I love the e-notebook concept and have experimented with a few devices, apps, etc ... finally landed on an iPad mini with pen. Distraction free comes with airplane mode, e-notebook simply applied with Apple Notes . And it works as an e-reader, email in a pinch, etc etc I know it's not for everyone, but I've settled into using this tool quite a bit. The BEST thing is that I don't have to keep track of, travel with, etc different paper notebooks.
I'd definitely recommend the Kindle Scribe as an alternative to the reMarkable 2. You get a very similar note-taking experience but with your whole Kindle library. There's no keyboard for the scribe, but like Cal mentioned, these devices aren't great (yet) for that type of note-taking. The process to get PDFs onto and off the Kindle Scribe is great and it's where I read all my academic journal articles now as a university academic. The reMarkable is great if your main goal is to replicate a paper notebook for note-taking. The Scribe is great if your main goal is to read and take notes. Both are way better than reading on a computer monitor!
I totally agree regarding using the Scribe for journal articles. When I first attended college, we copied articles and annotated them on paper and had physical books. When I returned to school, all the textbooks were online (which I hate) and we used the university's online databases for articles. I was able to download some textbooks and upload them as PDFs to edit.
@@MrsThollo Yep, the Scribe's screen is 'just' big enough for reading full journal articles that are designed for A4 paper. Good to hear you're getting value out of your Scribe. The new updates the Scribe received in the last few days are wonderful, such as being able to have different templates for different pages in a notebook. Take care.
Thank you Cal for your hard work, wisdom, generosity, example, honesty, dedication... In the things I am pursuing, your opinions and advice always resonates and is of great value to me. Thanks
You need an affiliate link at least! I've heard good things and finally bought one based on this. A colleague showed me hers and she loved that it felt like writing on paper. Much better feel than an ipad.
The Supernote would have been way better for your daily purposes. Much more productivity and writing focused than the Remarkable; the Remarkable is definitely better for drawing though. But on the Supernote you can do links between notebooks and the table of contents is amazing. Way better for PDF annotation as well. Really, the Supernote is better for your purposes in every way imaginable 😂, and there’s no monthly charge. Check it out!
I’ve been using Remarkable since 2019 and I still use it. A downside could be that it’s not as a paper notebook that you can’t turn pages fast when you look for something you wrote in the past.
You're all probably gonna think I'm crazy but I bought a Tab s8 a while back and I put a specific paperfeel screen protector on it. I've been using it to take notes for quite some time now and I got used to it and now I really like it. I can turn on either focus mode or do not disturb mode but to be honest I don't always need to be in distraction free mode. The note app I use almost replicates the Remarkable experience perfectly with nearly every feature. But I do like that I can add color or color highlights to my notes on my tab s8. But to be fair I gave the Remarkable a shot. To be honest I just didn't feel like I was using it any differently than my Tab s8. It just seemed like I was carrying another device around but doing the same thing and spending another $350. So I ended up sending it back. I see the appeal for some but it just not needed for my use case.
I prefer the Supernote A5X. If you stuff your gear in a backpack, it's much more resilient than the reMarkable 2. Plus the note linking and search capabilities are more advanced, and the ceramic nib on the Heart of Metal pen never needs to be replaced. Just my two cents as a pro writer and podcast host who has used the A5X for two years.
Thanks for the video. It has reaffirmed my thought that I don't need the remarkable tablet. The reason is my handwriting is awful. I can't read what I write most of the time and hence my note taking only took off when I got a computer and an Android. So I stick to digital notes and the humble Kindle for reading
With this, don't you lose the ritual associated with getting a physical notebook, opening it, flipping through it before writing in it? This is especially through if the different notebooks are very different and not so generic.
Hey, good overview. However, you can edit on your computer and have it sync with remarkable (same vice versa). I do it on my computer app all the time 👍
Just wanted to second this, If it is your own notebook you can edit it. If it is a pdf, I don't think you can. (Correct me if I'm wrong) Also another feature you should try is the Chrome and Microsoft Word extension, Read On Remarkable.. Fantastic feature!
I'm curious about one thing: It is said that digital note-taking disrupts the thinking process because of the ability to more easily correct yourself while writing (and deleting stuff later on). While I can definitely see this being a problem when typing on a computer, how does handwriting on an e-ink tablet differ? In theory, I love the idea of replacing paper notebooks with one single device, but I'm still thinking that writing on paper frees your mind more. Any thoughts?
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Cal - not sure of your e-notebook journey.. I already have a an iPad and have tried several note apps like notable. Works ok but. Honestly not using that app much. Sounds like you are advocating remarkable as a minimalist best of breed solution. No distractions from other apps alerting you, etc.
Being a distraction free device was one of the original premises for the Remarkable when it came out. I've used both an iPad and an Android tablet with a couple of different handwriting apps, but moved to a Remarkable 2, then to a Supernote (for some additional capabilities) because of the distraction issues of the full tablet.
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