I've said it before, but nobody makes reviews like you. Because you actually spend alot(!) of time with the devices we get to experience them deeply as well. All the large and little things. And a lot of enthusianism and knowlegde, certainly
Tell me about forgetting it's an electronic device! When I first took mine (v. 1) to my office and left it on a desk during a meeting, my boss put his coffee mug on the display to avoid leaving a ring on the wooden desk :D No harm done luckily :)
@@MyDeepGuide they could even offer an accessory like a finger cot(similar to rubber finger tip guard used by sewing industry) that you put on your index fingertip and simply rub on the screen to smudge (based on pressure)
at 5:55, you made a comment about "hope it makes sense." It makes perfect sense. I have tried literally most of the writing devices that I can afford to get the same paper - pencil feel. (Not because I am old school, but because my thought process while writing/jotting/doodling allows me to think a whole lot more than I ever get when I am writing on computer/or glass (iPad). Exceptional level of details. Really appreciate.
Thanks for a thorough and fair evaluation of Remarkable 2. This is my first dive into a tablet of this kind. You covered so many of my questions and helped me get right into it in a very short time. Thanks again for your clarity and honesty. All four videos were very helpful, I will pass them along.
This is the best review so far. I feel like I'm in the lecture theatre and you are expounding with great enthusiasm on the historical development of writing... ;) Nice work!
Wow... This is one of the most complete and educational reviews I have ever seen ! Amazing... in this case the people from Remarkable should at least put a link on their website ! Not only are you advising them but you are giving an honest and down to earth insight of what most of us are expecting from this device. I still have another 1 month of so of waiting to get it delivered but your review has convinced me that I made the right choice and investment... I truly hope the people at Remarkable take your advices to heart and improve what can be improved of this "remarkable" Remarkable 2.
I Just got my Remarkable 2 yesterday, found your nice easy relax, clean videos. super nice, I also got the Caligraphy pen, is so beautiful to write love notes again. Thank you. I am looking For the Chrome Read on later, hope to find also a nice clean video about it.
I cannot wait for my Remarkable 2. I was hoping I would get it by the time classes at uni started for me, but COVID delayed the release to I’m waiting until October now. I’m going to completely stop using paper once I get it and I cannot wait. This will be perfect for notes and my constant doodling lol
I went through a few minor reviews before yours and a couple of them suggested yours. I’m a student and use notebooks often so I’m really excited to possibly save the paper waste I create.
I encourage you to research the Supernote A5X as well, as an option, because it may have some options that are better suited for a student. And also the Boox Note Air or Note 3. You can find reviews of all of the devices on my channel and then compare and see which one works best for you :)
@Michael Berstein I can’t stand people like you that comment just to try and make others feel bad about something they do or say that’s harmless to others. I wasn’t stating “people use too much paper” or anything like that. This isn’t a sidelines comment.
@Michael Berstein I feel bad because there’s no reason for me to go through it so quickly, and it creates more waste that I need to be creating. On average I go through a notebook every two classes because of how much school I am doing. I am taking 5 classes a semester so that’s 5 notebooks a year. The area I live in doesn’t have paper or metal recycling. Therefore if I were to buy one of these devices I’d be cutting down on that non-recyclable waste. I can recycle electronics at Best Buy. Why do you feel the need to comment when someone states how they feel about something? Stop shaming people because you think you have some monopoly on morality.
I already ordered it in May....I am looking forward to use it. I think as you do. This is the future of writing. I like your comment about the story of writing. Great Review!
2 things that i miss in this enotebook; 1st no possibility to conect by wifi with a printer. 2nd an A4 format will be awesome. Thanks for your videos, they push me to buy one and i full in love with the device.
12:00 pant brush? ^^ Awesome tutorial. No other reviewing channel goes into nearly as much detail as you. Personally I am a big fan of the split in 4 separate thematic parts opposed to one super long video.
Convert to text and save this as a layer to make it searchable is a huge missing feature.. The search feature on the device is kind of useless as it is now
IMO, I have to wonder if that was a design choice and not something that was forgotten or overlooked. in a true paper/pencil experience, you can not stare at your notebook thinking of where is the mention of a word or phrase and it magically open to that. Even if you bullet journal, it is only as good as your index.
I have a feeling they will make the changes you mention in rM3 but that will be 2 years from now so it will have 16gb of storage and 2GB of RAM. I hope this is not the case.
This is a very important point. We have all heard horror stories of what can happen. A separate video should be done by someone to explain this better. Maybe the clue is in how the account is identified in the cloud. Is there a way that a person's name can be not directly linked to it while still being clear it is still our account. That is why I have avoided ever getting Office 365.
Templates - new page is a blank page and Layer 1 is your created template. Make a notebook of your own templates. Copy pages from that notebook and add layer 2 for new content. How many layers are possible? I’ll get mine in late November/early December. This makes me quite excited!
my goodness if you felt like this 2 years ago i just ordered mine 2 days ago and im sooooo excited to start using it ,,, just the pen selections blew me away i didnt get the folio or the folder i might later get them
appreciate much how much detail you invested into the review- it really helped me take my decision -I knew what I was buying. I also like the way you express yourself...I almost want to get you to review products I already own just to hear you talk about them :))) kudos! and thanks!
I’m interested in this. I do think it’s a bit over priced because i feel it’s missing a handful of features. Still pondering if I’ll make the purchase.
