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Re:ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks by zaptheimpaler on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @06:37PM (#25131362)
I've been on the lookout for a great reading/writing/drawing device and ended up going with an iPad. I haven't tried a remarkable, though I do have a kindle as a reference for e-ink displays. As a whole, the iPad is hard to beat:

- Matte screen protector + pencil means reading/writing experience feels just as good as an eink.

- It can comfortably handle large, color PDFs. Other solutions either don't have color, or don't have processors powerful enough to handle rendering large PDFs anyways.

- Both iPad and Remarkable have almost identical pixels per inch - 224 and 226 ppi.

- iPad has polished reader apps. My favorite is Kybook3, which supports auto trimming PDF margins & horizontal scroll locking which makes it super convenient to read PDFs. It can also read epubs and other formats with plenty of knobs to tweak background colors, fonts etc. I don't think the Remarkable is quite there yet.

- Reading, researching frequently means looking something up on the web as you go too. Again difficult to do on a remarkable.

The iPad can potentially be more distracting, but that can be solved by setting it up right IMO. I don't install any TV/Media/News/Games apps on it, turn off notifications for most apps and have a shortcut to limit the colors to black and white.

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Re:ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks by zarkov99 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @06:49PM (#25131444)
I made the same choice, but I am rethinking it. I run Linux on my desktop and would love to control my iPad from the desktop, using it as a second screen or a drawing pad. Apple makes this uncessarly hard.
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Re:ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks by kayodelycaon on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @07:20PM (#25131664)
I assume you're looked at Apple's Continuity[1] and Sidecar[2] features of macOS+iPad. They work more reliably if you use a cable to hook them together.

1: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204975

2: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210380

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Re:ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks by zarkov99 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @07:59PM (#25131970)
Is this only available if you have a Mac desktop?
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Re:ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks by samatman on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @09:38PM (#25132586)
Yes.

Duet display (the original app which Apple Sherlocked with Sidecar) supports Windows 10, but as far as I know, if you want to do this on Linux, you're out of luck.

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Re:ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks by zaptheimpaler on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @07:39PM (#25131794)
Its also impossible on Remarkable or another ereader. I wish Apple products were less locked down too, but im not talking about usecases beyond an ereader here.
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