The Future of Paper - Supernote Nomad 

This is the kind of devices major tech companies SHOULD be bringing out. User-replaceable parts, upgradeable, clean interface. The only thing that would make it better is it being open source.

We need something like this at school, not iPads

Super note is what happens when a company works for the users, every decision is made for the wellbeing of the consumer, not the other way around

I like the concept and even think having less distractions is great but $500 for that is wild! You can get an Ipad for that. I know it's not meant to compete with tablets but how can you not? It's literally a stripped down tablet with an e-ink screen that can't run anything but a notes app and an art app. If This was $300 all in, I think that would be something to consider.

Dualbooting is such a perfect way to do it since not everyone likes an Android e-ink. Seems like a great company!

Very impressive. The bit about Amazon basically preventing Kindles from being repaired is a deal breaker, and I WAS on the verge of pulling the trigger on a new one.

As an e-reader user, doodler and writer, RU-vid's algorithm led me to this video. I watched this video, debated for two weeks, and then bought it. I won't get it until a month from now because of the shipping backlog, but I don't regret it. I think I watched almost every video about this product while I was trying to decide whether to buy it or not. Out of all of them, this was the one that had the most information and explanation I was looking for. ✨

3 months into my Nomad A6 it has the dubious honour of a product you have a relationship with. I’ve had a few in life like my Classic Mini Cooper S, a Brompton Bicycle and my VW Westfalia. It’s a love hate thing. You can’t live with it, you can’t live without it. Hoping the next software update sorts out the Irritations as this is a marriage you definitely have to work at.

I've had one for a couple of months. I LOVE it. It will have a glitch ever now and then, but nothing too painful. It's just a great device.

I feel like I've been waiting for this product since e-ink screens became a thing. Great run down of the product, features, and the company goals. You my friend have a new subscriber and Supernote has a new customer!

Man I have been waiting for the A5X2 for more than 6 months now, and then you go and do a review of the Nomad, just makes me want it even more. Can't wait and glad to see you enjoy one of the best tech products out there.

Love you being honest at the end/highlighting what's great about their products, that you wouldn't have bought it yourself because the product support is great and you don't have to chase expensive hardware upgrades for (major or minor) software changes

I like these kinds of single purpose devices. In a sea of EVERYTHING trying to do everything and being aimless and not great at anything, it’s nice to have something do one thing well

Thanks for showing off the Supernote on a channel that isn't dedicated to E-ink devices already. I'm a big fan of my A5X and have been endlessly impressed with Ratta's attitude towards their products and how they interact with their customers. I think there are a lot of people that could really find good uses for E-ink tablets who just haven't heard of them or considered them yet.

I bought 1 of these on release. Best purchase in ages

I have a Supernote AX2 Nomad Crystal and I love it.

This is the e-paper device i have been looking for! Brilliant! I love it!

awesome review, awesome camera work, awesome everything and awesome device. i need this thing in my life

If you have an alumni or student email, you can get a little bit of money off of it. I hope eventually they support an Obsidian app and a browser that has gopher or gemini protocol support- maybe the Lagrange browser?.

Still WAY to expensive for me to justify making notes, but digitally. Unless these things become around 80-100 euro's i won't be buying one anytime soon.

I like the idea, but why not have a Kindle and an iPad (and turn off all notifications and download only what u need) ??? Can someone explain to me Also.. your vid is so WELL MADE man.. jesus.

Thanks for the detailed review! I have a reMarkable 2 for over two years now, and I'm always interested in what the competition brings. The main downsides of reMarkable compared to this is: 1) No repairability (or rather very very difficult) 2) Subscription fee 3) The 'straight line' issue you spoke of. I got it without any folio, it's enough that you put it in a backpack with a laptop, that has some magnets. I hope consumers chose Nomad or products like this, that offer easy repairability so that it can be used at least a decade. I'll continue to use my reMarkable since it works well, but if anything were to happen to it, I'll have to consider this.

Well that was the clearest and most balanced review I’ve seen so far. Thanks very much. This is probably the closest I’ve seen to what I was looking for when I first saw eink readers. OneNote integration would be fantastic, but I think this is likely to be close enough to be very useful for my work notes.

