They got shitty colors now! Probably can’t save anything you write ✍️. It’s a stupid product at a stupid price.
Yet, don’t let me stop you… Please do show us how it works so remarkably like a pencil ✏️📝 and paper.
I’m a huge fan of the Boox devices. They run standard android so you can do whatever you want with them. I use a Boox Note Air with OneNote, great combo as I regularly take notes on 6 different devices and they all get synced to each other. Price is also very reasonable for what they can do.
Boox doesn’t share kernel sources for their devices, so it’s basically impossible to get Android updates when they stop supporting it.
great that you shared their ad for free here
It’s shitty either way.
Hey I’d buy it. Much better than an IPad pro
If the remarkable also functioned as a proper e-reader I would bite the bullet. Still the supernote seems like the best of both. Also comes with ceramic nibs, so no need to change nibs as well
Inhave the original A5 from Supernote, and while the device still works just fine after 5 years (also I think I never had to change a nib even once), I’ve grown disillusioned with the company.
It came down to the A5 or the rM2 for me hack then. I liked everything about the A5 better, EXCEPT that the rM2 allowed you to mod it and access it via SSH.
The A5 runs on a slim version of Linux. So I asked Supernote if they’d consider opening SSH for users. And they said “Yes! It’s actually in our roadmap for the next release!”
And that’s been the answer I’ve been getting for the past 5 years. The last update for the device was about 3 years ago.
I love that the tablet is running plain Linux, but it suuuuuucks that I can’t use it to its full potential because the sync options suck.
It seems interesting but overpriced
I love my rM2 it’s amazing for reading manuals, books, any PDF, drawing quick sketches for 3d prints im working on, note taking, custom template note taking, it lasts me a month without needing to charge it, and on top of all that it runs Linux so I can load whatever custom code I want on it!
I don’t know where you were getting this $10,000 figure or your claim that it “can’t save anything you write down” but the rM Pro is only $579 which is still cheaper than a lot of tablets on the market and it can infact save what you write down.
Can you markup pdfs with it? Like if I’m reading a paper can I put notes in the margin etc and save it?
Yes! I do this all the time with manuals
… Damnit. That is dope.
Apparently it can run syncthing and there’s an obsidian plugin for it, i may actually get myself one of those
I would like to try one for a while, because the idea is nice, but the implementation is usually annoying of these things. Being able to organize and find notes quickly, or transfer them easily to other devices…things that you would want to do.
Price is fine, I’m a spoiled IT nerd so they give me enough money at work. But is this worth that money?
FWIW, I bought one for my wife, who is a library administrator, and she loves it. Not IT, but she does do a lot of work with things like XML.
Same questions and worries I have. Hope someone can answer
Also love my plain black and white RM2. The pen just works without needing to charge and the simple ability to just twirl it around and erase like an eraser is what makes it the most like paper. Also works great as an e-reader tablet, which is what I end up using it for half the time.
Yeah may not be for everyone but these things are dope.
I like the idea of being able to take physical notes, in multiple different colors, and making it digitally searchable without the hassle and waste of digitally scanning physical notes. When I was a full time student, I really wanted something like this.
But the price and actual capabilities? No thanks.
Theres like 4 of these at my work that HR people have. I do not see the benefit besides maybe helping e ink displays somehow.
I use a Supernote Nomad which is (IMO) their more capable competitor. I’m a messy thinker and a messy writer so the ability to scribble things down then move and resize paragraphs and easily tidy things up is great. I can have multiple notebooks and Supernote allows you to set headings, use tags, and create links between notes/notebooks to easily navigate, find, and reference things. It also lets me select text and add it to a built in reminder app so I have a systemwide list of things I need tondo with due dates etc. The reminder links to the note you created it from so you can easily refresh yourself on content.
The Nomad is also small, like a travel notebook, so it’s always with me at work. It has a lovely vegan leather book-style case, the stylus is a chunky metal pen with a ceramic tip, and the Nomad has a texture on it that depresses like paper as you write. So it’s also just a really nice and straightforward writing experience when you need it to be, with digital conveniences a few taps away.
That sounds cool but even for that the price tag is over 400 dollars after the case and pen. Hard to justify that with all the other devices we already carry on us imo
The price hurt. But the flipside is I use this every day for multiple hours so in the long run its worth it.
Others do show interest but are immediately turned off by the price. Unfortunately it keeps it niche.