I FINALLY got a reMarkable today and its wayyyyy better than i thought. I forgot how much I love actually writing. I dont draw, but doodling is super fun lol
Another great job!! Again, I appreciate that you are a user that is honest about what you really like. You also express deep frustration with missing features which bolsters your positive reviews. You let us know "how to manage our expectations". :-))
Thank you very much :) But reMarkable have disappointed tremendously since then, unfortunately. Since the launch they didn't address a single issue, not one. Instead, they keep behaving like their device is perfect and that users are at fault for wanting standardized and not broken functionality out of a premium priced device. Horrible behavior so far, and the device deserves so much more, but unfortunately it's being crippled by what they are doing with it. Very sad to see :(
i have a improvement request for the "page over view" function ... make it size adjustable, so that you can see what is on the page a little better ... 2 page view and maybe a 4 page per screen view would be nice ...
It's true...the mind forgets its a machine...I've been writing in bed today and keep worrying when I put the pen down that the ink will stain the bedspread!
Man, I absolutely love your reviews. Been looking forward to your remarkable 2 review! Got a question though: you mentioned on an older video that you work with games? If you're comfortable, what do you work with? I'm in game dev and the remarkable seems like something perfect to bring into the lots of meetings. Sketching, talking notes and having it synced to my PC is actually the main drive. I can't count how many times I left a meeting and had to type down my notes, send a messy email with pictures of the sketches made. Are the PNGs exported with transparent or white background? I can see myself sketching with it and then simply using the sketch as the base to finalize an idea in Photoshop.
I work in Unity as the main engine and tons of other programs for creating assets and artwork for the games. I use the reMarkable all the time for problem-solving, system design, mind mapping, UI design, layouts, logic structure and of course meeting notes. I rarely convert them, but a handful of times I needed to do it, it required minimal amount of corrections. PDFs are white, but you can export as SVG, scalable vectors ,and the. You're free to do what you want :)
@@MyDeepGuide Ah, that's awesome man. Thanks. Already pre-ordered the remarkable 2. Even though I'm slated for a November release, your review really made me think I'm making the right choice. I am running out of space for all the notebooks I use. Not to mention the 4, 5 notebooks I end up using at the same time because I forgot the notebook home or whatever. Quick question though. Have you tried reading comics?
This was a FANTASTIC review! I only wish that the screen form factor wasn't so dang small!!! I mean what is the actual drawing area size? 7 x 9? That's crazy small. Why could they have not just gone to 8.5 x 11? Can you answer these questions: 1. Working screen size dimensions 2. Can you erase just a tiny portion of a line or mark like a real eraser? 3. The screen texture: Does it have a nice pen to paper feel or is it slippery? I need it to have some friction.
At least on the rM1, the pen to paper feel is pretty fantastic. It's not slippery at _all._ It's nice and scratchy with plenty of drag. As long as you're using the *branded* reMarkable nibs. I personally use some unbranded Chinese ones that are thinner and make it feel a bit more slippery.
I have a Remarkable 1 and the screen size is about 6.1 x 8.3. The diagonal is 10.3, the same as the Remarkable 2 so they should have similar screen dimensions. It's a bit bigger than an A5 page (5.8 x 8.3) and the bezels can act as a margins so you can write more on it than an A5 sheet of paper. They have now removed the buttons at the bottom, they could have took advantage of this by increasing the screen size to make it feel more like an A4 page (which would be ideal for me). Having said that, I love the RM1 and RM2 looks awesome.
@@j45393 great info. Yeah what a shame that they missed the mark on the screen size dimensions. It REALLY would have been nice to see a larger working area as not all of us are into working on a postage stamp.
It's pretty cool (but also anoying for someone) that when you're useing eraser of the marker plus on a lined temlate, it smudges the lines either, od it looks like that.
I agree it's not "unreasonable," and I think it was very fanboyish of him to say it like that. The fanboys can take solace though that it's probably more of a limitation of the Wacom layer than any fault of Remarkable's.
@@elgreco17 You'd put the paper on a cardboard or other sheet of paper or something and start there. What a person is trying to avoid, and what can clearly be seen in his example of doing it as you said, are the blotchy starting points for the strokes.
Just reviewing your deep dive from a year ago. Shortcomings withstanding, It seems like as a writing device this is still a great choice by you. Is this still the case or has another supceded it? I’m not interested in apps. I was considering the Elipsa because I’m a reader but it doesn’t seem to come close to the Remarkable 2. Thanks for taking the time to recollect and answer my question from impressions over a year ago!
like the natural flow ie switching between writing erasing etc, to me great sign you are at one with it ie transcends above and beyond ,watching I can see and better still imagine the advances thank you
I've been eyeing this kind of device due to that anxiety of not wanting to waste pages on normal notebooks, and in not just being able to write indefinitely but also being able to have an entire library's worth of notebooks on a single pad. I always found "do-it-all" tablets like iPads too distracting and annoying to look at when light shines on it and how palm rejection is still kinda hit or miss forcing me to not put my wrist down. I haven't been this excited in e-paper tech since the Pebble watch and I honestly hope this company doesn't die or get bought out like Pebble before I can afford one of these (...assuming I can even find a way to get this in my country).
I like the review a lot. But I ordered Boox Max 3 yesterday, before your review :) writing experience is much better on remarkable. Still looks like I'm not going to regret the Max3 purchase, because I need other options too what remarkable doesn't have.
Out of the entire Onyx Boox lineup Max 3 has the best writing experience AND the best reader experience, due to the large format. I adore that device, so for overall use, I think that's the best choice you can make now.
I got mine today, and decided to return it almost immediately. I was hoping to use to it read academic papers and textbooks, after watching these reviews I lowered my expectations but thought it would still be good for notetaking. However, when it showed up I noticed a problem I have not seen anyone complain about: the handwritten text is so incredibly pixelated. It's unusable. I can see every single pixel, especially when using thin pens. Which is especially weird given that the resolution of the screen is pretty good, I can't see any issues when it displays typed text. Why is nobody talking about this?
