Why I Daily The Remarkable 2

[@jeffhallum]

Great video and comments! I concur with all of them -- I've used my RM2 for months now and enjoy the fact that it is easy to use and is distraction-free. Additionally, the use of simple (and very affordable) templates makes capturing any type of information easy -- I even use it to sketch projects and details with for architecture -- I highly recommend the RM2 ! Cheers!

[@AlexSamuels]

I'm pleased to hear that it's working Jeff 😊. Your right templates with the remarkable 2 are a very powerful tool 👍. Thank you for your kind words and taking the time to watch and comment 🙏.

[@christopherkowalewski]

Thank you for the video! I used to use my rM2 quite often until I got the Tab S7+ followed rapidly by the Z Fold 3. Distractions set aside, I enjoy the s-pen feel and writing experience along with the fact that these notes synchronize and are editable at least on Samsung devices. The rM2 app does let you read your notes on all devices. For me I think it comes down to having the Z Fold 3 with me all the time, that's made it my go-to note taking device.

[@AlexSamuels]

I love my z fold 3 and the sync with the Tab s7+ is excellent. And for a while it was, like you, my go to setup. But the remarkable app as you say for android makes it good to read Remarkable notes on and I have just found myself using the RM2 more and more again which is what prompted this video. I love the sound of your setup btw 👍.

[@DanielHarrisCodes]

Interesting fact…as it’s Wacom based (as is the Scribe), you can use the S-Pen on the Scribe and rM2

[@diegomoralesvivas8453]

I am pretty sorry, if I come a bit late into this long conversation. I have been exactly longing for such a device like this. Simply digital note-taker, pdf reader and that's it. Now, since I am just getting to know about this device, would you still recommend it in 2024? Do we expect a better, newer edition of either this or any other e-ink simple to-the-point device? Thanks a lot!

[@justinfontenot7438]

Thank you for your video! I'm so excited to get my reMarkable 2 next week 🙌❤️

[@AlexSamuels]

Justin, thank you for your kind words. How exiting, I hope you love it 😊👍

[@justinfontenot7438]

@@AlexSamuels Thank you so much! Love your content!!

[@hallam.studio]

Thanks for the video Alex. My Remarkable 2 is arriving today after putting off buying one for a loooooong time now. Your videos have been very helpful, I can especially relate to the eye strain from normal screens, so thank again, and please keep up the good content!

[@AlexSamuels]

Hi Hallam, thank you for taking the time to comment, after waiting so long I hope it’s worth the wait 🤞. I am pleased I have been of some assistance 😊.

[@oxfordyazuka3739]

@@AlexSamuels same here thank you Alex

[@AlexSamuels]

@@oxfordyazuka3739 your welcome 🙏

[@jigbaiano]

Nice video. I have a kindle to reading books full text with a lot of pages. However for study, a lot of PDFs, videos, downloads, directories and pdfs manager and Great speed, i decided to get a tab s8 after watch your video "Writing comparison" in a budget. Great reviews ever!

[@AlexSamuels]

Roberto, your are absolutely right and in creating this video I was actually surprised how many tablets I just had around 🙈. But if I was going for the best do it all in one writing device it would be the tab s8. The size is even better than the tab s8 Ultra for portability. I just have so many devices that the tab s8 ultra was something different. I hope you continue to get a lot of productive use out of it. Thank you as ever for taking the time to speak and comment 👍, very much appreciated. And thank you for your kind words.

[@kennethjoseph9309]

I recently bought another tablet last week the Amazon Fire 7in 2019. It's a 9th generation and I use it for reading and videos as well as handling my Amazon things. Love the remarkable 2 you have you can do all types of things with it.

[@AlexSamuels]

The Amazon Fire is great for content consumption and Amazon stuff. I bought one for my son (which he broke just as it came out of warranty 😂). I actually do too much of my reading with my galaxy fold 3 because it's more often than not the device in my pocket 🙈

[@kennethjoseph9309]

@@AlexSamuels Wow. I thought those things were durable.

