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Originally Posted by NorMolis
A lot of people discussed the pro and cons of cloud syncing and other software decissions by Sony. With my first post in this lovely froum, I just want to add an experience report and want to share my impressions after the first week using the DPT-RP1 and integrating it in my work flow. Perhaps someone is interested.
I have to say, that I'm exclusively reading academic articles on the DPT-RP1 and for that purpose it is doing a good job. Only document navigation and croping features (e.g. for documents with 2 or 3 cloumns) should be improved in the near future. And you should be able the sort the documents in the Folder A to Z or did I miss this "feature"?!
But here is why I ordered the device and why I will keep it:
For several years now, I'm using a bibliography software for literature and knowledge management, and citation. In the database I have currently more than 1.500 pdf files and till now it was just a pain in the a** to develop an integrated workflow. Reading on LCD screens (iPad, PC monitor, ...) didn't work really well, was slow, and exhausting. Conventional e-readers were too small and didn't provide necessary annotations features. Reading on paper – what I'm actually preferring – led to a lot of analog and digital duplicates and a very complicated and time consunimg process to transfer the essential knowledge items and abstracts into the database.
Now the Digital Paper App is syncing the edited documents (and the side notes) with the document folder and can be directly used wtihin the bibliography software environment. Most important, the annotations (highlights) which I made on the DPT-RP1 are recognized by the bibliography software and now can be integrated with two clicks in the knowledge database. This is likely a not intended feature, but I love it. In short words, for the first time in years I'm able to develop an highly integrated work flow of reading documents and processing them for further use.
I know that there are more principal questions about how you should be able to use a digital device you own and Sony isn't and never was a company which appreciates this fact. But besides this the DPT-RP1 with its performance/responsiveness and its single use/distraction free design is doing a great job for my individual needs. I have to admit that from my perspetive(!) there is no other device on the market which can provide this. Even not the 13.3" Android 4.4 e-ink devices like Boox Max or good-e-reader/Netronix – as far as I know the reviews. An open (and outdated) Android OS is providing features I just don't want/need when I just want to read. In summary it's the discussion about if it's a bug or a feature – like in the ReMarkable promotion. For me it's (mostly) a feature, but I can understand why others are annoyed by the software descissions of Sony.
For these reasons I happily spend this sick amount of money for such a limited digital device. I'm just hoping Sony will update the firmware with at least the above mentioned features.
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What software are you using?
I am using Mendeley and readcube but the fact that it doesn’t allow automatic creation of folders based on projects is cumbersome.