I think you are correct. I purchased the Remarkable 2, the Marker Plus and the Keyboard Folio back in October 2023 I believe. I just purchased last week an iPad mini 6 with a screen protector that feels like paper, along with an Apple Pencil. I came to the same conclusion as you. I am trying to keep using the Remarkable, but I am finding that the Apple Notes it makes sense. I love how no matter how you rotate the screen, your writing surface size does not change. I wanted this ability in OneNote, but OneNote isn't designed just for taking notes by writing. I don't read books on the Remarkable although I did add books to it via PDF because I find it better for writing. Not typing, Not reading PDF's, just writing. The keyboard is nice, but I don't like the fact that you cannot move the cursor to the very beginning of the page, so you are typing in your journal as you would write. Because of the overall cost of the Remarkable2, I will try once more to keep using it, but it hasn't really changed much for me as I thought it would. I believe the iPad will over time, just not sure ultimately if I am going to write on it daily, or keep using the Remarkable. If I had to do this all over again, I would have just purchased the iPad mini.
I have a boox and the mini.. They are perfect together.. I can watch my courses on the mini and make the notes on the boox I don't now if remarkable has links as features but I use them to have all my notes at the zettelkasten system similar to obsidian.. So iam super fast finding the information needed.
I bought the Remarkable 2 with the keyboard case to use whilst working in both English and French. It couldn't do it - I had to choose one language or the other. When using English, I couldn't type any French word that contained an accent, circumflex or cedilla. Support said that they were hoping to add that functionality at some point. As a result, I realised I'd spent an enormous amount of money on something not fit for my purpose. I replaced it with - guess what - an iPad mini 6 with Apple Pencil and a Paperlike screen protector! Great minds and all that.
Good video. I had a reMarkable tablet last year for about 6 weeks and really wasn’t too impressed with it. I just bought an iPad mini and an iPad Air and I’m looking forward to maximizing its functionality and usefulness as productivity devices.
I am looking for an E-book only. Something I can use to take notes, and then automate reminders for those notes: • Boss assigned Project X to me, it is due in ... days. > Step 1 ... Reminder in 2 days > Step 2 ... Reminder in 5 days > etc. Reminder in 10 days. I am using the Rocketbook, which is actual paper (plastic coated which allows me to wipe the pages clean for reuse). But it feels like a whiteboard, and I have to take a picture of the page, which sends an email, then allowing me to set a set of reminders. From your experience would the Remarkable get me to the full digital space allowing for automation? I am an Android user, and have no desire to use an iPad. There are other E-book/pads I'm looking at, but the simplicity of only taking notes is what keeps bringing me back to the Remarkable. I don't need an E-Reader like the Amazon Scribe, I don't need full color, just a way to take notes and then integrate those notes into my calendar / ToDo lists so my notes don't get buried in the belly of another paper notebook that I'll seldom review again. I appreciate your thorough review. The one thing I was waiting for in your Con list for the Remarkable that I've seen others mention was the lack of a backlight. If I'm taking notes in a meeting and the lights are turned down for a video, will I have challenges in reading what I've written? Thank you again.
So in regards to your automation desire, this device won't be able to do that for you. It's pretty bare bones on "features", it's designed to do a few things really well but is limited past that. It's essentially a digital paper notebook without having to turn pages, and shouldn't be treated as anything more. Not having a backlight is a con for sure, but I personally didn't find it to be a problem very often. Again, it's very similar to reading a book or writing on a notebook, and I think the appeal is that it doesn't "feel" like you are looking at a digital screen so not having a backlight really wouldn't only come up unless you are writing in the dark.
I think this video really missed out on deep diving the difference in drawing and creating notes as well as how good the recognition of text is. It also missed out on the apps to use to do that. All you did is squiggle lines Yes the iPad has an ecosystem, also that can be a minus in distracting, but that really shouldn't be the biggest factor it should be more of using it to draw notes.
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You nailed it. I hope the Remarkable team is listening.
I think you are correct. I purchased the Remarkable 2, the Marker Plus and the Keyboard Folio back in October 2023 I believe. I just purchased last week an iPad mini 6 with a screen protector that feels like paper, along with an Apple Pencil.
I came to the same conclusion as you. I am trying to keep using the Remarkable, but I am finding that the Apple Notes it makes sense. I love how no matter how you rotate the screen, your writing surface size does not change. I wanted this ability in OneNote, but OneNote isn't designed just for taking notes by writing. I don't read books on the Remarkable although I did add books to it via PDF because I find it better for writing. Not typing, Not reading PDF's, just writing. The keyboard is nice, but I don't like the fact that you cannot move the cursor to the very beginning of the page, so you are typing in your journal as you would write. Because of the overall cost of the Remarkable2, I will try once more to keep using it, but it hasn't really changed much for me as I thought it would. I believe the iPad will over time, just not sure ultimately if I am going to write on it daily, or keep using the Remarkable. If I had to do this all over again, I would have just purchased the iPad mini.