[@AlexSamuels]

@@kennethjoseph9309 so did I 😂, but you haven't met my son 😂 . It was a while ago now but I think it ended up getting very wet 🙈. My youngest is also past his return warranty period 🤔😉.

[@kennethjoseph9309]

@@AlexSamuels 😂😂😂 ROTFL

[@mindbodysaul4382]

Thanx for the information Alex

[@AlexSamuels]

Pleased it helped 😀

[@kwonzischeme2233]

Just curious about the Connect features. I don’t mind the $7/m but it seem odd that it required a monthly subscription. If I don’t get Connect, does this means I can take notes but can’t save it on the device? Or email myself? I’m looking to buy this for my workers to take notes for my business, but this Connect subscription is odd.

[@AlexSamuels]

So it is a bit odd, just a business decision to make additional revenue, one that seems to have worked as people still keep buying the device. However, the device will work fine without the subscription to answer the question. You can't e-mail notes to yourself (I have never done that anyway), and you lose access to things like handwriting conversion, but for 99% of what you need, it will work fine without. One of my team members uses his (used to be mine) RM1 day in and day out, and having a focused device that you can rely on to buy for your workers seems like a good idea to me. You get 100 days of Connect free anyway, so you can see if you need it, and you can turn it on and off because there is no commitment. I hope that helps.

[@stevebianchi]

Another great video, Alex. Question: Does the RM2 have a feature like the SN Digest functionality? I convert my ebooks to EPUB and take notes using Digest. I love how I can then make notes on why I highlighted something and have a separate summary doc. I just wish I could convert the handwritten notes in Digest to text and export for a pull into Obsidian...

[@AlexSamuels]

Thanks Steve, unfortunately not as far as I know. It's one of those frustrations of simplicity 🙈

[@jeffcallaghan6297]

Can you use an exisitng pdf (Application form Example) and use it on Remarkable and save as another file as you would in word documentts. Is it possible to save files directly to Icloud rather than usinig Rematkable cloud

[@andrepedersen5924]

What cover would you recommend? I have the original, leather cover, but I find myself taking it out every time I use it. Would the Folio Cover be worth the pricetag?

[@AlexSamuels]

Hi André, it’s a great question and I would say stick with the leather cover and take it out. I had the folio cover with the original Remarkable and it’s just not as easy to get in and out as the leather cover is. IMHO, I would stick with what you have, unless it’s causing any particular issues that you think the folio cover would fix. Just, think of it as a posh folio that uses magnets 👍. Hope that helps 😊

[@lyndaomahony9491]

Is it possible to translate words if you are reading a book or article on there in another language?

[@AlexSamuels]

Hi Lynda, unfortunately, it's not, and the Remarkable is not the best device for reading versus writing anyway. I'm not 100% sure because translation is not something I do, but I think Kindles can do it 🤔. I hope that helps 👍.

[@lyndaomahony9491]

@@AlexSamuels Thank you for your reply. Yes the kindles can do it but I was hoping for everything in one device. Wishful thinking :-)

[@AlexSamuels]

@@lyndaomahony9491 I like the Kindle Scribe and, I think that is more likely to be the device you are looking for than the RM2.

[@DigiDriftZone]

This is really great, you should make more videos! - Are you still using your remarkable 2?

[@AlexSamuels]

Thanks man, unfortunately I'm not well long term, so no videos. However yes still using the remarkable 2 it's great and still the software is improving 👍

[@DigiDriftZone]

@@AlexSamuels I'm sorry to hear, I'm wishing you to recover as soon as possible!

[@AlexSamuels]

@@DigiDriftZone Thank you 🙏

[@blaauwbroekb]

I have the Supernote A5X but I also just bought the Remarkable 2. I have never been more eager to journal in my life than when I got my Supernote. I can’t wait to get my RM2 and want your opinion on what you feel are the advantages. I find the kindle app to be a non-starter as I already own a Kindle. How do you organize your notes?

