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Originally Posted by juegos
So what are the alternatives to the current state of the DPT-RP1?
1. Wait for software updates for the DPT-RP1. Unlikely given that the software of the predecessor DPT-S1 has remained virtually similar to when the device came out.
3. Buy an eInk tablet from another company. It's a blessing that Sony has no monopoly in this market. Contenders are the Good E-Reader (wouldn't recommend this, tons of bad stories of people not getting their device, crowdfunded), the Onyx Boox Max Carta (similar hardware but from what I read more of a multi purpose device - software is thus much less optimized for PDF reading and writing) and the reMarkable tablet that's released soon.
The reMarkable tablet really stands out here, their team has been working on the device for years and the story of how they got to developing the device is inspiring. You can read Harvard's Business School case study on them here (unfortunately you have to pay for it).
The fact that Harvard picked them for a study gives them a lot of credibility as they don't pick random startups. The latest prototype of their device has also been reviewed by the BBC, The Verge, Techcrunch and so on. Here is the latest video of the device, the first batch of devices is sent out to buyers in August:
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For your first point, I am not an S1 owner but I did notice on various forums through the years that Sony continued to update the firmware of S1. What makes you conclude that Sony won't do the same for RP1 this time?
For all the "reviews" of the reMarkable that you listed, I've seen them all, when the links were sent to me by the reMarkable team to my inbox. I don't call them reviews. Up to now there were no real user hands-on reviews on the machine in the wild. All those articles mentioned pretty much the same things you can find on the reMarkable website. No special perspectives from the authors, no comparison with other devices, and even very little new information considering how many of them appeared at the same time. The only thing that's worth checking is probably the short video done by BBC. No, I call them marketing materials. They are not reviews.