GREAT specific demo of this device. I'm going to take the plunge. Seeing it in use made me realize I don't actually need to wait for the bigger A5. The sustainability and repair-ability is key for me. It's how Subarus used to be (and I drove one of those for 19 years and 500,000 miles of commuting and roadtripping. It's still rolling in my neighborhood!)

This is literally everything I've wanted in an e-ink device. Fantastic build quality, user repairable, hackable, customizable, simple and clean firmware. Excellent design and review. Currently using a Sony DBT-CB1 which was the closest thing I could find to a 'simple' e-paper device. Will absolutely be getting one of these in the future.

Using that for Photoshop work would be actually sick drawing part of your desing on the go, maybe outside to get some inspiration and then go home to finish it of at your desktop that is kind a nice.

Such an epic product and review. Thank you for the video.

the company that makes that knows what their doing

Thanks for the vid! Love your review. Would also love to see more your use case for your Supernote.

This looked very cool and was just what I was looking for. Then I saw the price for the base unit, pen and case at around €500, add 20% import tax and handling fees (thanks Brexit) and that's makes it a very lovely but very expensive note taking device. (albeit a really really cool one) Also, does it really not come with any backlighting? I couldn't see any mention of it on the website but that seems a really odd omission for something that looks like it's been expertly thought out and built?

What I found most impressive is how fast the response rate is. reMarkable 2 is an amazing piece of offline tech that I love writing and sketching on, but it's nowhere near as fast when selecting and dragging stuff around!

Tbh I really hope you get some kickback from them because I was on the fence about buying it 'til I watched this. No other vid highlighted the repairability, the company's transparency and anti-consurism stuff. You really made it seem like a device worh buying, especially the crystal version

With an A5X I'm waiting for the A4X2 possibly nearer the end of the year, as long as it has a split screen mode... great video.

I hope that Math Expressions are gonna be supported in the Future and adding Plug-In support with making their Software Open-Source to create great Programms.

I've found this technology really appealing for years now, as I have problems focusing if I'm taking notes/annotating a document on a PC. It's just too easy to be lazy and over-annotate rather than really thinking about why a sentence or passage stands out to you. I'm sure everyone has had that moment of opening an old file and finding 50% of it highlighted with notes that aren't helpful at all. Handwriting forces you to commit to an annotation, thereby inclining you only to annotate things that are worth more than a "yes" or "agreed" in the margin. That said, I still do all my work on real paper and type up my notes afterwards. I just... I just can't bring myself to commit to purchasing one of these e-ink devices. There are so many things about it that feel just a little off, a little awkward, a little less than what I want. I'm sure you get used to those things and probably you don't even notice them after a while. But eventually I won't have to get used to them because eventually there's going to be a breakthrough in responsiveness or refresh rate. I've been holding out for that breakthrough for at least 10 years. It's going to come soon, I swear. I will say that this device does have a lot of pretty amazing features. The left bar's functionality is really interesting, particularly the select shortcut, and I feel my life will forever be incomplete until I have that handwriting-to-header menu. But above all else, the bracket shortcut at 11:25 is brilliant and almost enough to make me break out my wallet right now. But I won't. I'll keep waiting for that breakthrough. Or retirement. Whichever comes first.

This was a very fun, thorough, entertaining review. You made me want to buy the device!

Love your content brother.. inspired me !!

Appreciate the last bit comparing the competition.

Great review! I'll get one once the display supports color. I like writing with a purple pen. Also a smart camera video scanner so i can flip through my previous paper notes, to import them

Love the camera angle swirl at the beginning!

Thank you for this info!!

1:09 that pause of "oh hell yeah" expression says it all! ❤

I like this. Thanks for making this. I was planning on purchasing thr remarkable 2 but this seems better.

This is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in a long time

they should add this to schools. less paper and less weight for kids to carry on their back

Super informative. Thanks for making this video. I’m waiting for the A5X2.

I LOVE this as an alternative to remarkable. Although I like fountain pens and paper and kindof don't see the utility of drawing on an e ink tablet over a real notebook. But maybe Ill get this to replace my kindle as an e reader :)

Would love to see it as changable part to my framework 16. It would be cool using it along with reading papers or learning something. Some flawless obsidian integration would be great as well. Thx for this.