[@AlexSamuels]

Great question Brian, I prefer to write with the RM2 the feel mostly. But also the size difference the A5X I think is just not big enough its more or a note taker rather than an imersive writer. Re organising it just feels so much more intuitive and I just create folders and sometimes folders withn folders. You can now use tags but I don't. I hope you find it as much of an upgrade over the A5X as I did 👍

[@USA79999]

Unremarkable when you try to change an order or order an spare marker

[@AlexSamuels]

You make an excellent point Ray, customer service could be a lot better.

[@christopherstaal6849]

Have you used a digital planner yet on your ReMarkable?

[@AlexSamuels]

Hi Christopher, great question 👍, yes, most of the time that I have owned it I have used it for a daily written planner. It also works with hyperlinks. It works really well as an electronic handwritten digital planner in my experience. I hope that helps.

[@christopherstaal6849]

@@AlexSamuels I just started using the My Daily Organizer. So far so good, but still miss the Franklin Covey approach.

[@AlexSamuels]

@@christopherstaal6849 so for a long time I used the "best self" physical journal. It was good but not quite right. I created my ideal quarterly journal in PDF including "best self" electronic version which they sell and that worked much better for me. You could for example incorporate the Franklin Covey approach into a bespoke PDF. P.s. your right about the use of the Franklin Covey I keep on meaning to use it more my myself.

[@oxfordyazuka3739]

I just go so tired of charging my iPad

[@AlexSamuels]

I get that 👍, the battery on e-ink is awesome. Very occasionally so good I can forget to charge it 😂

[@abbouda-f981]

Hallo, Can one write on it in color or only in black?

[@AlexSamuels]

So you have Blue and Red options but they show up as black/grey on the device but export in a PDF in the write colour.

[@remi1213]

I like the fact that we have to subscribe 10 dollars per month to use all fonctionnality of the remarkable 2, That's Why I jump to Ratta Supernote! 😜

[@AlexSamuels]

I think you're right 👍, and the supernote is awesome 👌. If, it had been like that originally when I got it, it might have stopped me from buying it 🤔. Thanks Remi for taking the time to comment 😊

[@jackmcqueen979]

Alex can you remind me why I should keep the $7 dollar subscription I pay to reMarkable2? Thanks and good morning Alex.

[@AlexSamuels]

Hi Jack, I'm not sure you should 🤔. Great, question BTW 😊. The features your paying for are: Unlimited cloud storage Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive integration Handwriting conversion Screen Share Send by email 36-month extended warranty You might want the extended warranty but it seems expensive. The only one I use is the unlimited cloud storage, but you can get that for less in connect lite. Honestly, I think a lot of people can get away without a connect subscription. Also remember that you are not tied in so you can cancel and then resubscribe if that helps. I'm interested to know what you decide to do.

[@GordonTillmanTexas]

Jack I'm grandfathered in so I don't need to pay the subscription fee. However I've done a bunch of experimenting using the RM2 w/no subscription-related services and it works quite well. You can plug in a USB C-to-C cable between your laptop and the RM2 and use the nice web interface to download PDF exports of your notes. Once you have them on your laptop, you can use open-source tools to OCR them. You can also put your PDF's in Google Drive. Once in Drive, you can right-click on them and select "Open with Google Docs." Google will OCR the text from your PDF into a Google Doc file. Also and again with the USB C-to-C cable plugged in, you can make backups of all of your notes in native format to your laptop via the "scp" (secure copy) command.

[@jackmcqueen979]

@@GordonTillmanTexas how do I cancel this subscription Gordon? Thanks for your response.

[@AlexSamuels]

@@GordonTillmanTexas Really useful thanks Gordon

[@jorgecarrasco4206]

Get yourself a better microphone as one can barely hear your good points

[@AlexSamuels]

Thanks Jorge, ill continue to work on it 👍😊