I was trying to see how close to the edge I could paint, but said to myself, be careful not to go on the outside AND get the paint there! It really does fool your brain.
Great review! I have a question about how do you organize your notes? I started in Quick Sheets but i can't move them into a file or Notebook? Should Notes be written in Notebooks only?
I have a question. FIRST what incredible videos you made for remark 2. UNBELIEVABLE THANK YOU BIG TIME WOW. I have remark 2 Q. I write on the screen in handwriting of course, I had a little pic hand drawn very!! simple when i convert to text it is done. WHATS UP WITH THAT
In a page where there are mixes of drawings and hand-written texts, is it possible to select some hand-written text, convert it to digital text, and leave it on the same page? In other words, can you convert a selected h-w text to digital text in place?
I want to get this but feel it is too narrow. I use my thin tablet which i disconnect from my surface book 2 and play music through it while i write my journal. if it had at least reader capability I would consider - but just as pen and paper, i will need other devices which bothers me. I need to be able to search my notes, add ToDos etc. Like I do with oneNote
Do you think the zoom and select/resize could be an alternative to the infinite canvas of the Quirklogic Papyr? Are you planning a review of the Papyr? I haven't could make my mind between those two devices.
At 25m11sec you show how fast the OCR is done, but how can you compare it with what you actually wrote as it has already replaced it. It would also not be good if it appeared on a different page as that cannot make comparisons easy. So could there be a way to connect your two accounts if you have a previous remarkable 1 and ask that the text recognition versions be displayed on that one and leave the ones you have just written still on the remarkable 2? That could be a great way to use both old and new versions of the reMarkable. That would be also why having a different account is not good unless you can specify in the account number that is your account 2 for the reMarkable 2 and your account 1 is for the remarkable 1 and then you just decide which the translated text goes to. So you could arrange that translated text after the OCR process for the other also be sent to the alternate remarkable. So you should make this suggestion to the company that they account number for both be very similar at the beginning with an extension number indicating which device it is for.
As far as I am aware of it, default brush functionality has been there for a while and it's on a per document basis, unless that got broken in the meantime?
Helllo, would you suggest this as a substitute for intensive writing on paper? I write like 1500 words a day, and after some years my desk is being overhelmed by sheets and, furthermore, I spend a lot of time typing on my pc what I've wrote on paper, so an instrument capable of converting to text my handwriting would be great, but I need to be sure it can convert such a great amount of words quite accurately. If not, there's a device you would rather suggest for this use? Thank you very much!
You could just save as pdf and let a (potentially better!?) OCR-Software Scan those. By doing this you could archive your original writings, which may be helpful in case the OCR did not translate a part accurately enough.
@@MrMagicFreedom that would mean scan like 400 pages, and if I have to do such an effort then I prefer to type them, so I do a first editing in the process.
The durability of Marker tips depends on writing technique and amount of use. According to their website the estimated durability for an average user is anywhere from three to seven weeks.
It looks like convert to text Will convert whatever you written to only one style and one size of text and not include underlined or indents or paragraph set ups. Is this correct? Is there a way to convert to editable text that retains the style that you put it in. For example, if I want to use a bulleted list for notes for class or a to-do list, I want to be able to write my list, and then save it as text, and then be able to edit it by putting in an extra item or something later. Is that possible? Is magnification and editing in the magnified version possible? I am visually impaired and can write something small, but can’t read my own handwriting so need to convert and enlarge the writing to with with the document. Is that possible?
Unfortunately no, but you can use the selection tool to select and move content, however, it is not smart, so it will not move any other content on the same or any other pages.
Since the introduction of their subscription model, no. Suprenote A5X would be my choice for mostly writing. If you are doing a lot of reading and quite a bit of writing and need the robustness of a full Android tablet, then Boox Note Air 2.
Can't get Selection tool to work with pdf. Honestly, pdf usability is pretty basic compared for example with Kindle where you can migrate selected content. Any hacks?
the clumsy zoom function is - from my perspective - one of the biggest drawbacks. because I would use it a lot. by the way: would it even be possible to implement pinch to zoom for them - or does the device not support multitouch?
They say it's a multi-touch display. They should be able to offer it in an update if they wanted to. I'd want to see pinch to zoom implemented as well.
@@beyondbased where did you see this information? Besides that: without an official statement stating that they will deliver this soon, we have to assume they are not even considering it. They haven’t provided solutions for more than two years now.
Super useful guide. I'm looking at purchasing but want to do my due diligence; one thing that does worry me is the 8GB storage limit. Is it possible to delete your notebooks from the device to free up space, but keep them on the rM cloud so that they are accessible and can be downloaded if you want to keep working on them?
An excellent question, but unfortunately, and puzzlingly, after the platform existing for almost 4 years, the answer is no. You can't back it up. The only way to do it is to manually export your notebooks and documents and back them up as files on a computer, but backing up notebooks in their native format, not as PDF, is not possible. This I find equally strange as the fact that you still can't bookmark pages in a document, and that you can't register more than one device per account.
@@MyDeepGuide Many thanks for the reply. That is puzzling, but actually seems to be an annoyingly consistent expression of Remarkable's attitude in keeping the ecosystem very closed (which is one thing if you're Apple, and quite another if you're a small company whose product has very limited functionality and small storage). Once you've converted to a PDF, is that 'it' as it were - so I couldn't, say, re-import that PDF to my Remarkable and keep working on it as a notebook, beyond making annotations as on any other PDF? In other words, the notebook is done once you've exported it? Thanks for your excellent reviews.
