Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive compared to iPads?

Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by visarga on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:32PM (#26144880)

Got mine a week ago. I always take notes and draw mind maps while working on a project, so this fits perfectly.

I like the pen and paper sensation, the fact that my handwriting is exactly the same as on paper, the ability to erase, rewrite, cut and paste.

I don't like the flaky sync but love seeing my drawings as PDFs. The LiveView function almost doesn't work but a third party app allows me to display the tablet on the desktop for Zoom meetings.

Arxiv PDFs are easy to read only if you crop or zoom, which is a bit unfortunate. I would have loved integration with Pocket, Dropbox, Arxiv and other sources. There's no TTS option, which is also unfortunate, because I find TTS doubles my focus when reading technical text.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by codethief on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:38PM (#26145653)

> I don't like the flaky sync

Probably relevant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26145584

> Arxiv PDFs are easy to read only if you crop or zoom

Have you tried another PDF reader, like KOReader[0] or plato[1]? There's also [2] which looks really interesting for cases where you want to save time.

[0]: https://github.com/koreader/koreader

[1]: https://github.com/darvin/plato

[2]: https://github.com/GjjvdBurg/paper2remarkable

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Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by ahnick on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:42PM (#26145704)

> The LiveView function almost doesn't work but a third party app allows me to display the tablet on the desktop for Zoom meetings.

What's the third party app?

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Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by chrismorgan on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:04PM (#26146632)

I use https://github.com/bordaigorl/rmview to good effect, though it just occasionally stops working and I need to restart it to get it going again (I think it’s from brief USB connection blips, which can happen on the Surface Book for reasons I won’t go into but which won’t apply to almost any other hardware).

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Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by pietschy on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:15PM (#26146768)

I'm using https://github.com/bordaigorl/rmview. It does occasionally need to be restarted to work but other than that it's been pretty stable.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by vmladenov on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:51PM (#26147949)

I installed KOReader so I could rotate papers 90 degrees and read them without squinting. Would highly recommend

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