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Product review of reMarkable 2
Sentiment: Mixed
While the Remarkable 2 offers a basic but functional PDF reading experience with solid note-taking capabilities, its lack of advanced features makes it less ideal for heavy PDF users.
...Great for basic PDF reading.... Next quote
Remarkable 2 PDF Files Review
11:04
1 Sep 2020
📏 Large screen size improves readability
...The E-ink screen is still great for reading, the larger screen is definitely better than some of the smaller devices... Watch in video
🖋️ Stylus support for writing directly on PDFs
...You can use the stylus to write directly on the PDFs, which is nice... Watch in video
✉️ Easy note export via email
...You have the option to send by email, so if we come down here, you hit the send by email link, and... you can choose to export your notes into PDF, PNG, or SVG formats... Watch in video
🛠️ Syncing and accessibility with Remarkable app
...Then all your notes, they'll get synced with your Remarkable account, so you can access them using the Remarkable app on your phone or your computer... Watch in video
📄 Different pen tools and thickness options
...Again, you've got the different thicknesses for your pens, different colors for your pens... Watch in video
🔍 Search functionality within PDFs
...But yeah, you can run searches as well, so if you wanted to search your document, just pull up the keyboard here, hit enter, and it'll give you a list of your search results... Watch in video
🌐 Web browser alternative for transferring content
...They also have the option to plug it into your computer and use the web browser to transfer content. That is another way to get content on here... Watch in video
🖥️ 'Live View' to interact with documents via computer
...And then they have this live view beta where you can view the document like on a computer... Watch in video
🤔 😕 The Remarkable 2 has limited PDF functionality.
...The e-book and PDF features are fairly basic, but I mean it can still serve as a basic PDF re-reader if you don't have high demands... Watch quote in video
🤔 🔄 Syncing issues with PDFs.
...Sometimes it's a little finicky, like I had a PDF disappear, partially downloading, and then it just didn't appear, and then I had to re-download, I don't know. It can be a little finicky, but it does work... Watch quote in video
🤔 🚫 No standard USB transfer.
...But you can't just load them on here, you know, the usual USB transfer plugging into a computer. So it is a little bit more of a hassle... Watch quote in video
🤔 📉 Limited layout and navigation options.
...So one of the limitations with the Remarkable as a PDF reader is they don't have very many layout options... Watch quote in video
🤔 🔍 Inconsistent UI elements.
...One thing that's annoying to me about this is it doesn't have an enter button down here. So you have to reach all the way up across the screen and hit OK, which is odd because when you're running searches, it does have an enter button right there, just kind of an inconsistency with the UI... Watch quote in video
🤔 📚 Lacks advanced PDF features.
...It just greatly depends on how the individual PDF lays out and since you have limited zooming and navigation options, how it's going to work on this device... Watch quote in video
🤔 🌐 No web functionality for PDFs.
...The only thing is, nothing's interactive with it. Nothing links work. You can't zoom in on the image or anything like that, but it's just sort of worth mentioning another PDF aspect to the device... Watch quote in video
🤔 📑 No bookmarks feature.
...Markwell doesn't even have bookmarks... Watch quote in video
🤔 📝 Multi-column PDFs don't work well.
...So if you have any kind of multi-column PDFs, it's just really not going to work well on the Remarkable because there is no zooming option that follows the column... Watch quote in video
🤔 🖋 Inconvenient cropping and zooming functions.
...But the issue with this is it doesn’t advance down the page. You can’t scroll down the page. You can’t scroll at all... Watch quote in video
🤔 🔄 Zoom resets with page turns.
...The only problem with the zoom function is that it does not maintain the zoom level when you turn pages... Watch quote in video
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