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Re:ReMarkable Paper Tablet by rtpg on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @07:57AM (#13114227)
For those who really want a PDF annotator, Sony sells a large mostly-equivalent of this, there's the Sony DPT-S1

https://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/product-DPTS1/?PID=I:digitalpa...

This is a pro device, costs almost $1000. I don't own one but a friend does... it's very magical looking, and feels nice for the 2 minutes I used it.

Re:ReMarkable Paper Tablet by anexprogrammer on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @08:25AM (#13114380)
Sad thing is that Sony was meant to be going global in '13. It's probably well overdue a v2 by now!

Think they're down to about $700 now. Any on ebay and Amazon are from Japan with no English!!

Looked at these a few times hoping they were going on wider release. With Sony out of eBooks, and selling off Vaio, doesn't look promising for a replacement.

Re:ReMarkable Paper Tablet by rb808 on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @12:57PM (#13116699)
Yeah I wish I had one. It looks discontinued though https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Sony-Digital-Paper-DPTS1-4...

It sucks that you can buy a large tablet for $50 but epaper is so expensive.

Re:ReMarkable Paper Tablet by sandsmark on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @08:16AM (#13114324)
they've been dumping the price and trying to empty their warehouses, so I'm not sure if you can actually buy it anymore. at least not outside of japan.
Re:ReMarkable Paper Tablet by sevensor on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @08:39AM (#13114460)
If your device works well as a PDF annotator, it's going to have a huge market among academics, who right now have a number of very bad solutions to the problem. For me personally, I'm thrilled by the possibility of being able to write unlimited marginalia.
Re:ReMarkable Paper Tablet by sandsmark on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @08:57AM (#13114569)
academia is one of the biggest target groups, both in terms of marketing and development focus.
Re:ReMarkable Paper Tablet by gpetersen on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:33PM (#13117563)
Can confirm. I'm in academia and preordered this soon after hearing about it.