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You seem to be describing an Android tablet with e-ink display. Aside from Remarkable, what else is out there worth buying?

freetanga 4y ago
Supernote, Onyx have a wide range of options. Onyx relationship with Open Source licensing is… delicate. This could be a stopper for some. I had a Remarkable 1 but I feel the company is trying to be the next Apple. Everything now is subscription. Shame, as The reading experience was good, writing was excellent, software was open but clunky.
- Galanwe 4y ago
  I used the Remarkable 1 for many years, until recently I got bored of hum converting hum my kindle library to epub to read on the remarkable. I switched to an Onyx Boox Tab X (effectively an android tablet with eink screen) and wouldn't go back. I have the Kindle reader app and can read very comfortably all my books, with the same comfort as with a Kindle device. But I can also take meeting notes, brainstorm, etc thanks to the writing capabilities similar to the Remarkable. As a bonus, I can also use it as a whiteboard in video calls.
  - blitzar 4y ago
    > $879.99 Jeepers - not sure I am going to swap my $50 kindle for that one.
  - idonotknowwhy 4y ago
    Calibre let's you convert in bulk fwiw
    - Galanwe 4y ago
      Indeed, but I was really over with the process of maintaining a Windows partition with a 10 years old version of the Kindle App, with updates disabled, for the sole purpose of manually downloading Kindle books for conversion to epub for transfer to the Remarkable.
- viscousviolin 4y ago
  I can't wait until e-paper tablets become mainstream and more companies start making them. Having a generic OS like Android or Linux, instead of the closed off system of a kindle or whatever, would be amazing. Imagine how many different kinds of apps you can run on something like that. With colour e-paper screens slowly picking up speed it's going to be even more interesting. Right now their quality is going to be disappointing if you expect the same quality as your phone or laptop, but it's an enormous step up from greyscale screens - and it's still getting better.
SSLy 4y ago
Kobo Sage or Libra 2 are also worth a look.

freetanga 4y ago

Supernote, Onyx have a wide range of options. Onyx relationship with Open Source licensing is… delicate. This could be a stopper for some. I had a Remarkable 1 but I feel the company is trying to be the next Apple. Everything now is subscription. Shame, as The reading experience was good, writing was excellent, software was open but clunky.

Galanwe 4y ago
I used the Remarkable 1 for many years, until recently I got bored of hum converting hum my kindle library to epub to read on the remarkable. I switched to an Onyx Boox Tab X (effectively an android tablet with eink screen) and wouldn't go back. I have the Kindle reader app and can read very comfortably all my books, with the same comfort as with a Kindle device. But I can also take meeting notes, brainstorm, etc thanks to the writing capabilities similar to the Remarkable. As a bonus, I can also use it as a whiteboard in video calls.
- blitzar 4y ago
  > $879.99 Jeepers - not sure I am going to swap my $50 kindle for that one.
- idonotknowwhy 4y ago
  Calibre let's you convert in bulk fwiw
  - Galanwe 4y ago
    Indeed, but I was really over with the process of maintaining a Windows partition with a 10 years old version of the Kindle App, with updates disabled, for the sole purpose of manually downloading Kindle books for conversion to epub for transfer to the Remarkable.
viscousviolin 4y ago
I can't wait until e-paper tablets become mainstream and more companies start making them. Having a generic OS like Android or Linux, instead of the closed off system of a kindle or whatever, would be amazing. Imagine how many different kinds of apps you can run on something like that. With colour e-paper screens slowly picking up speed it's going to be even more interesting. Right now their quality is going to be disappointing if you expect the same quality as your phone or laptop, but it's an enormous step up from greyscale screens - and it's still getting better.

SSLy 4y ago

Kobo Sage or Libra 2 are also worth a look.