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TheMadBrewer · 07-13-2019, 01:45 AM

I bought a reMarkable a couple of years ago (a little less). I still like it and use it for taking notes and also for viewing "reference type" PDFs (manuals, technical books, etc) -- primarily because of the larger display.

I had hoped to use it as an eReader (for general books) but that didn't work as well as I hoped. It is large enough that I had trouble reading with it unless sitting up (no stretched out on the couch or in bed). The lack of a lighted display made it hard in some situations as well. The first version of the ePub reader software had issues as well. It would often forget were I was in the book when I came back a day or so later. So I stopped using it as an eReader.

The updates have fixed a bit of that but it is clear that the eReader software is really an add on, not their primary focus. Kindle/Kobo/etc are primarily eReaders so they damn well better do that well.

So view it as a note taker, reference reader and it is fine. It is kind of like reading on my old Palm Pilot -- you could do it but it wasn't great.

07-13-2019, 01:45 AM	#13
TheMadBrewer Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 145210 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Device: Kobo Aura Limited Edition, Kindle Voyager.	I bought a reMarkable a couple of years ago (a little less). I still like it and use it for taking notes and also for viewing "reference type" PDFs (manuals, technical books, etc) -- primarily because of the larger display. I had hoped to use it as an eReader (for general books) but that didn't work as well as I hoped. It is large enough that I had trouble reading with it unless sitting up (no stretched out on the couch or in bed). The lack of a lighted display made it hard in some situations as well. The first version of the ePub reader software had issues as well. It would often forget were I was in the book when I came back a day or so later. So I stopped using it as an eReader. The updates have fixed a bit of that but it is clear that the eReader software is really an add on, not their primary focus. Kindle/Kobo/etc are primarily eReaders so they damn well better do that well. So view it as a note taker, reference reader and it is fine. It is kind of like reading on my old Palm Pilot -- you could do it but it wasn't great.