This Remarkable 2 tablet does (almost) nothing... 

Hello Ryan Kelly, how can the brand contact you for a collaboration?

he gets paid for this

I love my remarkable!!!! Total game changer.

​@@MichellePratttell me why!

@@TheFaro2011 I'm good at taking notes but don't always read them back. It's great not having to flick through pages of a notepad to find out what I recorded in a meeting a month ago. I like to have a digital record of notes that I can read anywhere. I can also leave my RM at home and review my notes on the app. At the same time, I recall info (and think better) when notes are written in my own hand.

Hundreds of horrific reviews on their Instagram

​​​@@renatasoares5668It is pretty bad. I have one. I regret it. The thing starts writing before the pen even touches the screen leaving you not even able to read what you write. Customer support is the absolute worst. They're full of excuses. I've had mine for 2 years and with every software upgdate it gets even worse.

agree

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Totally. I purchased RM2 after watching this review. He is a star!🌟

Would you say it'd replace/surpass a kindle? I hate kindle's minuscule screen

can you read book? and how to get Ebooks? I have many book in kindle, can I transfer? or not at all?

@@ivanzq21 There is no access to kindle books. Epub and PDF work.

I’m pretty you can only get PDFs and Epub books, but not kindle. Other than that, not sure

@@ivanzq21you can upload epub or pdf from the my.remarkable site or from google drive

Me too, I pay 29.99/month to subscride-out and it blocks all subscription services

This sounds like it's absolutely true​@@electrifiedspam

Thank you. I thought I was missing the correct product since it was much less than $1000.

Yes I also used remarkable 1 and I buy it for $450 with pen and case 5 years ago and this is probably the best purchase I've done so far... Everybody asked me why buying a tablet without multimedia function and apps, I can always answer that "I already had my phone and laptop for that purpose"... And the pen tip is actually pretty cheap, as for now it cost only $34 and you'll got 25 spare tips... Of course it's not as smooth as ipad or samsung tablet, but at least it didn't cost me any anxiety on battery life and software update... I think everyone should give it a try...

I'm assuming you've gotten it at this point. How is it working as far as mind-maps go? I feel like the nature of it not expanding horizontally forever and only expanding vertically is very restrictive for mind-maps. What's your experience?

I can say the the thickness of the Supernote is definitely not a big deal. Most of my notebooks have been thicker than the Supernote (before I switched to it) and it just feels normal, like a thin-ish notebook. The feeling of the ceramic nib is simply un-matched and I wouldn't switch my A5X (and A6X) for anything else.

I just bought the Supernote Ax5 today and can’t wait to get it@!

Glad I could help!

Why did you pick it over Supernote?

You may find the Boox Tab Ultra C worth a look. Though it is more feature rich, it does really get out of the way once you’ve got a workflow established after the learning curve.

@@goldengibson1958 ooh, thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Agreed!

Have you ever tried discipline?

Jesus - I can't imagine how bad the original must have been. These things are absolutely terrible.

Serious question here, you say the Remarkable 2 is better than the original - do the makers not update the operating system? I mean did they need to make a new device in order to have these improvements? I don't want to buy the Remarkable 2 and then a few weeks later the Remarkable 3 is released.

@@kkhorste I was referring to the deign and appearance of both the Remarkable 2. The software has been updated in terms of features and usability. The original Remarkable had multiple software updates during the time I used it.Aesthetically, the Remarkable 2 is premium and professional. No, the company did not have to release a new product from a software perspective.

Might be too late but the remarkable folio's aren't worth the money - they're very nice, but you can get decent third party ones much, much cheaper. I liked the better pen but you can also get cheaper alternatives with the eraser function (like the pencil he shows)

I’d say yes, I cringed a little at the price but if you’re a textile/ tactile oriented person I highly recommend, it’s a beautiful investment, I’m glad I got the black en that erases and the black book folio. The texture is unmatched

Nice. It’s always cool to hear people’s various use cases for the tablet.

outside of not being able to type on pdfs, how are you liking your type-folio?

@@Zanmiester absolutely

I can 100% agree.

YEEESSSSS

Omg just noticed that.

and it crosses the river of death

Which Boox? I wonder how the flagship Tab Ultra compares to the remarkable.

Down the rabbit hole is right. I became obsessed with e-ink note-taking and which one I should try. Finally went with the smaller Supernote and quickly realized my handwriting is way too slow and way too sloppy to make this a viable alternative. I admire the workflow people come up with for these, I just know it ain't for me...

Glad to help! It’s a tricky device to review. I feel like a lot of why this tablet works for me is purely based on personal preferences…not logic haha.