Once exported it is no longer a notebook, it becomes a document, and it follows the rules of a document in that ecosystem. The main limitations then become: 1. Not possible to add new pages (defies the purpose of a notebook) 2. Not possible to erase or edit written data. So yeah, essentially, it all gets baked down and locked in and that's it.
Music From the stock library site Epidemic Sounds. I made a little library of my own with tracks I liked from their catalog, and then I place them around the video :)
Great review ! Can we share this screen (when we are scribbling) to some external screen. That would have killed many competitors Can we use it like external screen...?
@@MyDeepGuide , impressive. No one else does that. Clearly that's the best e-ink devise for artists, but I have a Max 2, which is perfect for my needs.
Can you print your notes? Like just how they are? With doodles and scribbling etc? I would live to print out some pages or notebooks with both pages front and back, to save paper
How would you go about reading a book on the remarkable 2 and writing notes about it in a notebook on the same device? (not annotating the PDF with notes) Would switching back and forth between the book and your notes be a huge pain?
As it is now, yeah, because you'd need to go out of the book, navigate your file structure (or just search for) the notebook you want, and then go back into the notebook. Placing the document and the notebook in the same folder would make the process easier, and the positives are that whenever you go back into a document or a notebook, you continue from the page where you left. So it can be made to work ok, if organized like that.
@@MyDeepGuide That's what I figured. I really love the idea of a functionally transparent, distraction-free device. Since the reader functions seem a bit half-baked, I'm trying to get the 1st gen on ebay for a good price, rather than splurge for the new one. The reader functions remind me a bit of the first generation nook (the kind with a non-touchscreen eink display, and a small and wide LCD at the bottom). The design was really cool, but the highlighting code was so poorly written, that the more you highlighted a document, the slower the highlighting got. I mean, every. single. press. of. an. arrow. key. started. to. take. a. second. or. two. as. the. idiot. code. parsed. the. entire. document. for. each. and. every. key. press. I hope they increase the speed of functions like that, even if they don't add any new features. I like the fact that they let you ssh into the device -- I wonder if it will let you put a custom OS on it, or sideload your own apps somehow (paging geohot, please pick up!) ;)
I've said it before, but nobody makes reviews like you. Because you actually spend alot(!) of time with the devices we get to experience them deeply as well. All the large and little things.
And a lot of enthusianism and knowlegde, certainly
This is, hands down, the most useful Remarkable 2 review online. Outstanding job!
Thank you :)
By far. Thanks for the review!
Tell me about forgetting it's an electronic device! When I first took mine (v. 1) to my office and left it on a desk during a meeting, my boss put his coffee mug on the display to avoid leaving a ring on the wooden desk :D No harm done luckily :)
Cringe worthy!
You are the in-depth review G.O.A.T. - Greatest of all time!
Can you imagine if smudging with fingers WAS an option for the pencil pen.. shouldn't be too hard to implement ;)
Ah man! Now that would be awesome!!
@@MyDeepGuide they could even offer an accessory like a finger cot(similar to rubber finger tip guard used by sewing industry) that you put on your index fingertip and simply rub on the screen to smudge (based on pressure)
If the basic reader functionality is missing for over years - yup, it would be VERY hard to them to implement smudging in this decade...
@@konradovy the software itself is already smudged in key functionality ;)
Konrad Owy it’s a purpose driven device... It’s NOT an eReader. It’s a note taker.
Full stop.
at 5:55, you made a comment about "hope it makes sense." It makes perfect sense. I have tried literally most of the writing devices that I can afford to get the same paper - pencil feel. (Not because I am old school, but because my thought process while writing/jotting/doodling allows me to think a whole lot more than I ever get when I am writing on computer/or glass (iPad).
Exceptional level of details. Really appreciate.
Thanks for a thorough and fair evaluation of Remarkable 2. This is my first dive into a tablet of this kind. You covered so many of my questions and helped me get right into it in a very short time. Thanks again for your clarity and honesty. All four videos were very helpful, I will pass them along.
This is the best review so far. I feel like I'm in the lecture theatre and you are expounding with great enthusiasm on the historical development of writing... ;) Nice work!
Wow... This is one of the most complete and educational reviews I have ever seen ! Amazing... in this case the people from Remarkable should at least put a link on their website ! Not only are you advising them but you are giving an honest and down to earth insight of what most of us are expecting from this device. I still have another 1 month of so of waiting to get it delivered but your review has convinced me that I made the right choice and investment... I truly hope the people at Remarkable take your advices to heart and improve what can be improved of this "remarkable" Remarkable 2.
Thank you very much for the kind words :)
The best tech reviewer out there! Thank you for your honesty, insight and precision. Sick and tired of snake oil sellers on YT. Bravo, Sir!
I Just got my Remarkable 2 yesterday, found your nice easy relax, clean videos. super nice, I also got the Caligraphy pen, is so beautiful to write love notes again. Thank you. I am looking For the Chrome Read on later, hope to find also a nice clean video about it.
Nice comment.
I cannot wait for my Remarkable 2. I was hoping I would get it by the time classes at uni started for me, but COVID delayed the release to I’m waiting until October now. I’m going to completely stop using paper once I get it and I cannot wait. This will be perfect for notes and my constant doodling lol
I went through a few minor reviews before yours and a couple of them suggested yours. I’m a student and use notebooks often so I’m really excited to possibly save the paper waste I create.
I encourage you to research the Supernote A5X as well, as an option, because it may have some options that are better suited for a student. And also the Boox Note Air or Note 3. You can find reviews of all of the devices on my channel and then compare and see which one works best for you :)
@Michael Berstein what? I use a lot of paper in my note taking and feel bad about how quickly I go through it.
@Michael Berstein I can’t stand people like you that comment just to try and make others feel bad about something they do or say that’s harmless to others. I wasn’t stating “people use too much paper” or anything like that. This isn’t a sidelines comment.
