[ralphb]

I've had my Remarkable 2 for 2-3 months.

I agree with some of the critiscims here (missing tags, bad typing experience, little integrability), but overall I am super happy with the tablet. I think it's just down to the usecase. It does what I most need it do to! (replace physical notebooks)

It also does some things that I didn't know I needed. It's just so amazing to have an undo for stuff you write on paper. The ability to select and move stuff around is also something I now do constantly.

I think it just comes down to what problem you're trying to solve. For me, replacing physical notebooks = solved problem.

[throwanem]

> It's just so amazing to have an undo for stuff you write on paper.

Sometimes. When drawing, absolutely. When writing, absolutely not. Nothing else in my entire life has improved my handwriting so much as using a pen to do it, because without an eraser there are no options left but to get better or give up, and it's also amazing how much an eraser slows you down.

[xvector]

I can't remember the last time I wrote something by hand for someone else to read. As long as I can read what I wrote, I don't care how shitty my handwriting is, and I'd wager it's the same for most people.

[biztos]

May I ask how you used physical notebooks before?

I’m really tempted by the ReMarkable — decent PDF reader with good annotations, and replacing pen and paper in meetings, would be enough.

But I’m a pretty hardcore pen and paper user. I find iPad and Pencil great for art but laughably deficient for writing and brainstorming.

Is the Re that far ahead of Apple?

[throwanem]

No. See my comments elsewhere in this thread, but the takeaway for me is that, even just to replace pen and paper in meetings, it's not up to the task - I need to be able to refer back to those notes later, and the reMarkable does nothing to facilitate that and, by inaction, a good deal to frustrate it.

[toomuchtodo]

How is it for reading PDF books and research papers?

[sidr]

This was my primary use case for this and I love it - I need to be taking notes in the margins for me to stay engaged with the material. My rare pain points have been: * sometimes the resolution is not enough and if you really want to zoom into a figure, the UX to do that is a little clunky * colors can be critical for some figures and the papers/books don't take care to pick colors that are easily distinguishable in greyscale.

I place a lot of value on paperfeel for writing though (I tried writing on pdfs with an ipad and...ugh). I've also really come to appreciate the distraction-free setting (I thought I could just be disciplined and not need a device specifically for this - I was wrong). I also use it for note taking in meetings where I want to be present and pay attention the whole time - game changer there as well.

[stewbrew]

For reading books, I'd rather go for an Android based device that features a more potent reader app that allows you to set bookmarks and to more easily jump around in big books. It works very well for reading papers and well structured books that don't ask you to look back x pages all the time.

[spasiu144]

I think this is the perfect tool for PDFs and research notes.

My Remarkable is filled with research papers and books.

As I read them I scrawl notes all over the margins just like I did with paper printouts during my undergrad.

[lottin]

It's OK. You can use a highlighter and scribble on the margins. Taking notes on a separate notebook is a little awkward because you have to switch back and forth.

[nashashmi]

My biggest annoyance is that the reader did not give margin on the left side where the writing menu appears. The writing menu has to be collapsed and then made for writing. Other annoyances like links don't work. And color does not appear Either.