Looking at their order page, they are offering a 50% discount for A5/A6 users! I've had my A6 for a few years and it's been sitting on my shelf, unused, for quite a while. The new features of the Nomad seem pretty sweet, so I might have to avail myself of that deal.

SOLD! Will order one at the end of the month. I was between this and the remarkable. But its just a bit too expensive.

i'd forgotten about this project. i am thrilled to not only be reminded, but see that it has progressed sufficiently to meet my needs. thanks for sharing. :)

I’ve been wanting one like this! Smaller size than the remarkable

Dude, the Supernote Nomad is an amazing device. I found your channel through your desk build videos and noticed you had it there. Working on my long term review as we speak. I love how much Ratta listens to customers for updates, I have been in communication with them about Atelier and they really listen to everything. Great review btw, just subbed! Also 2:43 is that a floppy disc I spotted 💾👀 right up my alley haha

Finally, a company that prioritizes customers. Never heard of this, but seriously looking into buying it now.

Wow, this seems amazing. I've personally had a reMarkable 2 for about 2 years at this point, and I absolutely love that thing, but there are some things that I wish it could do. It seems like the Supernote just does all of those things natively. Ie, it's simply awesome. I will certainly look into getting a Supernote instead of the reMarkable 3 (or a replacement 2) in the future when my reMarkable 2 decides to become too much of a nuisance.

Everything about that is lovely and I would be ecstatic to have that in my collection, but Amazon Basic's makes a really cheap grid notebook which is just paper for a fraction of the cost. Can't wait till the day stuff like this is more accessible!

Heya mate! the Kindle app in general supports audiobooks, does this mean that the supernote can also do that through its Kindle app?

Kindle Scribe is wonderful, writing is awesome experience. Software is nowhere as good as Supernote. It does have backlighting which makes reading so much easier. I have Boox Mini, it is great but it can be glitchy.

Man what a great video

Omg the price is actually good. I thought it would be above 500 usd. Im buying it now for my GMAT exam

Wonder if Color E-ink will ever be in the cards. That would bring it over the top for me as a note taking tool.

Your desk is insane,

If my reMarkable breaks, I am looking at this next! What a way to handle a product! 10/10 on that!

Does it sync to other note apps? Like microsoft oneNote ,samsung note etc

I would love to use something like this for drafting. Is there any CAD capability in the drawing software, or would some type of CAD capability be possible down the line, I wonder?

I have this "tech" called a piece of paper and a pencil. I'm serious though. I folded an A4 paper 3 times so it fits in my pocket. I have my reminders, calendar, habits and todos for the day on it... I also can quickly journal on it, which I erase with an eraser (another type of "tech") after 1 day. Don't really need to store that, it's just to let some steam out and think. It feels like paper... It's not water resistant though. It has no notifications, no emails, no news. And it makes life simple. My rule is if I can't fit my "static" info like calendar and reminders on 3 squares, then I'm distracted. I love how freeing it feels.

Problem with these note only tablets is how overpriced they are. Like I could legit get a decent Samsung tablet for that, and some years ago even the cheapest iPad. I get part of the appeal is that they're limited but I really don't feel like just being able to write (something the magnet powder toy tablets I had as a child could do) is worth that much. Like how good components do you really need just to use a pen? My ewaste 2004 dell laptop can do that and if you want to compare it to mobile hardware only, the galaxy note did it 12 years ago. With 12 yo hardware.

I've long been wondering what eink device you're using for your sketches.

Great vid. Your other content seems cool as well. Subscribed.

Do you know what the price of the new larger format will be? I'm really keen as I read lots of pdf journal articles and have issues with my eyes

Can you use the supernote pen with the ceramic tip for the kindle scribe?

It’s a shame they are so expensive, the remarkable is $1k in Australia. I brought an iPad and 10 x premium Journals instead

10 or 11 inch screen bluetooth support for a keyboard so I can type away with my reports then send it to my cloud Drive. Making annotations, corrections or edits faster than going to my laptop

I love the idea of the Supernote software, but I've been waiting for that A4X. The A5X (when it goes on sale) is very tempting.