@Michael Berstein I feel bad because there’s no reason for me to go through it so quickly, and it creates more waste that I need to be creating. On average I go through a notebook every two classes because of how much school I am doing. I am taking 5 classes a semester so that’s 5 notebooks a year. The area I live in doesn’t have paper or metal recycling. Therefore if I were to buy one of these devices I’d be cutting down on that non-recyclable waste. I can recycle electronics at Best Buy. Why do you feel the need to comment when someone states how they feel about something? Stop shaming people because you think you have some monopoly on morality.
@Michael Berstein good luck finding inner peace.
Something useful would be to write on real paper and then write on this device and see how close the two are.
I already ordered it in May....I am looking forward to use it. I think as you do. This is the future of writing. I like your comment about the story of writing. Great Review!
Great review. A 4-part in-depth review plus a lengthy unboxing-- Review Heaven.
This review/guide is THE most comprehensive I´ve even come across. Just amazing.
Thank you :)
2 things that i miss in this enotebook; 1st no possibility to conect by wifi with a printer. 2nd an A4 format will be awesome.
Thanks for your videos, they push me to buy one and i full in love with the device.
12:00 pant brush? ^^
Awesome tutorial. No other reviewing channel goes into nearly as much detail as you.
Personally I am a big fan of the split in 4 separate thematic parts opposed to one super long video.
Convert to text and save this as a layer to make it searchable is a huge missing feature.. The search feature on the device is kind of useless as it is now
IMO, I have to wonder if that was a design choice and not something that was forgotten or overlooked. in a true paper/pencil experience, you can not stare at your notebook thinking of where is the mention of a word or phrase and it magically open to that. Even if you bullet journal, it is only as good as your index.
@@dfc0868 that's too bad because i really need this feature lol.
I have a feeling they will make the changes you mention in rM3 but that will be 2 years from now so it will have 16gb of storage and 2GB of RAM. I hope this is not the case.
It’s like when first movies went to 24 fps. It tricks the brain. Beyond this your eyes can feel the succession of images.
Its worth to mention that OCR is done in the cloud, as far as I know. So confidential notes will leave your device.
This is a very important point. We have all heard horror stories of what can happen.
A separate video should be done by someone to explain this better. Maybe the clue is in how the account is identified in the cloud. Is there a way that a person's name can be not directly linked to it while still being clear it is still our account. That is why I have avoided ever getting Office 365.
Templates - new page is a blank page and Layer 1 is your created template. Make a notebook of your own templates. Copy pages from that notebook and add layer 2 for new content.
How many layers are possible?
I’ll get mine in late November/early December. This makes me quite excited!
my goodness if you felt like this 2 years ago i just ordered mine 2 days ago and im sooooo excited to start using it ,,, just the pen selections blew me away i didnt get the folio or the folder i might later get them
appreciate much how much detail you invested into the review- it really helped me take my decision -I knew what I was buying. I also like the way you express yourself...I almost want to get you to review products I already own just to hear you talk about them :))) kudos! and thanks!
The best Remarkable interview out there, thank you.
I’m interested in this. I do think it’s a bit over priced because i feel it’s missing a handful of features. Still pondering if I’ll make the purchase.
I FINALLY got a reMarkable today and its wayyyyy better than i thought.
I forgot how much I love actually writing. I dont draw, but doodling is super fun lol
Another great job!! Again, I appreciate that you are a user that is honest about what you really like. You also express deep frustration with missing features which bolsters your positive reviews. You let us know "how to manage our expectations". :-))
Thank you very much :) But reMarkable have disappointed tremendously since then, unfortunately. Since the launch they didn't address a single issue, not one. Instead, they keep behaving like their device is perfect and that users are at fault for wanting standardized and not broken functionality out of a premium priced device. Horrible behavior so far, and the device deserves so much more, but unfortunately it's being crippled by what they are doing with it. Very sad to see :(
i have a improvement request for the "page over view" function ... make it size adjustable, so that you can see what is on the page a little better ... 2 page view and maybe a 4 page per screen view would be nice ...
It's true...the mind forgets its a machine...I've been writing in bed today and keep worrying when I put the pen down that the ink will stain the bedspread!
Man, I absolutely love your reviews. Been looking forward to your remarkable 2 review!
Got a question though: you mentioned on an older video that you work with games? If you're comfortable, what do you work with?
I'm in game dev and the remarkable seems like something perfect to bring into the lots of meetings. Sketching, talking notes and having it synced to my PC is actually the main drive.
I can't count how many times I left a meeting and had to type down my notes, send a messy email with pictures of the sketches made.
Are the PNGs exported with transparent or white background? I can see myself sketching with it and then simply using the sketch as the base to finalize an idea in Photoshop.
I work in Unity as the main engine and tons of other programs for creating assets and artwork for the games.
I use the reMarkable all the time for problem-solving, system design, mind mapping, UI design, layouts, logic structure and of course meeting notes.
I rarely convert them, but a handful of times I needed to do it, it required minimal amount of corrections.
PDFs are white, but you can export as SVG, scalable vectors ,and the. You're free to do what you want :)
@@MyDeepGuide Ah, that's awesome man. Thanks. Already pre-ordered the remarkable 2. Even though I'm slated for a November release, your review really made me think I'm making the right choice.
I am running out of space for all the notebooks I use. Not to mention the 4, 5 notebooks I end up using at the same time because I forgot the notebook home or whatever.
Quick question though. Have you tried reading comics?
Yeah, but honestly I just want to use my Nova 2 for that, because the reader on the Onyx Boox devices is just infinitely more powerful.
