in one essential point I don´t agree with the argument "it´s easier to scan": Transforming handwritten notes in a digital text-file is the biggest ease for my work ever seen!!! thanks for that invention
Just my experience: using thinner writing pad will enhance accuracy of sketches and writing. As the movement of pen is captured by the sensor underneath the pad, the thinner the pad is the better capture. I hope I am right.
Firstly - Brilliant video. I personally have been in the market for a a writing alternative device that integrates digitalisation for a little bit now. Ive tried the "remarkable2" and multiple drawing tablets. But this is by far the best product that meets my needs. The biggest issue for me with drawing tablets and the remarkable was tactility and responsiveness which this completely eradicates. Ive used XP pen drawing tablets before and as a company i do like their products as well. You can change the notebook inside. You can change the ball point refil of the pen. It stores upto 50 pages without needing a connection that you can then trasfer and wipe as and when required. - BRILL My only critisism is it would be nice to see an alternative that allows the use of a reusable alternative that doesnt use paper - like the LCD writing tablets (Which btw is a brilliant alternative to a small whiteboard.) Or a dry erase alternative 🤔
First, I agree with you - Excellent video Teoh Yi Chie. I too have been thinking about getting the Remarkable however I cannot get behind paying the 3.99 or 4.99/month. I actually like using paper so I think I will take the plunge and try it out. Thank you both.
kinda cool, definetly very "niche". As many have said there are other alternatives to this, like taking a photo of the sketch or just drawing directly on digital, but that doesnt mean its useless. Interesting little piece of tech.
It's registration appears to use a relative positioning system rather than absolute coordinates. It would have been much better if the lines were vectors rather than bitmaps.
What if while taking notes I add some sketch? Example: I'm studying engineering. So I'd add a sketch of a Part with some text underneath it. Would it work? Thanks!
What if we ran out of paper? Can we use a different type of paper or notebook? Personally, I makes a lot of mistakes during note-taking and this device seems to really compromise the ability to erase and rewrite.
Seems interesting, especially for those who still prefer writing and drawing on actual paper without the hassle of having to take a photo of everything after the fact on their phone. What I felt was missing was a discussion on what paper worked better. I know you said as long as the notebook or whatever "fit" in the sleeve but does that mean attaching a similarly sized sketchbook would render it useless if it didn't fit into the slot on the side? It is a device I will definitely investigate more. Thanks for the review even though you seemed non-committal on whether it was good for artists or not. EDIT: I just looked up the device on Amazon, $90 USD?!? Yeah, this is definitely something I will look into! Please talk more about it from the perspective of an artist. Note-taking is nice, but I'd rather have it for importing sketches since I'm one of those people who doesn't have a scanner and would prefer this over purchasing something that takes up space at home.
@@teohyc I saw there were a few missed lines, but as a way to get started and into a desktop drawing program without the intermediate step of needing to scan the sketch is why it caught my attention. I'm thinking I would be adding more to it anyway.
Thanks for this review! On the retail store presentation it looked very much different and more useful, but after seeing this, i see it's just a waste of money. Little money, compared with others more expensive, but then again, it's nowhere close resembling those more expensive. As others said, could go zero costs and just photo my old-school agenda's with my phones camera and also get accurate copy of drawing/notes.
@@romiyon_ For ink, it's Ministar ink refill which is easy to find at stationary shops or online. For paper refill, you just have to find any paper pad that's similar in size.
@@teohyc Alright sir, but one more thing please: any idea about how long one refill will last? I mean 'approximately how many pages I can write with the original pen that is included in the box'? Definitely it will finish if I will write more & more but can you kindly give me just a random idea that how many full pages it can write before it's refilling? Thank you.
You can't erase on the paper. You have to do it digitally and that's more tedious because the whole product is designed for writing without erase features
Hello Teoh Yi....contacted the company about this Note Plus....they said it does NOT work with iPad.....due to the large screen size....i think they are working on it!
@@teohyc So once the paper is drawn/written on, we can’t use it anymore? Do we then need to get new replenishment of the whole notepad worth of fresh pages?
You have to use the pen that's provided. And since it can only take the ballpoint refill, it cannot do heavy inking. Shading has to be in the form of hatching.
I've not tried Rocketbook so I can't say much about that. The only pen that's compatible with this is the included pen. Other pens/styluses do not work.
Karol Grabowski not all D1s work - it depends on what they are made of an how they conduct - took me ages to find ones that worked properly with my wacom slate....
