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Product review of reMarkable 2
Sentiment: Mixed
The Remarkable 2 is a valuable tool for architects and designers seeking a digital sketchbook and note-taking experience, but it should complement rather than replace an iPad, especially for tasks requiring finer control and PDF markups.
...Is this the sketchbook replacement we've waited for?... Next quote
An Architect's Review of the Remarkable 2 tablet. True sketchbook alternative or a gimmick?
13:35
25 Jan 2023
📚 Great for studying and referencing PDFs
...For studying, these are excellent devices because you have access to PDFs and your notes and on PDFs you can take notes... Watch in video
✍️ Excellent sketchbook and notebook replacement
...For digital sketchbooks and notebooks, it's a really good device, especially since you can hold that many different notebooks and sketchbooks all inside of here... Watch in video
🖊️ Realistic writing and sketching experience
...The experience of writing on this with the stylus and the micro-textured surface is really good, it's almost like writing on paper... Watch in video
📤 Easy sharing capabilities
...Sharing is actually a big one. So you can share parts of notes, it has handwritten recognition, so it's actually quite good for sharing... Watch in video
✂️ Useful for copying and resizing sketches
...There are some primitive tools to copy an area and then paste it somewhere else...you can also rescale things as well... Watch in video
📝 Variety of background templates
...“There are loads and loads of background templates to choose from, which can aid in the design process.”... Watch in video
🖥️ Desktop and mobile apps for versatility
...Well, it's got apps for desktop and for mobile devices. As the software matures, those apps are getting a little bit more useful... Watch in video
🔄 Good cloud service for syncing notes
...Connect will make a lot more sense once there's this whole ecosystem because then it becomes a service that you pay for, for the syncing features... Watch in video
🤔 😩 Battery issues in Remarkable 1
...The battery on this thing only lasted. The battery isn't just bad on the Remarkable 1, it is horrible... Watch quote in video
🤔 🖋️ Inconsistent pen pressure sensitivity
...When you press on the pen, you have to press a little bit more so it doesn't pick up maybe the first 10% from light to starting to pick up heavy and then the lines are more or less the same... Watch quote in video
🤔 ✏️ Pencil tool lacks smooth gradient transition
...Going from an upright position to an angled position, there is a very kind of hard switch, which happens at around maybe 45 degrees... Watch quote in video
🤔 📧 Basic sharing features
...But to be fair, these days everybody's gotten used to getting emails with a photo of a sketchbook, so even the sharing is not that special compared to having sketchbooks... Watch quote in video
🤔 🌐 Laggy interface with touch gestures
...The interface is a little bit laggy with two fingers... Watch quote in video
🤔 💡 Lack of opacity adjustment for PDF markups
...Within the Remarkable, there's no way to turn the opacity down of a page... Watch quote in video
🤔 🎨 Limited sketching and drawing capabilities
...This doesn't have that and that's definitely not a replacement... Watch quote in video
🤔 🚫 Not a full replacement for an iPad
...For me, this does not replace an iPad for architects and sketching in any way whatsoever... Watch quote in video
🤔 💸 High overall cost
...On paper it looks very cheap, but then you have to add the marker and the folio. And then the marker is, I think the base one is like 79 pounds, euros, dollars... Watch quote in video
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