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leselysten · 09-21-2017, 01:24 PM

I agree. The best takeaway from these reviews is that the hardware seems to be adequate. That was my major concern.

There are a lot of potenial improvement to be made on the software side: given the software background of their CTO (Martin Sandsmark), I am confident that progress will be made.

The most important improvements in my view would be:

- integration with services such as dropbox, onedrive, google drive

This is low-risk development: these services have well defined APIs, and countless other vendors have successfully implemented them.

- improved reading capabilities

I am sure that drawing/writing was the top priority this time: that is now a unique selling point. On the reading side, instead of breaking new ground they simply have to catch up with the existing field. That should be doable. There are also substantial open source solutions to be inspired by (eg KOreader).

- Improved document review functionality

I feel that the Sony product is the leader here. Again, much to be learned from them, and reMarkable seem to be more agile than Sony.

09-21-2017, 01:24 PM	#166
leselysten Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 46844 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: reMarkable,Kobo Aura H2O	I agree. The best takeaway from these reviews is that the hardware seems to be adequate. That was my major concern. There are a lot of potenial improvement to be made on the software side: given the software background of their CTO (Martin Sandsmark), I am confident that progress will be made. The most important improvements in my view would be: - integration with services such as dropbox, onedrive, google drive This is low-risk development: these services have well defined APIs, and countless other vendors have successfully implemented them. - improved reading capabilities I am sure that drawing/writing was the top priority this time: that is now a unique selling point. On the reading side, instead of breaking new ground they simply have to catch up with the existing field. That should be doable. There are also substantial open source solutions to be inspired by (eg KOreader). - Improved document review functionality I feel that the Sony product is the leader here. Again, much to be learned from them, and reMarkable seem to be more agile than Sony.