Swiping between pages- Use the flat of your right thumb to swipe left or right page without really moving your thumb . Like you would on your phone.
This was a FANTASTIC review! I only wish that the screen form factor wasn't so dang small!!! I mean what is the actual drawing area size? 7 x 9? That's crazy small. Why could they have not just gone to 8.5 x 11?
Can you answer these questions:
1. Working screen size dimensions
2. Can you erase just a tiny portion of a line or mark like a real eraser?
3. The screen texture: Does it have a nice pen to paper feel or is it slippery? I need it to have some friction.
At least on the rM1, the pen to paper feel is pretty fantastic. It's not slippery at _all._ It's nice and scratchy with plenty of drag.
As long as you're using the *branded* reMarkable nibs.
I personally use some unbranded Chinese ones that are thinner and make it feel a bit more slippery.
@@KikiYushima thanks for that info.
I have a Remarkable 1 and the screen size is about 6.1 x 8.3. The diagonal is 10.3, the same as the Remarkable 2 so they should have similar screen dimensions. It's a bit bigger than an A5 page (5.8 x 8.3) and the bezels can act as a margins so you can write more on it than an A5 sheet of paper. They have now removed the buttons at the bottom, they could have took advantage of this by increasing the screen size to make it feel more like an A4 page (which would be ideal for me). Having said that, I love the RM1 and RM2 looks awesome.
@@j45393 great info. Yeah what a shame that they missed the mark on the screen size dimensions. It REALLY would have been nice to see a larger working area as not all of us are into working on a postage stamp.
It's pretty cool (but also anoying for someone) that when you're useing eraser of the marker plus on a lined temlate, it smudges the lines either, od it looks like that.
Only until it refreshes and completes the erase function.
I really wish they could release soon a Remarkable 3 with colors
digital ink in colour tech does not yet exist; that is the only way the batteries last 2+ weeks; otherwise only hours
3:00 That's amazing. Almost got me chocked up.
35:00 How is that unreasonable? It would work on real paper. I was like "DO IT SLOW".
I agree it's not "unreasonable," and I think it was very fanboyish of him to say it like that. The fanboys can take solace though that it's probably more of a limitation of the Wacom layer than any fault of Remarkable's.
@@hunterhenryk Disagree with that. You don't start stroking on your table to end on the paper, you start at the edge of your paper.
@@elgreco17 You'd put the paper on a cardboard or other sheet of paper or something and start there. What a person is trying to avoid, and what can clearly be seen in his example of doing it as you said, are the blotchy starting points for the strokes.
@@hunterhenryk You can definitely place a cardboard on this screen and it will work like it would with paper.
@@hunterhenryk Yeah, what does he mean by not supposed to do that? Why? It should start as soon as you come in contact like with real pen and paper.
Just reviewing your deep dive from a year ago. Shortcomings withstanding, It seems like as a writing device this is still a great choice by you. Is this still the case or has another supceded it? I’m not interested in apps. I was considering the Elipsa because I’m a reader but it doesn’t seem to come close to the Remarkable 2.
Thanks for taking the time to recollect and answer my question from impressions over a year ago!
like the natural flow ie switching between writing erasing etc, to me great sign you are at one with it ie transcends above and beyond ,watching I can see and better still imagine the advances thank you
Does it come with a template for sheet music? Music staff lines? So I can draw music notation over the staff lines?
Yes, it does.
I've been eyeing this kind of device due to that anxiety of not wanting to waste pages on normal notebooks, and in not just being able to write indefinitely but also being able to have an entire library's worth of notebooks on a single pad.
I always found "do-it-all" tablets like iPads too distracting and annoying to look at when light shines on it and how palm rejection is still kinda hit or miss forcing me to not put my wrist down.
I haven't been this excited in e-paper tech since the Pebble watch and I honestly hope this company doesn't die or get bought out like Pebble before I can afford one of these (...assuming I can even find a way to get this in my country).
I like the review a lot. But I ordered Boox Max 3 yesterday, before your review :) writing experience is much better on remarkable. Still looks like I'm not going to regret the Max3 purchase, because I need other options too what remarkable doesn't have.
Out of the entire Onyx Boox lineup Max 3 has the best writing experience AND the best reader experience, due to the large format. I adore that device, so for overall use, I think that's the best choice you can make now.
Superb video this is. Brilliant. You deserve more subs
Thank you :)
I got mine today, and decided to return it almost immediately. I was hoping to use to it read academic papers and textbooks, after watching these reviews I lowered my expectations but thought it would still be good for notetaking. However, when it showed up I noticed a problem I have not seen anyone complain about: the handwritten text is so incredibly pixelated. It's unusable. I can see every single pixel, especially when using thin pens. Which is especially weird given that the resolution of the screen is pretty good, I can't see any issues when it displays typed text. Why is nobody talking about this?
Please check my video about it regarding the Jagged Lines Issue.
What's it like at converting to text and can you upload files to any cloud based systems?
how often will you have to change the nibs of the pen?
Sir, hats off . . . This is called as review , amazing . . . made me to buy . . .
Very comphensive and informative .. Thanks man for a great review!
3:08 Next function idea for rM3: allow smudge shading!
Even for rM2 and rM1. It's just a matter of software implementation. Hardware requirements are already met by both devices ;)
I was trying to see how close to the edge I could paint, but said to myself, be careful not to go on the outside AND get the paint there! It really does fool your brain.
Thanks for the review series. I am on part 2 and really appreciate your effort on this.
Great review! I have a question about how do you organize your notes? I started in Quick Sheets but i can't move them into a file or Notebook? Should Notes be written in Notebooks only?
