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Quoth · 04-15-2023, 05:29 AM

The reMarkable 2 is in some ways inferior to original. It has a bit more CPU & RAM thinner, slippier glass front and ditches the buttons. Both run essentially the same FW. They only recently added a touch keyboard for typing notes (into the notepad). It's about 6 G Byte document space. The Elipsa has maybe over 29 G Byte free.
The reMarkable has no MTP or USB MS, but is USB networking.
It's got no library function, which is why there is a file browser.
It's a PDF viewer and the Notebook is a drawing pad; there is no handwriting recognition on board, you send files to have them converted.
There is no native epub support.
If you can't or don't use the reMarkable desktop application or their Cloud subscription you can only use a web browser on the desktop to drag and drop a file or download a file.
No Calibre support even by Send to Disk.

Both Elipsa and reMarkable are about 227 dpi screen. I prefer the MS surface type pen (have Kobo and two makes of 3rd party for Surface) to the Wacom EMR the reMarkable uses.

I have the original Elipsa, but only for proofing PDFs. The Sage is a better size for epubs, writing notes and is OK for many PDFs. The reMarkable was gathering dust so I gave it to my daughter-in-law who is a bit of digital artist. The reMarkable seems a nice HW spoiled by people that can write good software but have no clue about ereaders, or users, or ergonomics of connecting a gadget. The reMarkable 2 seems to be a combination of cost reduction, later CPU and attempt to make it smaller (ditches the 3 useful buttons). You can apparently install KOreader on the reMarkable and maybe a couple of other things, but it looked complicated. The PDF reader was better than the Elipsa (or Sage etc) till Kobo updated the firmware to have per document crop.
If you have sharp eyes the Sage (8″ 300 dpi) might be handier and cheaper than the Elipsa (10.3″ 227 dpi) for many PDFs. I got the Elipsa before the Sage and it was what convinced me to get it because I already had the Libra.

The Libra 2 Sketchpad also can do freehand only notes (no edit later) with the Pen, saved as svg. Currently only the Sage, Elipsa and Elipsa 2 of Kobo models do the Advanced notepad with shape, formula, checkbox and handwriting conversion. Export as docx, plain text or HTML and based on Nebo (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac but not Linux).

04-15-2023, 05:29 AM	#5
Quoth Still reading Posts: 15,270 Karma: 112999999 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	The reMarkable 2 is in some ways inferior to original. It has a bit more CPU & RAM thinner, slippier glass front and ditches the buttons. Both run essentially the same FW. They only recently added a touch keyboard for typing notes (into the notepad). It's about 6 G Byte document space. The Elipsa has maybe over 29 G Byte free. The reMarkable has no MTP or USB MS, but is USB networking. It's got no library function, which is why there is a file browser. It's a PDF viewer and the Notebook is a drawing pad; there is no handwriting recognition on board, you send files to have them converted. There is no native epub support. If you can't or don't use the reMarkable desktop application or their Cloud subscription you can only use a web browser on the desktop to drag and drop a file or download a file. No Calibre support even by Send to Disk. Both Elipsa and reMarkable are about 227 dpi screen. I prefer the MS surface type pen (have Kobo and two makes of 3rd party for Surface) to the Wacom EMR the reMarkable uses. I have the original Elipsa, but only for proofing PDFs. The Sage is a better size for epubs, writing notes and is OK for many PDFs. The reMarkable was gathering dust so I gave it to my daughter-in-law who is a bit of digital artist. The reMarkable seems a nice HW spoiled by people that can write good software but have no clue about ereaders, or users, or ergonomics of connecting a gadget. The reMarkable 2 seems to be a combination of cost reduction, later CPU and attempt to make it smaller (ditches the 3 useful buttons). You can apparently install KOreader on the reMarkable and maybe a couple of other things, but it looked complicated. The PDF reader was better than the Elipsa (or Sage etc) till Kobo updated the firmware to have per document crop. If you have sharp eyes the Sage (8″ 300 dpi) might be handier and cheaper than the Elipsa (10.3″ 227 dpi) for many PDFs. I got the Elipsa before the Sage and it was what convinced me to get it because I already had the Libra. The Libra 2 Sketchpad also can do freehand only notes (no edit later) with the Pen, saved as svg. Currently only the Sage, Elipsa and Elipsa 2 of Kobo models do the Advanced notepad with shape, formula, checkbox and handwriting conversion. Export as docx, plain text or HTML and based on Nebo (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac but not Linux).