Sinceramente, considerando la antigüedad del video, el galaxy note en ese momento era mucha mejor opcion, y ahora mismo al ver este vídeo valoro enormemente la presición que tengo en el note 20, es totalmente natural y no extraño para nada el papel
@@AC-pm7sn There are magnets on the back of the iPad that matches those on the cover. But those aren't designed for the Apple Pencil to attached to. And the Apple Pencil gen 1 is the cyclindrical design. This iPad does not use Apple Pencil 2.
@@teohyc Right now Ministar is 3X more expensive than those from Zebra in my country (México, btw). A tablet vendor promised to sell the Ministar refills as cheap as the ones from Zebra. I consider that as long as the refill dimentions of any brand are the same they should work. The metallic can has nothing to do with the pen's electromagnetic principle. And all of them have metallic can. But I woudn't like to buy something that it's going to be too expensive in the long term because of the ink. I just wanna be sure someone tried other ink refill brand in that device. I'll think whether I should buy it. Thanks!!!
Thank you for this review...have been looking for something like this at a reasonable price......but wanted it to connect to my iPad......i don’t think this does. Thank you!
Here's some devices I love & never saw a review on: Livescribe pens (had 3 so far, now I got an echo). They do ALL that all other digital pens do PLUS one very important thing: record audio & TAG it with the notes. The problem usually is not digitizing the notes, but being incapable of typing /writing fast enough to get everything that's said. With any Livescribe pen you can just jot down summaries or titles, then when you tap your writing in the book or click online & hear EVERYTHING that was said when you took that note. This is crucial for lectures, meetings, etc. Yes, in a professional setting you have to ask for permission to record, but usually is not denied & then you have everything. There is NO other pen that I know that does this.
Grosse déception, je viens de l'acheter mail elle ne fonctionne pas, elle n'est reconnu par aucun appareil. Totalement inutilisable, j'ai payé 99€ un simple carnet. Je vous la déconseille.
in one essential point I don´t agree with the argument "it´s easier to scan": Transforming handwritten notes in a digital text-file is the biggest ease for my work ever seen!!! thanks for that invention
I'm thinking students can benefit from writing, Then transferring to text for editing. I'm not sure if my kids (high schoolers) will like it
Interesting tech, but it's redundant.
We can just scan things from our phones these days. Good review though, gg.
Mr. Day agreed.
I say the same...I'd rather scan or make digital art than buying this
@@derickrk wut? Ofc you can erase stuff easily on things u've scanned. Just look up a program. Easy as that.
Just my experience: using thinner writing pad will enhance accuracy of sketches and writing. As the movement of pen is captured by the sensor underneath the pad, the thinner the pad is the better capture. I hope I am right.
That’s right
Firstly - Brilliant video.
I personally have been in the market for a a writing alternative device that integrates digitalisation for a little bit now. Ive tried the "remarkable2" and multiple drawing tablets. But this is by far the best product that meets my needs. The biggest issue for me with drawing tablets and the remarkable was tactility and responsiveness which this completely eradicates. Ive used XP pen drawing tablets before and as a company i do like their products as well.
You can change the notebook inside. You can change the ball point refil of the pen. It stores upto 50 pages without needing a connection that you can then trasfer and wipe as and when required. - BRILL
My only critisism is it would be nice to see an alternative that allows the use of a reusable alternative that doesnt use paper - like the LCD writing tablets (Which btw is a brilliant alternative to a small whiteboard.) Or a dry erase alternative 🤔
First, I agree with you - Excellent video Teoh Yi Chie. I too have been thinking about getting the Remarkable however I cannot get behind paying the 3.99 or 4.99/month. I actually like using paper so I think I will take the plunge and try it out. Thank you both.
kinda cool, definetly very "niche". As many have said there are other alternatives to this, like taking a photo of the sketch or just drawing directly on digital, but that doesnt mean its useless. Interesting little piece of tech.
It's registration appears to use a relative positioning system rather than absolute coordinates. It would have been much better if the lines were vectors rather than bitmaps.
Much more heavy in terms of data storage and managment
What if while taking notes I add some sketch? Example: I'm studying engineering. So I'd add a sketch of a Part with some text underneath it. Would it work? Thanks!
Decent review, cool tech, but it just seems like wasting ink and paper should be a thing of the past
Great vide Teoh, like always...but for me it's an annoying tech. I prefer draw directly on the Tab or on the paper or include scan my sketches.
Do you have to use the pen they provide, or can you use a random ballpoint pen or even an ink pen?
No you can't, the pad is reading the movement of the provided pen.
Thank for the review. As like in phone, can I download the application on laptop and use it there?
