Any reason why should i buy it instead of iPad Pro 2020 or recently announced Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 plus ?
If you want to watch videos and browse internet this isn't the tablet to get. If you want a notepad that can store and display every document you might want that is where "paper replacement" tablets come in.
They detail some other advantages, like the texture of the surface, though we can’t evaluate that without getting one in hand.
It’s a much more focused device, which is a pro and a con.
Personally, I’ll stick with my iPad Pro, but I hope this is actually good and successful.
I haven't seen fast abrasion with this cover. Pencil tips seem to last a really long time.
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With the pen that has an eraser, and the flip cover, is £479. Normal price ~£600 (~$800) in UK.
iPad Pro 11" with pencil comes to £890. Surface Pro 7 £870.
But a Surface Go 2 with pen is £500 and chapter iPad options are around too.
And this is a single-use-case device, with pro's and cons based on that. Battery time, for instance. And like less than half the price of the cheapest iPad pro configuration without even getting a pen for your iPad at that price.
against that? no thats about $1100, pencil, folio and ipad. The remarkable is a bargain compared to that. Granted the iPad can do a lot more.
Where it struggles is against an ipad air/mini and apple pencil. Its roughly the same price point, but the ipad does a lot more. Goodnotes is a very capable journalling tool. On the plus side you get the full iOS universe of apps and media.
On the downside the battery life is nowhere near as good, and the screen isn't optimised for text like the remarkable is.
I have no idea about the galaxy tab. I'm weary of android tablets as they are a mixed bag. Some are awesome, some are brilliant for the price, and some are just trash.
Whilst I could see myself wanting to own one, I've so far managed to bust the screens on three e-Ink devices I've owned. And I'm not exactly treating them rough. They seem to break with the slightest of knocks. Bad enough when it's a sub £100 e-Reader. But, if I was paying 3 or 4 times that much, I'd expect something that was a bit less fragile.
2nd one: Another Kobo Mini. Broke inside the thigh pocket of my combat trousers. It was also in a case and had the screen facing inwards, towards my leg, specifically to avoid the risk of me bumping it against something.
3rd one: Kobo Aura. I had high hopes of this one as, unlike the previous two, where the screen seemingly had no form of overlaid protection, this one's outer screen was actually made of hard plastic. However, after a drop of a mere two or three feet onto carpet, the e-Ink screen in that somehow managed to break inside, leaving the hard plastic outer unmarked.
Maybe I've just had really bad luck [or maybe I should try a different brand than Kobo next time!] but e-Ink screens just seem ridiculously fragile to me. I was especially annoyed with the last one [the Kobo Aura] where the vibration of it hitting the carpetted floor was enough to break the screen, even behind a layer of hard plastic.
Even if I could afford it, there's no way I would risk £300 or £400 on an e-Ink device. Not until the technology toughens up a hell of a lot.
The presentation made me fairly intrigued.
The CTO is a KDE Developer and a long-time member of the Arch community.
The reMarkable is a device for production, where you can write, sketch, organize etc. The display is much quicker to update and the pen is really good. I also like that it's a bit bigger, so reading PDFs isn't as much hassle as on a smaller Kindle.
At least that's my take on it. Kindle for leisure, reMarkable for work.
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