Many people in the world are taking notes, doesn’t matter if we are in school or work, we always do that. For many years we would use only paper and pencil and it was good at a time. But as the world changes our habits of taking notes changes too. At first, we started writing documents on computers, but it wasn’t that comfortable. Some laptops aren’t that light and carrying it to work or school can have bad influence on our health. That is why we now prefer tablets and especially iPads. Why? They are easy to operate, we can write on it and have everything in one place. It is also light and can be brought everywhere.
As a student I can say I prefer doing my notes on paper. You probably would ask me why do I do it like that when there are so many possibilities to do it easier? In my opinion writing something on a paper and then reading it makes me remember everything much better. I’ve tried many times writing notes on my computer or my phone but every time I did that, I would forget all the information in split second. Additionally, writing on a tablet makes me feel like I was writing on a glass, which made me very uncomfortable. And there is a perfect product for every paper maniac like me.
The CEO and founder of reMarkable, Magnus Wanberg, set up the company in 2013 and created his first device. His goal was to give people experience of paper-like tablet. In his opinion writing on paper can improve our thinking and gives us free space for our imagination. It was also designed to free people from all notifications that always distract us from our work. After their success with the first product they upgraded many features and made second one.
reMarkable2 is very light, it weights approximately 403.5 g (.88 lb.) and isn’t very big (187x246x4.7mm). It is thinner than your smartphone to provide you with a more paper-like feeling. Battery lasts up to two weeks without recharging and it has 8 GB internal storage (100,000 pages). Also, marker doesn’t need charging and has 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity.
This product has many useful features, for example:
- Take handwritten notes, read, and review documents
- A display that looks and feels like paper
- Convert your handwritten notes into text
- Take notes directly on PDFs
- Eye-friendly reading
- All your notes are organized and accessible on all devices
It is available in whole Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. The price of the tablet is €399. While purchasing you can choose a marker, the first generation is €59 and the second one is €99. After all you can also choose folio, the price range varies from €99 to €149. Also, while purchasing this tablet you have free shipping and 30-day trail. After that you can return it with 100% refund, which is pre-payed and free of charge.
The only downside that I found is that in the first product, marker was already in the box, when now you have to choose your option and pay for it additionally.
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The concept of such note taking tool for students or the office seems very interessting, but I’m worried that the price could scare some. The truth is that paper notebooks will always be significantly cheaper than such technology and we can’t argue about that. Although, I see a lot of tech enthusiasts enjoying this device in the future.
Personally, I think that I will stick to traditional notetaking on paper or a computer for now, since I don’t have 500€ laying around.
I’m also very curious how paper-like is the feeling of taking notes on such a tablet.
A fascinating thing, I am also more accustomed and more convenient to write information on paper. However, something tells me that this device remains a tablet and will not replace an ordinary notebook with a pen, so it would be interesting to use these devices, although the price is high.