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No you're wrong. Its absolutely a selling point. When i got my remarkable i did what i do with any other tech, start searching the menus and features and trying

No you're wrong. Its absolutely a selling point. When i got my remarkable i did what i do with any other tech, start searching the menus and features and trying things out. What i immediately discovered... theres nothing to do! Until you start writing, or you have something to read, the device is useless. I got mine for XMas, and a week earlier i bought myself an ipad pro to use as a digital notebook. Unboxing it and using it day one and i was immediately struct by the quiet tech that it is. Its unlike anything else i've used in a long time. Get an ipad and theres endless apps and accounts and notifications and a shiny bright screen begging for you to play with it. The ipad really wants to be your computer with a stylus attached, and that is great, i take it traveling instead of anything else and its really convenient. The remarkable is NOT a computer. The remarkable sits at my desk and is just ready for me, while the ipad is eternally charging, or chiming, or begging for attention and distraction. I can't have it at my desk while i work. The remarkable is literally a digital notebook and has about as much utility as a real notebook - a lot for writing and reading and almost 0 for anything else. It is honestly the first product i've used that actually replaces paper at my desk.

wenc 5y ago
I have an old iPad Air that I don’t link to my main Apple ID. It has no apps except for the minimum needed to function as an ebook reader and scratchpad. It’s pretty distraction free. I would say if you’re willing to run your tablet under its potential it’s possible to have a quiet device. I ordered a Remarkable 2 but canceled once I realized I had an old iPad lying around. It works for me.
- vineyardmike 5y ago
  > It works for me. Thats really what matters. I will say one big thing for me is the light and flashing and stuff. Humans are naturally evolved to be attracted to quick moving and bright things. Bright electronic screens totally hit that, and for me any sort of screen in my periphery completely distracts me. So a device without a light makes a big difference.
goosedragons 5y ago
Ive had LCD tablets and have a few Boox devices. The Boox devices are IMO not really a distraction. Web browsing just feels off and beyond grabbing something to read off the net I never really find myself using it. I don't compulsively browse reddit on it. Games and movies obviously are pretty much no goes but I get the added flexibility of being able to read the newspaper or a library book. You don't even need to make an account with the Boox devices. It's there if you want but it's MUCH easier to ignore than a smartphone or traditional tablet.

wenc 5y ago

I have an old iPad Air that I don’t link to my main Apple ID. It has no apps except for the minimum needed to function as an ebook reader and scratchpad. It’s pretty distraction free. I would say if you’re willing to run your tablet under its potential it’s possible to have a quiet device. I ordered a Remarkable 2 but canceled once I realized I had an old iPad lying around. It works for me.

vineyardmike 5y ago
> It works for me. Thats really what matters. I will say one big thing for me is the light and flashing and stuff. Humans are naturally evolved to be attracted to quick moving and bright things. Bright electronic screens totally hit that, and for me any sort of screen in my periphery completely distracts me. So a device without a light makes a big difference.

goosedragons 5y ago

Ive had LCD tablets and have a few Boox devices. The Boox devices are IMO not really a distraction. Web browsing just feels off and beyond grabbing something to read off the net I never really find myself using it. I don't compulsively browse reddit on it. Games and movies obviously are pretty much no goes but I get the added flexibility of being able to read the newspaper or a library book. You don't even need to make an account with the Boox devices. It's there if you want but it's MUCH easier to ignore than a smartphone or traditional tablet.