You can write only on this specific paper?
Or on any paper placed on this Notepad?
What if we ran out of paper? Can we use a different type of paper or notebook?
Personally, I makes a lot of mistakes during note-taking and this device seems to really compromise the ability to erase and rewrite.
You can use other paper pad as long as it’s the same size
Hi,
Does the app be able to search the content of the note?
It recognize handwriting from language or letters? Is it possible to use it while the phone screen is locked ?
Is the pen ballpoint or gel?
do i have to have my phone well using it
Seems interesting, especially for those who still prefer writing and drawing on actual paper without the hassle of having to take a photo of everything after the fact on their phone.
What I felt was missing was a discussion on what paper worked better. I know you said as long as the notebook or whatever "fit" in the sleeve but does that mean attaching a similarly sized sketchbook would render it useless if it didn't fit into the slot on the side?
It is a device I will definitely investigate more. Thanks for the review even though you seemed non-committal on whether it was good for artists or not.
EDIT: I just looked up the device on Amazon, $90 USD?!? Yeah, this is definitely something I will look into! Please talk more about it from the perspective of an artist. Note-taking is nice, but I'd rather have it for importing sketches since I'm one of those people who doesn't have a scanner and would prefer this over purchasing something that takes up space at home.
The capture is not 100%. More like 95%. Sometimes it doesn't capture how I join my lines. You can see that in the video.
@@teohyc I saw there were a few missed lines, but as a way to get started and into a desktop drawing program without the intermediate step of needing to scan the sketch is why it caught my attention. I'm thinking I would be adding more to it anyway.
Is there a product like this without real
paper that uses a note taking app instead? Specifically I'd like to use Paper. (The app)
Try Remarkable or Remarkable 2,.
its a scanner i still dont get it can you scan a news paper if it were larger may be usefull
Congratulations! a question: if you write wrong, how could you delete?
No
Thanks for this review! On the retail store presentation it looked very much different and more useful, but after seeing this, i see it's just a waste of money. Little money, compared with others more expensive, but then again, it's nowhere close resembling those more expensive. As others said, could go zero costs and just photo my old-school agenda's with my phones camera and also get accurate copy of drawing/notes.
How about pen's ink.
What's happen when it run out?
any availeable to replace/fill the ink?
You can buy MiniStar ink refill
@@teohyc any kind of refill will work or that should be the one which is specified for this pen?
@@romiyon_ For ink, it's Ministar ink refill which is easy to find at stationary shops or online. For paper refill, you just have to find any paper pad that's similar in size.
@@teohyc Alright sir, but one more thing please: any idea about how long one refill will last? I mean 'approximately how many pages I can write with the original pen that is included in the box'? Definitely it will finish if I will write more & more but can you kindly give me just a random idea that how many full pages it can write before it's refilling? Thank you.
Great video. Just bought this product. One quick question - how to erase text or drawing in the paper?
You can't erase on the paper. You have to do it digitally and that's more tedious because the whole product is designed for writing without erase features
can you try huawei Matepad Pro with M pencil,It so great for vlog too.
Can it connect to a laptop?
Hello Teoh Yi....contacted the company about this Note Plus....they said it does NOT work with iPad.....due to the large screen size....i think they are working on it!
can you try huawei MatePad Pro with M-Pencil, Test writeing, painting，please :)please:) please:)and It's so great for vlog too:)
If the options be, this device or the bamboo slate ( wacom),wich is better? Thinking on take class notes, and casual skechboock, drawing
Having the same concern here, which one to choose?
Think I can use this with a reusable paper notebook?
You can if the size fits
Where can i find link for purchase replacable nibs?
Is that just normal paper? How does that work? I'm just an little confused on that part of this product. Otherwise, seems really cool!
It's just normal paper. It's the XP-Pen pad that is sensing the pen.
@@teohyc Alright, that is pretty cool! Thank you!
@@teohyc So once the paper is drawn/written on, we can’t use it anymore? Do we then need to get new replenishment of the whole notepad worth of fresh pages?
@@maryannepan1 You have to get new paper. You can use any paper pad as long as the size fits.
I wonder how far can you push this ?? when it comes to heavy inking and shading.
You have to use the pen that's provided. And since it can only take the ballpoint refill, it cannot do heavy inking. Shading has to be in the form of hatching.
If we use Rocketbook and pixol frixion pen on it , Can you tell about the review?
I've not tried Rocketbook so I can't say much about that. The only pen that's compatible with this is the included pen. Other pens/styluses do not work.