❤ I subscribed because of this video ❤

Looks remarkable. But how easy to write/setup new applications? Any open SDK? It would be nice to have a cover with a transparent front and some calendar/TODO list/HASS status on wallpaper. Would it be possible to connect it to a notebook as a second display via type-c/Wi-Fi? Waterproof? Can embedded browser be used in normal way to show last opened page after restart? Normal way to edit/copy URL? Any special CSS Media Query support to optimize sites for e-ink?

I have both the super note and the remarkable 2 and although the super note does have some nice customizable features and a better price point the simplicity of the remarkable and immediate access to your documents via the app and ability to easily send them has my super note collecting dust :(

First time viewer. Great content and enjoyable presentation. 🎉

Eh, I wish they'd offer a Kaleido 3 version and being able to run Android apps would be nice. The main thing I'd like to see, and it's a Wacom issue, is the return of multiple buttons on the styluses. That way you can lasso, erase, etc. very easily. This was standard in the heydays of tablet PCs. Other than that, it really does look good.

Can you connect an external usbc keyboard to the Super Note?

This looks awesome, my ears pricked up when I heard Dual Booting!

Excellent review sir! Sub’d and can’t wait for the next one, and intrigued by your “see thru desk” project, what’s that all about then? ;-) Love that device; I do wonder if they released their software for the iPad how it would do; I find Apple’s Notes App powerful but with a terrible interface, would be nice to compare this assuming they could release it as an app since the OS for the unit is basically invisible (and used to be the iPad’s philosophy as well). And there’s something quite…beautiful? Aesthetically pleasing? About the minimalist design and just overall appearance..even color I think would spoil it…just nice and simple and attractive, uncluttered, soothing almost, like the Angels Adam’s of tablets or something, lol.

I use remarkable 2 because supernote is not available in Uk.. remarkable 2 looks more premium and works fine for organizing written notes.

never heard of this company! they are doing this thing right!

can you live edit documents from your onedrive ?

Incredible! I have the original Remarkable, the super note looks like a competitive upgrade. Any thoughts on how the two brands compare?

Man I wish I actually had a use case for this, I would buy it SO fast.

None of the parts are available. The unit itself isn’t available. It’s another buy into something that isn’t real with the hope of what it will be in the future. Which personally I will do most times. But I’m kind of sick of it right now. So I won’t be paying 400 dollars to “pre order” this when they have zero info on the replacement parts , a new unit coming soon that is supposed to be even better ? Oh and a bigger screen version you can’t see price of or pre order.

What a cool device, l love the software features but the lack of front light(warm light) stopped me from buying this. 😭😭😭 This is frustrating for someone like me who loves to read+annotate during evening/night.

10:50 can layer opacity be adjusted?

I would love to use that in school but everyone is using Ipads and Airdrop has become so important it´s just ridicouls how much power apple has over the education system. For now I´ll stick to the classic pen and paper no distractions and it works even though it makes me carry quite a bit of stuff.

this would be the perfect device for me if they just added the hardware to take advantage of the pen tablet capabilities over usb - I love e ink for reading, and I also carry around a small wacom as a pointing device - would love to combine those two devices!

looks great; just want to see different sizes (small like a smartphone, medium like the current device and large for bigger canvas); also color e-ink would be great - nothing fancy; just some basic colours for sketching stuff

That's pretty cool, but for work and personnal use, I prefer my Samsung Tab S9, editing PDFs, taking screenshots and sending everything through teams is key features I need

you want this video "to be good"? IT WAS GREAT! 😎😎

I'm sold. This is the only ethical tech company I know of and I've been wanting a supernote for some time since my Boox died on me.

I mean WRT to the light bar and the pogo-pins, I'd have the mag-light have a bigger battery to share with the the Nomad.

For such a device, the price is insane. Maybe they're trying to cover their R&D while expecting small amount of sales for such a niche product, but still. It's maybe worth half of what's they're asking for it.

I will likely end up getting this, companies like this deserve to wipe the floor with the "competition"

Does anyone know if you can connect the Supernote to a USB keyboard for typing?