash hot on it all being locked in to some closed ecosystem.

notahacker 7y ago

I've owned mine for nearly two years and barely used it, although your comments about the improved software are making me reconsider. I do also like the sturdiness of the first generation device, especially compared with my experiences with Kindles

xenonite 7y ago

reMarkable official page: https://remarkable.com https://remarkable.com

diehunde 7y ago

How is the PDF reading experience?

ACS_Solver 7y ago
Mediocre, though reasonable for small PDFs. Reading something like scientific papers (5-10 pages) is pretty great, with long PDFs (manuals or ebooks) the navigation is a pain and you notice the slowdowns. I wouldn't get the rM as a reader, but reading and annotating PDFs is a decent secondary function.
- eequah9L 7y ago
  Mostly seconded. Short papers are just fine. Long documents, as long as you read them mostly sequentially, are IMHO just fine as well. But trying to read something where you need to flip around a lot is painful. One of the use cases I had in mind when buying rM was reading stuff like IEEE 802 standards, programming language standards, hardware references, etc. But with these documents, the table of contents itself can have 10s of pages. The tools for searching and moving around are there, but the high latency of the e-ink makes them frustrating to use. And hyperlinks in PDFs are not active. And you can't bookmark something to create your personal collection of pages that you often need, which would somewhat alleviate the abovementioned frustration. I use rM daily, but just not for reading manuals. It's just not a good use case for the device.

LoveMortuus 7y ago

Have you seen/tried DPT-S1/DPT-RP1 and if you have, what are your thoughts including compared to reMarkable, because I've been looking at these tablets for many many years now (There's even DPT-CP1 now). But because they are all very costly, it's really hard to decide, I did buy DPT-RP1 for ~800€ but because of the high price, I returned it. Also, how often do you need to buy new tips, or do they not wear out? I'm asking because the ones for DPT family are designed in such a way that they wear out. I guess I've always been more on the DPT side, because it's made by Sony, which gives me a feeling of confort, you know, a company with long history. If price wasn't an issue, which would you prefer. rM2 does look much more refined and it is half the price of DPT-RP1 (the Sony website does list the price at ~600$ but sadly the reality is that if you want to buy that in the EU the price is approximately: EU_price = base_price + (base_price*0.22)) And of course the shipping... I really hope rM2 turns out to be an amazing product, because the digital paper market feels very stagnant at the moment. I would love to hear more of your experiences with the device. Thank you, Lots of Love Mortuus

lemming 7y ago
a company with long history To be fair, Sony are a company with a long history of absolutely amazing hardware crippled by comically bad software. The DPT series doesn't even show you the PDF table of contents, last I looked.
- tapia 7y ago
  It does that since the last software update ;)
JadeNB 7y ago
The article links https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/05/sony-and-remarkables-dueling-e-paper-tablets-are-strange-but-impressive-beasts https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/05/sony-and-remarkables-dueli... , which compares the older version of reMarkable to the newer version of the Sony device.
ACS_Solver 7y ago
I've never seen any of Sony's e-ink devices live. I understand that the first ones were pretty disappointing, but I'd like to try the CP1. I have tried the Boox Note 2, which is actually a decent Android tablet, and the tactile feeling of writing is much better than on iPads, but still far below the rM. One marker nib lasts me about 10 weeks, but it seems to be very individual. Some people can write hundreds of pages on a single nib, others need a new one weekly. In any case, I wouldn't say nibs wearing out is a major concern. It would be nice if they didn't wear out, of course, but the design of the nibs seem to be crucial for giving that excellent writing feeling. And yes, these devices are expensive. I'm in the EU myself, and some 400€ is rather steep for upgrading the rM to rM2.

dheera 7y ago

How easy is it to get Kindle books onto your Remarkable? Is there a solution to automatically fetch a DRM-free version of each Kindle book you buy and automatically push it to the Remarkable?

sharcerer 7y ago

Thanks. Will keep it in mind next time.

Apofis 7y ago

No more paper notebooks? YES GIVE ME! Top of my wishlist. Does it support ePub format ebooks or just PDFs?