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by kayodelycaon 1701 days ago
The hardware for the gen 2 is pretty good in my opinion. The only "exotic software" is the notetaking app, the rest of the system is linux. The device is running ssh and the root password is in the licenses file.

That's a lot more than you get from most devices of this type.
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slightwinder 1701 days ago
> The hardware for the gen 2 is pretty good in my opinion.

My 5 year old android-tablet has more ram and cpu than the gen2 remarkable. So I assume they outsourced parts to the cloud simply because it's not running well enough on the tablet itself.

> the rest of the system is linux

Linux, especially on tablets is very exotic. There is no way to benefit from the big ecosystem on android or iOS. Everything must come from the users, the company or regulary desktop-linux, which is not optimized for tabled or eInk. Linux is a good selling point for hackers and nerds, but irrelevant for casual users.

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burkaman 1701 days ago
The reMarkable is not supposed to compete with an Android tablet, think of it more like a Kindle you can write on.

The hardware is perfect for the target audience and there are very few comparable products, but the software is pretty bare-bones and most people have issues with it.

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AlotOfReading 1701 days ago
It's also worth noting that unlike the broader tablet market, eInk readers commonly use Linux. Kindle and Kobo devices are examples.
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kayodelycaon 1701 days ago
I think you have an issue with the entire class of eink notebooks because both of these points are completely immaterial to their designed purpose.

You want a general purpose eink tablet. The reMarkable is most definitely not.

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AstroDogCatcher 1701 days ago
I assume the hardware targets battery life rather than performance; the lack of on-device features is quite deliberate. As far as cloud offloading goes, the only thing which seems to match that framing is the handwriting recognition, which is honestly pretty rubbish and I'd happily live without.
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enduser 1701 days ago
Your Android tablet probably does not last for two weeks of daily use on a single charge. The reMarkable 2 is power-sipping, especially with wireless disabled, without compromising note-taking or PDF-reading experiences.
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KingOfCoders 1701 days ago
What Android tablet with eInk did you buy that can display A4? Id be interested.
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kayodelycaon 1701 days ago
There is one actually. https://shop.boox.com/products/maxlumi2
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KingOfCoders 1700 days ago
Do you have experience with that one? Does it work with A4? The reMarkable works but could be slightly bigger for two-column A4 scientific papers.
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