Important Takeaways

• iPads and computers are inferior to e-readers and e-notebooks for reading and taking notes.
• The battery life is exceptional, and they can be used even in direct sunlight.
• The reMarkable 2 electronic notebook can recognize handwriting and transmit to the cloud.

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According to the money people, ReMarkable, the manufacturer of the elegant, slimline notebook you see in these images, is doing exceptionally well. In the same way that many iPad owners prefer their tablets to their laptops,reMarkable notebook owners adore their e-ink tablets despite or perhaps because of their limitations.

"It would be an understatement to say that I adore classic journals. PR consultant and e-ink notebook fanatic Amanda Holdsworth told Lifewire via email, "I have too many calligraphy pens to count, an entire bookshelf of notebooks I deem too beautiful to write in, and my oldest daughter is named Avery (the name was inspired by my favorite office supplies)." "Therefore, when I shifted to a Remarkable 2 e-ink notebook two months ago, no one in my inner circle anticipated that I would continue to use it. Please allow me to state that my pencils and paper notebooks are extremely lonely."

ReMarkable Advantage

Similarly to how an iPad performs fewer tasks than a MacBook but performs some tasks better, a reMarkable or other e-ink notebook performs far fewer tasks than an iPad but performs those tasks superiorly.

Many of these benefits are shared with e-reader devices such as the Kindle. Because the screen functions like ink on paper, they can be read in direct sunlight, and because there is no active screen or illumination, the battery lasts for weeks, not hours. In addition to being lighter-weight for a given dimension, their simplicity makes them less distracting for many.

And the purpose-built reMarkable has a screen that feels much more like paper when writing on it, as opposed to the iPad's ApplePencil, which glides across the glass.

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Luke Lee, fashion designer and CEO, told Lifewire via email that he prefers an e-ink journal because he uses it primarily for sketching and note-taking and nothing else. "An e-ink notebook, like the Remarkable 2, is ideal for sketching and note-taking. Its battery life is much longer than that of an iPad, and its texture and overall feel are superior to that of an iPad."

E-Notes

Similar to competitors Boox and Kobo's Sage, reMarkable's tablet can be used with a stylus to take notes, annotate documents, and doodle. You can simply leave it on the table, similar to a paper notebook, and it will wait until you need it with minimal battery consumption. Obviously, an iPad is capable of pen input, but if you don't let it slumber, its battery will die within a few hours.

"Remarkable 2 is extremely lightweight and thin compared to a notebook computer or even an iPad. "I travel frequently for work (I own a school PR and marketing consulting agency), so the fact that it is so portable and that a single charge lasts for weeks is crucial," says Holdsworth.

iPads have numerous other advantages, such as their app selection and pure versatility. But electronic notebooks are not devoid of features. They are simply highly focused. reMarkable, for instance, offers a monthly subscription for $7.99 that includes cloud services such as handwriting recognition, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive integration, cloud storage, and device synchronization.

"An e-ink notebook, like the Remarkable 2, is ideal for sketching and note-taking. It has a significantly longer battery life than an iPad and a superior texture and overall feel than an iPad."

This final feature is quite impressive. On your reMarkable, you can read and annotate documents, and you can search and store them on your computer.

Tablets such as the reMarkable demonstrate that general-purpose computers are versatile but seldom excel in a single area. If they do, it may be that humans have internalized and adapted to the device's limitations.

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A straightforward notebook made of paper is an excellent example. It relies on centuries of experience and changes little. However, you may wonder why bother? In any case, a paper notebook is still an impressive piece of technology,with an infinite battery life, a display that can be viewed in direct sunlight, and pages that can be readily bookmarked. It may not synchronize with Dropbox, but neither does reMarkable unless you pay the monthly subscription fee.