While the ReMarkable 2 offers an exceptional writing experience and efficient cloud integration, its limitations in screen size, protective casing, left-handed usability, and handwriting-to-text features make it less ideal for a PhD student's comprehensive note-taking needs compared to more versatile devices like the iPad Air.
...Handwriting to text feature needs improvement...
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...Remarkable 2 isn't quite there yet...
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...Feels like paper, but not perfect...
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...Amazing writing experience, flawed functionality...
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...The Remarkable has the best writing experience I've felt with any electronic device. It really feels as close to paper as I think an electronic device can get...
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💻 Good computer integration
...I think the Remarkable does a really good job of computer integration, so what happens is anything I write, as long as the Remarkable is connected to the internet, it will upload to the cloud and then when I turn on my computer, it will sync onto the Remarkable app...
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✍️ Excellent for note-taking
...If however you want to be able to have a really nice writing experience and you want your notes to be backed up on the cloud and then accessible on your computer, then this device is going to be absolutely great...
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🎨 Highlighting shows up as yellow on the computer
...Another thing about the color on the Remarkable is that if you select the highlighter tool, you can highlight your notes in black and white on the actual device, but then when you upload that page onto the Remarkable app on your computer, that highlighting is actually going to come up as yellow...
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📐 Sleek and attractive design
...The first thing I want to talk about is the design of the product, it is a very attractive product and it's definitely going to get looks from other people...
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🌍 Synced with cloud
...Anything I write, as long as the Remarkable is connected to the internet, it will upload to the cloud and then when I turn on my computer, it will sync onto the Remarkable app...
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🖋️ Different shading options
...The black and the grey are actually different enough that I would be able to distinguish them in that type of diagram...
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😕 The size is very limiting and only allows one page to be seen at a time.
...The size is very very restrictive on the Remarkable and you can only see one page at a time...
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😞 The folio case does not adequately protect the device.
...What that means is that if I drop this and it hits the ground, the first thing that the ground is going to hit is going to be the Remarkable itself rather than the folio cover...
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👎 The magnetic attachment for the pen is not strong enough.
...There is not a day that I have travelled with this where the pen hasn't ended up at the bottom of my bag. This magnetic attachment is not strong enough to put this device all together in a bag...
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✋ Frustrating for left-handed users due to the placement of the exit button.
...Any time I start to write as a left hander that holds their hand above the text, I'm going to click on that X to exit the screen...
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🚫 Inability to keep the menu fixed in place without interfering with writing.
...If you don't have that pencil, you have to open up the menu, because I can't keep it open because there's an X in the corner, you have to click on the eraser, sometimes double click and then choose the eraser that you want to get rid of that stuff...
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🎨 Lack of color options can be limiting for detailed diagrams.
...If you need a lot of colours though, I'd definitely be going for the iPad Air because this is just not going to be the device for you...
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🔄 No easy way to create and reuse custom templates.
...What I'd really like to be able to do is to draw a template on here and be able to save it and use it over and over again, but it doesn't allow me to do that...
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⏳ Scrolling between pages can be inaccurate and frustrating.
...Sometimes when I scroll between pages, it takes a couple of goes before it actually scrolls easily between pages...
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📉 Handwriting to text functionality is not reliable.
...I was quite disappointed with the handwriting to text feature. It's okay but there's a lot of incorrect words and there's a lot of problems with its conversion...
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📧 Handwriting to text needs to be sent to email, adding unnecessary steps.
...You have to export it on the Remarkable device into text and then you have to send it to someone. I don't really understand the point of that...
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🔍 Lack of keyword search functionality in handwritten notes.
...I'd really like an option somewhere on this device where I can search my handwriting for keywords...
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