I'm close to returning the DPT-RP1 within Amazon's 2 week return policy. I greatly admire the hardware, but I don't feel the freedom I would like from an e-Reading tablet like this.
Always having to carry your Windows/Mac laptop with you to get documents on the DPT-RP1 feels very constraining, particularly when you realize you're walking around with >$3000 worth of devices all the time (a mobile phone which I can't use to get documents on the DPT-RP1, a Macbook Pro, and a DPT-RP1).
Certain features such as navigation/keyboard may be added in future firmware updates. I doubt this however, given that the predecessor DPT-S1 was sporadically updated (with minor things), Sony deliberately removed these features (the DPT-S1 had them), and Sony hasn't bothered adding these features within 2 weeks after the DPT-RP1's release (which is when people decide to keep the device or return it).
What is certainly out of the question is that internet access - and cloud integration - will happen on the DPT-RP1. The DPT-S1 had internet and cloud integration, but the DPT-RP1 is totally locked down with the Digital Paper App and Sony's network security certificates (which Sony spent a year on developing). You can't even drag-and-drop from the file explorer to the device anymore - only through the App on your laptop can you access the device.
Given the hardware improvements (particularly the faster Carta screen) the DPT-RP1 would have been a great device if it had the DPT-S1's software. A pity!
Last edited by juegos; 07-05-2017 at 04:48 PM.
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