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I bought a first gen remarkable used at the beginning of the year, with the expectations that - I would read more - I could use it for organizing work notes
by mushufasa 5y ago
I bought a first gen remarkable used at the beginning of the year, with the expectations that
- I would read more
- I could use it for organizing work notes
For reading, almost none of my reading actually happens on remarkable. It's usually easier to just use my ultralight laptop (macbook air) instead of setting up a buggy sync to the remarkable, and having backlit screens is better than e-ink unless you have the perfect reading chair/nightstand light setup, which I don't.
For writing, I do get a lot of use out of it. I used to write a lot of paper notes and draw on scrap / computer paper, and then would gradually lose them and not be able to find things when I need them. Part of this is my own disorganization, but I also travel a lot so it sucks to have the notes in another place, and scanning requires intentional effort that seems like overkill for notes, that is until you remember them and want to look them up later.
The most useful remarkable feature, by far, though, is where you can stream your screen to a computer. Then i can write drawings and diagrams like on a whiteboard, but over Zoom for a remote team.
The problem is this feature is super duper buggy. It's currently broken for me. They "improved it" in the software but it's broken without a subscription, except I seem to have the subscription??? If anyone from remarkable is reading this, please fix that one feature, (used to be called LiveView), and then I will keep your product and write a good review.
Yes, a laptop with a pen or tablet would also serve the same purpose, I know. If I had an iPad, I would probably use it instead.
- approxim8ion 5y ago> having backlit screens is better than e-ink I enjoy "frontlit" e-ink screens like the Paperwhite and Kobo Glo/Aura quite a lot to be honest.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoYeah it's a big miss they left that out on the remarkable IMO
- approxim8ion 5y agowould probably increase the cost for an already expensive product. But yes, I was surprised to hear the Remarkable lineup has no lights at all.