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Originally Posted by Cootey
I was poking around Kobo's site, comparing specs between my Clara and the Elipsa. I noticed some obvious upgrades, like USB-C support as well as 802.11 ac, meaning the Elipsa can connect to my 5GHz network, unlike my Clara. Others have pointed out the lack of a ComfortLight PRO, which means I won't be using my Elipsa late at night unless I'm wearing blue light blocking glasses. The CPU is beefier, though. The Clara clocks in at 1GHz and the Elipsa has Quad Core @ 1.8 GHz. I suspect that stylus will need a faster CPU to keep up with the strokes, but this will mean that the keyboard should technically feature faster typing as well. No more lagging as I type notes? I'm definitely looking forward to that. The eInk screen is the Carta 1200, but the DPI takes a hit. I'll see how that works out when I get it.
The internal storage is a nice 32GB, but I didn't notice a spec for onboard RAM. The Clara has 512mb. Has anybody heard from early reviewers what the onboard RAM is for the Elipsa?
Lastly, the re:Markable likes to promote its product as a "visualization power tool". There are some beautifully rendered illustrations out there done on the re:M. Has anything been said of the Elipsa's drawing capabilities? It's thought to have the same screen as the re:M, but I haven't seen anything on its drawing tools. Looking on the Elipsa site I see under the "Create Notebooks…" section that "Kobo Elipsa’s built-in notebook feature has room for all your notes, ideas, and to-do lists. Transform your handwriting to typed text with just a tap and clean up lists and shapes." I didn't realize it had handwriting recognition. That's going to be helpful. However, despite seeing variable line width in the sample drawings, I don't see much in the way of controls. Perhaps the stylus' buttons handle line width? However, the re:M mentions brushes, etc. If the Elipsa offers more robust rendering tools, Kobo hasn't seen fit to advertise them. Can anybody point me to a review that mentions or explores the artistic aspect of the Elipsa?
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The Kobo Elipsa Stylus is pressure sensitive like most others which can be used to vary line width.
My Deep Guide's first impression video walks through features available in notebooks. Doesn't look like it offers features helpful for art like layers so far. Handful of different pen types.
Remarkable has the edge on the artistic aspect since it's the only eInk device IIRC that supports pen tilt detection which allows for effects for mimicking using the side of your pencil for shading for example. They also have layer support in their notebook.
For art though a more powerful color tablet like the iPad might be better, more full featured drawing/painting programs, more power for bigger more complicated files, pen tilt detection and of course color!