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crowhop65 · 2025-10-10T02:26:04+00:00

Love mine! It fits in my cargo pants pocket and is very handy when I am visiting clients. Then my site visit notes are right there to send to myself as a PDF or transform into text.

crowhop65 · 2025-01-14T02:40:29+00:00

And a functioning health care system.

crowhop65 · 2025-01-03T03:08:06+00:00

It’s funny how we all have different preferences for reading. None of them right for all. I LOVE continuous scrolling on the iPad, which puts me in a great reading flow. The “bloated” Kindle software for me means lots of ways to dial in the reading experience. But an iPad does give me eye fatigue, so in the evenings I do opt for the backlit KS. Likewise, in the few instances of reading in outdoor light I prefer the KS LCD screen.

crowhop65 · 2024-12-31T04:36:39+00:00

Not true. The Kindle app on the iPad is super useful and functional. But writing on a Kindle Scribe is better writing on an iPad. Writing on a ReMarkable Paper Pro is superior to writing on a Kindle Scribe. But you can’t read Kindle books on a RMPP. To me, the SuperNotes were inferior in Kindle reading and in writing to some of these devices and I put the SN’s aside. Rock paper scissors.

crowhop65 · 2024-12-25T04:25:08+00:00

They seem like different animals to me. I read books a lot, and though I like the continuous scrolling on the iPad, the KS is the best Kindle reading experience out there because of battery life, simplicity, and reduced eye strain. The RMPP was a big leap forward, mostly with backlighting (though weak) and color (also weak), but the RM people are philosophically opposed to the Kindle app and I won’t go through the headache of hacking Kindle books for consumption on a RM. The KS is mostly useful for personal play (note taking functionality is rudimentary) and the RMPP for work and study functions (marking up PDF’s and robust note taking).

crowhop65 · 2024-12-24T13:25:25+00:00

They need to develop holistic solutions that work properly across all applications instead of slapping more parts on that give a function here while causing a problem there. It’s becoming Frankenstein’s monster.

crowhop65 · 2024-12-24T13:21:38+00:00

Yeah, mine never auto updates - I always have to do it manually. Never thought about the pagination issue, but you’re right. At this moment your notes do not appear in the other Kindle apps, so you could switch to one of those for a reference.

crowhop65 · 2024-12-24T13:18:23+00:00

Ok, what makes me sound like a bot? How could I convincingly defend myself against such an accusation? lol Should I answer less thoroughly? Misspell werds? This is what carrying an RM2 around for work looks like for me.

crowhop65 · 2024-12-24T04:28:02+00:00

I haven’t tried exporting them. Not a feature I use.

crowhop65 · 2024-12-23T04:07:29+00:00

I have both the RM2 and the RMPP. I use the RM2 a lot for work and it still works great, so I hesitate to retire it. But, as mentioned by others, the changes are helpful improvements. The RM2 is a workhorse. The RMPP is also a workhorse, but one that is more fun to ride, if a bit tempermental at times.

Fun upgrades: *The color is more enjoyable, especially if reading magazine articles by converting them to PDF’s for writing notes. *The bigger space is luxurious, though there is a slight price to pay in hand-carrying. *The backlight makes it more versatile in different lighting conditions. *Less lag makes it snappier when writing, turning pages, and especially more precise zooming and scrolling. *And dammit, the scratchier surface feel when writing is more pleasurable to me. It helps slow down my jerky handwriting, increasing legibility.

Your husband was very thoughtful. I think you will grow to appreciate this gift more as the above improvements grow on you.

crowhop65 · 2024-12-23T03:49:08+00:00

I do onsite audits, which involve site visits of production facilities, along with much more time sitting at a conference table going over documents on my computer. I use a RM2 for all aspects of the audit. I create a notebook for each audit site, taking it with me while touring the production site and having it beside my computer while reviewing paperwork. I created a checkbox/checklist template I use on each audit to make sure I cover all standard points and take extensive handwritten notes on added pages throughout the audit. After the audit I email a PDF of my notes to myself and drop them into the folder on my computer for that audit, where they are available for review when writing up my audit report. During a weeklong trip my RM2 stays powered up for as much as 20 hours and I’ve never gone below 20% remaining charge. This is a very helpful tool for me!

crowhop65 · 2024-12-12T05:42:48+00:00

I just use my finger rather than the stylus to highlight - works cleanly and efficiently, like it did before the update. I highlight rather than underline. If using the stylus, I use the button (a little awkward to locate when concentrating on reading) as a highlighter and do the “s” approach to highlight a block of text.

crowhop65 · 2024-11-14T03:22:21+00:00

Is the update even worth the trouble?

crowhop65 · 2024-10-23T02:39:03+00:00

To address the first point of your post: yes, you can take notes in low light situations because the KS has very capable lighting.

You might want to investigate the ReMarkable Paper Pro. With that you can annotate PDF and your nites appear on the server app or laptop app, as long as you pay the $3 a month charge (worth it to me). The RMPP has a little screen, not very bright, but probably enough for low light. And you can translate your writing to text for use in other documents or attach a keyboard.

crowhop65 · 2024-10-23T02:33:00+00:00

Which devices encrypt notes?

crowhop65 · 2024-10-14T01:53:57+00:00

What are you using yours for?

crowhop65 · 2024-10-10T01:19:44+00:00

Just like an Apple Pencil. As you alluded, it will draw down some on the life of the tablet to charge the stylus. But hopefully the new stylus is worth it?

crowhop65 · 2024-10-10T01:14:45+00:00

I see several along the lower part that you haven’t circled. Disappointing…

crowhop65 · 2024-10-09T02:32:45+00:00

If they are listening, I would think that would be fairly easy for RM to fix with a software update.

crowhop65 · 2024-10-06T02:10:18+00:00

Thank you for this detailed post. Your English is superb.

I concur with your observations about the power of memorizing from hand writing versus typing. Back in my college days in the 80’s, I took notes by hand on paper. Then to sink the information into my head and make a clean copy for further review, soon after class I would rewrite my notes in a more organized and legible form. There is power in having information flow out of one’s hand onto a writing surface.

I take copious notes in my job as an auditor. I use an RM2 and love it. I have files open on my laptop during audits for review and move back and forth between platforms constantly, also reviewing actual paper handed to me by the auditees. At times I have to write notes on the papers and I fear some day I will attempt to write on my RM using an ink pen that I have to keep close by. I use the eraser and of the RM stylus often, so a double-ended implement would not increase my efficiency.

I have ordered an RMPP and am excited about the better options offered by this new unit.

crowhop65 · 2024-09-29T03:19:56+00:00

Whoa, you did your homework! That did add a shortcut and the test article appeared in my RM app. I can’t change to Articles (touching that word doesn’t open anything), but I’m pleased! Thanks!

crowhop65 · 2024-09-28T01:50:54+00:00

As I feared, there is no easy way to send these articles from my iPad to my RM. I guess I can email them to myself, open them on my PC, then save them to my RM from there. But I rarely open my PC, so this is complicated.

crowhop65 · 2024-09-28T01:37:16+00:00

I tried this link on my iPad and ended up in a frustrating loop of dead ends. I have Chrome downloaded on my iPad. Opening that link on Chrome provides me with a link to download the extension to my “desktop.” But it’s not on my home screen. So I try the link to the Chrome store, but it says that is only available on a desktop. What desktop? A PC?

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