reMarkable desktop 4+

I have an original ReMarkable. I bought it back when it felt expensive and a bit risky that they'd be able to fulfill their promises.

The highs are I love the way it writes. I don't want all the bells and whistles. This is my "I can't unplug unless I literally unplug" writing tablet and it's a plus at that.

Some of the updates have made life a lot easier and I definitely appreciate how quickly the gave us back emailing the text versions when they took that away and there was outcry. It's great to see them listening.

The lows on the other hand: really disappointed that early adaptaters who took a chance on you can't have a keyboard unless we upgrade. I feel like that oculd have been figured out without expecting more money from us.

Sorting and searching needs to get easier.

My page turns have never been as easy as some other folks.

It's the keyboard for me, not gonna lie. Most of the stars are lost because of that.

I like not having google and notifications on the remarkable device itself. The pen has a very strong magnet. The refresh keeps the screen looking very clean. I like the eraser at the end of the pen. However, there’s a few things that could be improved. FIRST the app’s interface design aims too much for minimalism. Too much of a good thing. For example, there are too many items sandwiched in one menu where you ought to split menus and have two. One for “Sort By” and one for “View.” The functions are different enough for me to be lost in the app and wonder where the view section went, when it was actually hidden in the sort-by menu all along. SECOND thing I would add is support for emojis in the keyboard. Those are missing in the Remarkable product itself. I actually use emojis when I title my folders because that Should place the folder first in alphabetical hierarchy ahead of numbers. The THIRD thing I would change is I’d like to move pages from notebooks into PDFs and vice versa. But that might not be possible since these reMarkable pages are incompatible with PDFs. They don’t merge well together. The FOURTH thing I would change is adding support for pictures to the documents. I can’t add pictures from my mac and attach them to notes for some reason. Make it intuitive like dragging and dropping. FIFTH I would make page turning more easier.

My experience is different from these one star reviews. I have a reMarkable Paper Pro I picked up a couple months ago. I have the reMarkable app on my m4 Mini, my iPhone, and my iPad. The ability to instantly sync between all these devices is amazing and when I screen share the contents of the reMarkable live on my Mac in Teams calls for agendas, ad hoc diagrams drawn as I speak, etc. first time participants that haven't seen it gasp and ask how they can get one. This device and the iOS/MacOS sofware has become so integral to my workflow that I would replace the device without a second thought if it met with an accident or got lost. The use cases for this system are endless. Left it on my desk the other day and woke up at 2am with an idea. Woke up my iPhone at bedside, typed in my notes and went back to sleep. In the morning there they were on the reMarkable with me totally forgetting I had even woken up. Yes the hardware is stupidly expensive and the color e-ink updates can be a little sluggish, but technology will catch up. I am looking forward to all the hardware and software advances that will come along by the time I am read to buy my second device. Which I will. The only thing I ask is reMarkable...PLEASE don't start ensh**tifying your products like so many companies start doing. Keep them clever and simple like right now.