Your story and conclusions sound very similar to mine.
I have a boox and the mini.. They are perfect together.. I can watch my courses on the mini and make the notes on the boox I don't now if remarkable has links as features but I use them to have all my notes at the zettelkasten system similar to obsidian.. So iam super fast finding the information needed.
I bought the Remarkable 2 with the keyboard case to use whilst working in both English and French. It couldn't do it - I had to choose one language or the other. When using English, I couldn't type any French word that contained an accent, circumflex or cedilla. Support said that they were hoping to add that functionality at some point. As a result, I realised I'd spent an enormous amount of money on something not fit for my purpose. I replaced it with - guess what - an iPad mini 6 with Apple Pencil and a Paperlike screen protector! Great minds and all that.
Yes you can totally relate! It seems so close to what would be a great product, but it’s just not there yet
So many good points 👍 Thanks for the review.
Thanks for watching!
Good video. I had a reMarkable tablet last year for about 6 weeks and really wasn’t too impressed with it. I just bought an iPad mini and an iPad Air and I’m looking forward to maximizing its functionality and usefulness as productivity devices.
Glad I’m not alone on this! Are you using your iPad Air or your iPad mini more?
@@MalachiCorliss The iPad Mini gets used more.
Great review. I so wanted to like the Remarkable Pro (or RM2) but the closed ecosystem with poor file sharing is a deal-breaker for me.
Thank you. This was helpful. Got the Remarkable Paper Pro but kept missing my iPad.
Thanks for the great review!
Thank you for your honesty. They should listen and understand that the product is overpriced and needs good updates
Great video thanks
Have you checked out the supernote pads?
what foldable keyboard you use there?
it's the Samsers Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad on Amazon. About 52$.
Can you print from the remarkable to a printer connected to desktop computer? Or send the page to email?
I don’t believe you can directly print, but you are able to email documents to yourself
Great video!
Great video. Thanks for taking time out of your schedule to give us this review. Now, shouldn't you get back to work on Drake's Fortune 2?
For sure!
The Remarkable 2 does not have backlighting which is a deal breaker for me. It looks a lot dimmer in a non well-lited room
10:10 but if your a good typer the backspace isn't important because you won't be making mistakes.
You’re.. case and point
on point..
What key board are you using that is foldable?
It's this one: amzn.to/49xaldw
Being that it’s used for writing or jotting notes down. I was gonna use it to write my autobiography..is it good enough for that?
I am looking for an E-book only. Something I can use to take notes, and then automate reminders for those notes:
• Boss assigned Project X to me, it is due in ... days.
> Step 1 ... Reminder in 2 days
> Step 2 ... Reminder in 5 days
> etc. Reminder in 10 days.
I am using the Rocketbook, which is actual paper (plastic coated which allows me to wipe the pages clean for reuse). But it feels like a whiteboard, and I have to take a picture of the page, which sends an email, then allowing me to set a set of reminders.
From your experience would the Remarkable get me to the full digital space allowing for automation? I am an Android user, and have no desire to use an iPad.
There are other E-book/pads I'm looking at, but the simplicity of only taking notes is what keeps bringing me back to the Remarkable. I don't need an E-Reader like the Amazon Scribe, I don't need full color, just a way to take notes and then integrate those notes into my calendar / ToDo lists so my notes don't get buried in the belly of another paper notebook that I'll seldom review again.
I appreciate your thorough review. The one thing I was waiting for in your Con list for the Remarkable that I've seen others mention was the lack of a backlight. If I'm taking notes in a meeting and the lights are turned down for a video, will I have challenges in reading what I've written?
Thank you again.
So in regards to your automation desire, this device won't be able to do that for you. It's pretty bare bones on "features", it's designed to do a few things really well but is limited past that. It's essentially a digital paper notebook without having to turn pages, and shouldn't be treated as anything more.
Not having a backlight is a con for sure, but I personally didn't find it to be a problem very often. Again, it's very similar to reading a book or writing on a notebook, and I think the appeal is that it doesn't "feel" like you are looking at a digital screen so not having a backlight really wouldn't only come up unless you are writing in the dark.
Wow. I thought the remarkable was a note book
Depends on how you look at it
I think this video really missed out on deep diving the difference in drawing and creating notes as well as how good the recognition of text is. It also missed out on the apps to use to do that. All you did is squiggle lines
Yes the iPad has an ecosystem, also that can be a minus in distracting, but that really shouldn't be the biggest factor it should be more of using it to draw notes.