I have a question. FIRST what incredible videos you made for remark 2. UNBELIEVABLE THANK YOU BIG TIME WOW. I have remark 2
Q. I write on the screen in handwriting of course, I had a little pic hand drawn very!! simple when i convert to text it is done. WHATS UP WITH THAT
awesome review. Helps a lot! Thank you.
In a page where there are mixes of drawings and hand-written texts, is it possible to select some hand-written text, convert it to digital text, and leave it on the same page?
In other words, can you convert a selected h-w text to digital text in place?
Just sharing your emotions as well. Thank you for this :-)
Very awesome review - THANKS! Is it possible to connect a Bluetooth keyboard to it?
No, it doesn’t have Bluetooth unfortunately
The most annoying thing is that you cannot transfer on this product any document if the remarkable is not connected to internet.
That is not correct. You have the USB over IP option, but it is severely limited and flawed, but technically, it is possible.
@@MyDeepGuide Yes, you are right. It works. Thanks!
My deep guide sure is an accurate name
I want to get this but feel it is too narrow. I use my thin tablet which i disconnect from my surface book 2 and play music through it while i write my journal. if it had at least reader capability I would consider - but just as pen and paper, i will need other devices which bothers me. I need to be able to search my notes, add ToDos etc. Like I do with oneNote
Hi @My Deep Guide! I have one big question: can you search for a specific word inside your notes/ebooks? Thanks in advance.
No, that's not possible at the moment, unfortunately.
I can’t believe that this isn’t an option. In a large sea of notes if you’re looking for something your wrote 6 months ago, how would you find it?
Do you think the zoom and select/resize could be an alternative to the infinite canvas of the Quirklogic Papyr? Are you planning a review of the Papyr? I haven't could make my mind between those two devices.
is there a black paper template?
No.
At 25m11sec you show how fast the OCR is done, but how can you compare it with what you actually wrote as it has already replaced it. It would also not be good if it appeared on a different page as that cannot make comparisons easy. So could there be a way to connect your two accounts if you have a previous remarkable 1 and ask that the text recognition versions be displayed on that one and leave the ones you have just written still on the remarkable 2? That could be a great way to use both old and new versions of the reMarkable. That would be also why having a different account is not good unless you can specify in the account number that is your account 2 for the reMarkable 2 and your account 1 is for the remarkable 1 and then you just decide which the translated text goes to. So you could arrange that translated text after the OCR process for the other also be sent to the alternate remarkable.
So you should make this suggestion to the company that they account number for both be very similar at the beginning with an extension number indicating which device it is for.
Can you create notes, save them on rm2 and then edit them again and again?
How does this guy not have 10x the number of subscribers that Marques has???
can I use my old plastic stencils to draw? For instance; engineering shapes, or workflow shapes?
Is it suitable for lefthanders? Does it support greek alphabet?
Hope one can set default brush in future software updates. The mechanical pen is not my favourite on the RM1
As far as I am aware of it, default brush functionality has been there for a while and it's on a per document basis, unless that got broken in the meantime?
Helllo, would you suggest this as a substitute for intensive writing on paper? I write like 1500 words a day, and after some years my desk is being overhelmed by sheets and, furthermore, I spend a lot of time typing on my pc what I've wrote on paper, so an instrument capable of converting to text my handwriting would be great, but I need to be sure it can convert such a great amount of words quite accurately. If not, there's a device you would rather suggest for this use? Thank you very much!
Well, it's a great paper replacement tool, but as far as conversion to text goes, that depends on how readable your handwriting is.
@@MyDeepGuide thanks. I ordered it, gonna try it and if it can't be useful I'll send it back (my handwriting is in fact quite bad).
You could just save as pdf and let a (potentially better!?) OCR-Software Scan those. By doing this you could archive your original writings, which may be helpful in case the OCR did not translate a part accurately enough.
@@MrMagicFreedom that would mean scan like 400 pages, and if I have to do such an effort then I prefer to type them, so I do a first editing in the process.
I wonder how long the nibs last.. i thought this pen didn’t have nibs since I didn’t see anything about it 😞
The durability of Marker tips depends on writing technique and amount of use. According to their website the estimated durability for an average user is anywhere from three to seven weeks.
It looks like convert to text Will convert whatever you written to only one style and one size of text and not include underlined or indents or paragraph set ups. Is this correct? Is there a way to convert to editable text that retains the style that you put it in. For example, if I want to use a bulleted list for notes for class or a to-do list, I want to be able to write my list, and then save it as text, and then be able to edit it by putting in an extra item or something later. Is that possible? Is magnification and editing in the magnified version possible? I am visually impaired and can write something small, but can’t read my own handwriting so need to convert and enlarge the writing to with with the document. Is that possible?
Hello, and thank you for your reviews! I am curious, can i insert a paragraph in the middle of a handwritten text? Thank you, again!
Unfortunately no, but you can use the selection tool to select and move content, however, it is not smart, so it will not move any other content on the same or any other pages.
Is this still right up there in your mind as the product of choice for writing in January 2022?
Since the introduction of their subscription model, no. Suprenote A5X would be my choice for mostly writing. If you are doing a lot of reading and quite a bit of writing and need the robustness of a full Android tablet, then Boox Note Air 2.
Can't get Selection tool to work with pdf. Honestly, pdf usability is pretty basic compared for example with Kindle where you can migrate selected content. Any hacks?
super review my man.
Best out there.
the clumsy zoom function is - from my perspective - one of the biggest drawbacks. because I would use it a lot. by the way: would it even be possible to implement pinch to zoom for them - or does the device not support multitouch?
They say it's a multi-touch display. They should be able to offer it in an update if they wanted to. I'd want to see pinch to zoom implemented as well.
