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People often compare it to an iPad initially, which completely misses the point in my view. The rM has nothing in common with an iPad, and the word "tablet" in

People often compare it to an iPad initially, which completely misses the point in my view. The rM has nothing in common with an iPad, and the word "tablet" in the name makes people think of the completely wrong thing. The rM is best thought of as a pen and paper notebook, except of effectively infinite size. There are no apps. The UI (the only user-facing program) has minimal features, most of which are there just to mimic what you can do with an actual paper notebook. There are only a few exceptions, like being able to drag your notes/scribbles on the page. The device won't integrate with any 3rd party services, it doesn't have search, etc. If a physical notebook doesn't have it, then the rM probably also doesn't. That definitely makes the rM a very niche device, but I'm getting great use out of mine, while I never managed to get much good use of an iPad.

ScottFree 7y ago
Does the "convert to text" feature work as nicely and smoothly as advertised in the Remarkable 2 launch video[0]? If yes, then that alone is worth the price for me. I've tried a number of solutions that have claimed to do this over the years and none of them really work. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWY_bwFMxro&feature=youtu.be&t=125 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWY_bwFMxro&feature=youtu.be...
- ACS_Solver 7y ago
  There are, as you might expect, a few caveats. The conversion relies on some kind of cloud service (possibly Google's Cloud Vision API). So you need to be connected and there are privacy/security implications. And, it's very dependent on your handwriting. I cannot get coherent results with that feature, but my handwriting is as readable as base64-encoded Perl. I've seen it produce impressively good results when other people try it. The process itself is indeed smooth, select an item in the menu and a few seconds later you have the text, which can then be emailed.
eequah9L 7y ago
> of effectively infinite size Just to make this bit clear: with effectively infinite number of pages. One would imagine that panning around infinitely large pages would be a possibility with a product like this, but the feature is not there.

ScottFree 7y ago

Does the "convert to text" feature work as nicely and smoothly as advertised in the Remarkable 2 launch video[0]? If yes, then that alone is worth the price for me. I've tried a number of solutions that have claimed to do this over the years and none of them really work. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWY_bwFMxro&feature=youtu.be&t=125 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWY_bwFMxro&feature=youtu.be...

ACS_Solver 7y ago
There are, as you might expect, a few caveats. The conversion relies on some kind of cloud service (possibly Google's Cloud Vision API). So you need to be connected and there are privacy/security implications. And, it's very dependent on your handwriting. I cannot get coherent results with that feature, but my handwriting is as readable as base64-encoded Perl. I've seen it produce impressively good results when other people try it. The process itself is indeed smooth, select an item in the menu and a few seconds later you have the text, which can then be emailed.

eequah9L 7y ago

> of effectively infinite size Just to make this bit clear: with effectively infinite number of pages. One would imagine that panning around infinitely large pages would be a possibility with a product like this, but the feature is not there.