I initially talked about it, but then realized that everything I personally do with the tablet doesn’t require the paid subscription. Remarkable should definitely makes things more clear as to what the paid Vs non-paid experience is like with the tablet. Maybe that should be an entirely separate video 🤷🏻‍♂️ In any case, thanks for the input! Much appreciated.

The sub is 2.99 a year, which is free the first year and includes 3 years extended warranty

​@@rush48192 I thought it was monthly?

Thanks! That mic is actually an old AKG C1000S. It's not really intended to be a vocal mic, but I agree, somehow it does a good job with voice work. I'm not sure if Remarkable will be releasing a new device soon. They spent so many years developing the current one and seems to be going with a model that is based on creating new accessories and subscription models. We'll see though!

Hey. Early adopter and owner of both rM1 and rM2. With regards to the "pro pen", you have to ask yourself "do I really need the pencil eraser on the back?". You may be thinking, as I was, "oh I'm sure I'm going to start using the eraser if I just had it. It's clearly superior", but that's not good enough. Do you _really_ use the cheap double pencil eraser, and not a dedicated eraser, when you write on paper? Are you accustomed, perhaps even obsessively so, to the compulsion of turning around your pen mid-sentence to correct every few mistakes, only to turn the pen back around to resume note? Because I wasn't. And if you aren't already, I doubt that's going to change. Before epaper, I was a heavy physical note taker (although I eventually turned to fountain pens and rejected erasers altogether), filling a notebook or two every month. I found the feeling of writing on a screen (any screen really, neither rM or other epaper being any exception) being so far removed from the pressure and friction I had required that I spent years making 10x more mistakes while retraining my hand to the unforgivingly slippery scratch surface of an engineered faux plastic/glass pad with awkward tracking. I can't seem to repeat this often enough, but while I respect rM and other epaper tablet manufacturers for their commitment to bridge the gap between the physical and digital, the reality is this: From the outer extremes of abstract, virtual written expression being 0% to tactile, analogue pigment on solid matter being 100%, even with the amazing technological breakthroughs of epaper and software, we're only 75% there at best. And we may never get further than 90% in our lifetimes. The gap will never really disappear. With this reality check in place, I urge you to reconsider what it means to "replace" paper. And instead converge on a way to satisfactorily "integrate" digital tools into your current preference for analogue equivalents. What this means, in practice, is to learn from the most successful approaches in each niche (the digitalists and the nostalgists, respectively). And looking at what highly successful digital pen artists (and writers for that matter) do, there is no question the "Undo" button is the centerpiece of their workflow (irrespective of word processor or drawing software). (Others being such things as single key tool swap physical keyboard commands, unfortunately not present in consumer tablets such as rM.) I had to learn through trial and error that the "eraser" I thought I needed didn't serve the same purpose in digital as it did in physical. Unsurprisingly, it took more time to select an eraser tool, painstakingly trace the area with the disproportionate brush size and tracking, wait for the software to render the process so I can glance over the vector image and confirm my touchup before ultimately retoggling the pen tool, than it took to hit "Undo", and return the software to a previous state, already saved in memory, without the toggle. Naturally, I know there are benefits to and use cases for erasers. For recreational writers and artists perhaps that approach is preferred. But once you're writing for a job, and the writing itself is slow and tedious, you'll start asking yourself why you chose the slightly more uncomfortable device for the job, when you could've just had a stack of disposable stickies or the back of an envelope and a ballpoint. "Undo" is a better tool, albeit digital magic. Please consider using it. With that out of the way, there are really only four reasons to acquire the rM2 over the original: 1. More responsive hardware. 2. Better contrast. 3. USB Type-C future-proofed 4. Ambidexterity for lefties. On the contrary, there are still many benefits of the original rM: 1. Better feeling surface. 2. Buttons. 3. Servicability. 4. USB _with data_ (no pogo pins) meaning you can connect a 3rd party keyboard. 5. Lightweight. While rM2's slim form factor and smaller footprint are nice, unfortunately it's a luxury few people actually benefit from after attaching their magnetic folio. And once you're learned to comfortably write on a digital surface, the few millimeters off the table won't bother you anymore either. The depth becomes a fact of life easily compensated for with pocket accessories (note, handkerchief, wallet, phone). Not to mention there are cases for most epaper tablets that add incline for comfort. See, my $20 rM1 case is considerably more useful and comfortable than my now $169 magnetic leather rM2 folio ever was. And the battery, at least in my experience, is only slightly improved in rM2 over rM1. They're both so exceptionally long lasting compared to existing screen technologies, and you're going to want to charge them every day or so anyway for peace of mind if you use them full-time, so it's really not something you should think about. I still prefer to use rM2 for the aforementioned reasons. The contrast and responsiveness simply make it more comfortable for reading and _looking at the screen_, which, arguably, is still the main purpose and advantage of epaper.

You are so welcome!