@@beyondbased where did you see this information? Besides that: without an official statement stating that they will deliver this soon, we have to assume they are not even considering it. They haven’t provided solutions for more than two years now.
Just got the ReMarkable 2 - where is the Zoom mode? I don't have that icon in my menu - below the select tool I have a undo and redo but no zoom.
Since Update 2.6 zooming is now done via the pinch gesture, therefore the zoomed icon is no longer there :)
Can you search your handwritten notes for words or phrases? I didn’t see this covered at all.
If you watch part 4, the conclusion it's mentioned there, but no. You can't.
Super useful guide. I'm looking at purchasing but want to do my due diligence; one thing that does worry me is the 8GB storage limit. Is it possible to delete your notebooks from the device to free up space, but keep them on the rM cloud so that they are accessible and can be downloaded if you want to keep working on them?
An excellent question, but unfortunately, and puzzlingly, after the platform existing for almost 4 years, the answer is no. You can't back it up. The only way to do it is to manually export your notebooks and documents and back them up as files on a computer, but backing up notebooks in their native format, not as PDF, is not possible. This I find equally strange as the fact that you still can't bookmark pages in a document, and that you can't register more than one device per account.
@@MyDeepGuide Many thanks for the reply. That is puzzling, but actually seems to be an annoyingly consistent expression of Remarkable's attitude in keeping the ecosystem very closed (which is one thing if you're Apple, and quite another if you're a small company whose product has very limited functionality and small storage). Once you've converted to a PDF, is that 'it' as it were - so I couldn't, say, re-import that PDF to my Remarkable and keep working on it as a notebook, beyond making annotations as on any other PDF? In other words, the notebook is done once you've exported it?
Thanks for your excellent reviews.
Once exported it is no longer a notebook, it becomes a document, and it follows the rules of a document in that ecosystem. The main limitations then become:
1. Not possible to add new pages (defies the purpose of a notebook)
2. Not possible to erase or edit written data.
So yeah, essentially, it all gets baked down and locked in and that's it.
Thanks!
I wished at least the highlighter had some basic colour...
i hypnotized
I didn't hear about spell check.
I'm enjoying your review however, can you enable user controlled speed? I have limited time and can absorb material quickly.
It's not something I control, so you should be able to play at any playback speed that you choose.
CAN YOU CONVERT WRITING TO TEXT AND SAVE IT TO THE NOTEBOOK WITHOUT SENDING IT?
No, you can't. Please refrain from posting in all caps, as such posts will be flagged as spam, and often automatically are.
If you order the reMarkable 2 with the "better" pencil (with the eraser), do you get the standart one aswell?
I don't know, you should ask them.
No, why would you?
What’s the background music? Thanks!
Music From the stock library site Epidemic Sounds. I made a little library of my own with tracks I liked from their catalog, and then I place them around the video :)
Great review ! Can we share this screen (when we are scribbling) to some external screen. That would have killed many competitors Can we use it like external screen...?
No, but you can use Live View as I described in one of the How To videos to get a similar result.
Would you know why I do not see a zoom function on my Remarkable 2?
Since Update 2.6 zoom is now a pinch touch gesture, so no icon is available anymore.
you are the best sir
How is this as an reader, did they update the system
Would I be able to transfer music from my computer ( Windows 10 ) to Remarkable 2
Remarkable doesn't have audio capabilities. So, you can't.
Does the Remarkable Stylus use Bluetooth? The Apple Pencil, Surface Pen, and HP Tilt Pen all require Bluetooth for the tilt function.
Nope, no Bluetooth, no batteries, just clever input interpretation system.
@@MyDeepGuide , impressive. No one else does that. Clearly that's the best e-ink devise for artists, but I have a Max 2, which is perfect for my needs.
Can you actually feel the difference in latency between rM2 and Boox Max 3 when you are writing continuously (a few pages)?
Absolutely.
Thanks ..
is there a selected mode between blank page to draw and the one with guide lines to write ?!
Those are called templates. Template is basically the background you want to use on your notebook, and it's covered and shown in the video.
Can you print your notes? Like just how they are? With doodles and scribbling etc? I would live to print out some pages or notebooks with both pages front and back, to save paper
Not directly from the device, but you can always email your notes as a pdf and the print them out.
@@MyDeepGuide Thx! That's what I had in mind! Can't wait for my order coming next month!! 😆😆😆
Dudddeeee!!! Love those moments!
How would you go about reading a book on the remarkable 2 and writing notes about it in a notebook on the same device? (not annotating the PDF with notes)
Would switching back and forth between the book and your notes be a huge pain?
As it is now, yeah, because you'd need to go out of the book, navigate your file structure (or just search for) the notebook you want, and then go back into the notebook.
Placing the document and the notebook in the same folder would make the process easier, and the positives are that whenever you go back into a document or a notebook, you continue from the page where you left.
So it can be made to work ok, if organized like that.
@@MyDeepGuide
That's what I figured. I really love the idea of a functionally transparent, distraction-free device. Since the reader functions seem a bit half-baked, I'm trying to get the 1st gen on ebay for a good price, rather than splurge for the new one.
The reader functions remind me a bit of the first generation nook (the kind with a non-touchscreen eink display, and a small and wide LCD at the bottom). The design was really cool, but the highlighting code was so poorly written, that the more you highlighted a document, the slower the highlighting got. I mean, every. single. press. of. an. arrow. key. started. to. take. a. second. or. two. as. the. idiot. code. parsed. the. entire. document. for. each. and. every. key. press.
I hope they increase the speed of functions like that, even if they don't add any new features. I like the fact that they let you ssh into the device -- I wonder if it will let you put a custom OS on it, or sideload your own apps somehow (paging geohot, please pick up!) ;)