May i know is there a way to erase words? When there is wirtting mistake
No way to erase, just like real ink
Cool little device. Seen these around here and there online. 😁
Can we use it with different pen?
You can’t
thank you for the video, what about erasing while drawing? thank you
There's no erase. Think of it as using a pen. No erase. It's only after you import the digital notes where you can erase.
Hmm, it looks like a normal D1 refill. If it so than you can buy a pilot, uni-ball, zebra or others refills as well.
Karol Grabowski not all D1s work - it depends on what they are made of an how they conduct - took me ages to find ones that worked properly with my wacom slate....
Sinceramente, considerando la antigüedad del video, el galaxy note en ese momento era mucha mejor opcion, y ahora mismo al ver este vídeo valoro enormemente la presición que tengo en el note 20, es totalmente natural y no extraño para nada el papel
Can you recommend an Apple Pencil alternative that’ll magnetically attach to my 2018 iPad 6th Gen?
That iPad does not have magnets at the right places to attach a stylus. Anyway, the best stylus for that iPad is the Apple Pencil
How does Apple get the Smart Cover to magnetically attach to the iPad?
@@AC-pm7sn There are magnets on the back of the iPad that matches those on the cover. But those aren't designed for the Apple Pencil to attached to. And the Apple Pencil gen 1 is the cyclindrical design. This iPad does not use Apple Pencil 2.
Wait is actually writing on the paper or can u erase what’s on the surface ur actually writing on
It's ink so you can't erase. And you also can't erase what has already been recorded.
Refills are kind of pricey and not easy to get. Did you tried it with another fill brand?
Ink refill or paper refill? For ink refills you can just get MiniStar 7cm refills from stationery shops or online (maybe eBay)
@@teohyc I meant ink refill. It's too pricey in Amazon. I was wondering whether a more generic brand can be used, like Zebra.
@@xavierr4508 Not sure about Zebra. But Ministar and Zebra price difference should not be big
@@teohyc Right now Ministar is 3X more expensive than those from Zebra in my country (México, btw). A tablet vendor promised to sell the Ministar refills as cheap as the ones from Zebra.
I consider that as long as the refill dimentions of any brand are the same they should work. The metallic can has nothing to do with the pen's electromagnetic principle. And all of them have metallic can. But I woudn't like to buy something that it's going to be too expensive in the long term because of the ink.
I just wanna be sure someone tried other ink refill brand in that device. I'll think whether I should buy it. Thanks!!!
Can we connect it in zoom classes
No
can i use any pen?
No. Can only use the pen included. Ink refills can be from other brands.
What happen after finished paper?
You can replace with your own paper
where can you buy pen nibs
These are Ministar ink refills that are also used by other ballpoint pens.
Thank you for this review...have been looking for something like this at a reasonable price......but wanted it to connect to my iPad......i don’t think this does. Thank you!
It connects to iPad via Bluetooth just like how it does to the iPhone in this video
Oh my.....Thank you! On the Amazon site it looks like it does not....Thank you!
Looks so cool! I find it so hard to draw digitally 'cus it feels so weird-
So first i do the drawing in pencil and then use the pen to trace, now in 2022 price around 72 euro, hmm?
Here's some devices I love & never saw a review on: Livescribe pens (had 3 so far, now I got an echo). They do ALL that all other digital pens do PLUS one very important thing: record audio & TAG it with the notes. The problem usually is not digitizing the notes, but being incapable of typing /writing fast enough to get everything that's said. With any Livescribe pen you can just jot down summaries or titles, then when you tap your writing in the book or click online & hear EVERYTHING that was said when you took that note. This is crucial for lectures, meetings, etc. Yes, in a professional setting you have to ask for permission to record, but usually is not denied & then you have everything. There is NO other pen that I know that does this.
Great video! Thank you Teoh!
The app doesn't work, it keeps closing itself before it can load up, rendering the device completely useless. I'm so angry
hi can you also please review FLOW by MOLESKIN app on iPad sometime.
Still prefer my RoWrite.
XP-Pens LCD Tablets are nice tho.
Thanks!!!!💡
I have a bug though : I cannot share it. I click on jpg or png or gif but nothing happens. How to fix this please?
I’d just use my iPhone
WHY O WHY instead of using XP-Pen, you all just take a photo of the drawing or writing on the paper???????? WHY????????????
a bad copy of the Wacom smartpads
Grosse déception, je viens de l'acheter mail elle ne fonctionne pas, elle n'est reconnu par aucun appareil. Totalement inutilisable, j'ai payé 99€ un simple carnet. Je vous la déconseille.