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The e-reader is alright, they have been adding features to it on a regular basis and now it's decent. But it has one big advantage in that you can drop PDFs ont

The e-reader is alright, they have been adding features to it on a regular basis and now it's decent. But it has one big advantage in that you can drop PDFs onto it with no changes and then you can scribble all over them with the pen. (I am not a big fan of MOBI/EPUB and most of my content is in PDF.) My amazon ereader couldn't do that. I love mine! It's a fantastic device and I am glad I got on the bleeding edge of this tech. I do wish it would sync with Calibre, I don't like having to maintain two ebook libraries I also wish it had a touchscreen calibrator, as the pen is slightly off around some of the corners

jhoward321 4y ago
Try installing koreader - it works great with calibre
- Jalad 4y ago
  +1 to koreader. I didn't want to install it on my Kobo because I don't really want to mess with the firmware of some devices like my phones and ebooks, but it's really a game changer when you get over the initial readjustment to the new controls. The page turning feels snappier, the ui is better (subjective), and for me the killer feature is better dictionaries in different languages (which are present on the Kobo but not all languages). Not sure how it compares to the reMarkable2 ereader, but judging by the thread reMarkable's might not be even as good as Kobo's
- pdntspa 4y ago
  Can this be installed on Remarkable?
  - arglebargle123 4y ago
    Googling "koreader remarkable" gives back a pile of blogs, gists, reddit posts etc so I'm assuming yes.
jonwest 4y ago
It still doesn’t have bookmarks. Still. This isn’t even just missing reader functionality but would be really helpful in notes as well. Yes, you can get around this with hacks… that are wiped out along with your custom templates as soon as you update. The web interface fails to upload for me about 80% of the time. The hardware works brilliantly. Aesthetically, it is an objectively beautifully designed device. Connect subscription is useless to me, and I’ve never used it. I’m still torn on the purchase, about a year later. It’s… ok, and I like having it around as it scratches the “want to write but I don’t like having 40 notebooks” itch. It would be nice to have a backlight as well, but most of the time I’m alright without.

jhoward321 4y ago

Try installing koreader - it works great with calibre

Jalad 4y ago
+1 to koreader. I didn't want to install it on my Kobo because I don't really want to mess with the firmware of some devices like my phones and ebooks, but it's really a game changer when you get over the initial readjustment to the new controls. The page turning feels snappier, the ui is better (subjective), and for me the killer feature is better dictionaries in different languages (which are present on the Kobo but not all languages). Not sure how it compares to the reMarkable2 ereader, but judging by the thread reMarkable's might not be even as good as Kobo's
pdntspa 4y ago
Can this be installed on Remarkable?
- arglebargle123 4y ago
  Googling "koreader remarkable" gives back a pile of blogs, gists, reddit posts etc so I'm assuming yes.

jonwest 4y ago

It still doesn’t have bookmarks. Still. This isn’t even just missing reader functionality but would be really helpful in notes as well. Yes, you can get around this with hacks… that are wiped out along with your custom templates as soon as you update. The web interface fails to upload for me about 80% of the time. The hardware works brilliantly. Aesthetically, it is an objectively beautifully designed device. Connect subscription is useless to me, and I’ve never used it. I’m still torn on the purchase, about a year later. It’s… ok, and I like having it around as it scratches the “want to write but I don’t like having 40 notebooks” itch. It would be nice to have a backlight as well, but most of the time I’m alright without.