They’ve poured effort into replicating the feel of a notebook: restricted toolset, textured screen, stylus handwriting, etc., but I'm at a loss why this is worth hundreds of dollars plus a subscription instead of just using paper notebooks.
- Paper-like feel? Actual paper still wins.
- Undo, folders, search, tags? Flipping through a notebook and adding sticky notes gets you there faster.
- Templates? A $10 pad of graph or dotted paper gives infinite variety.
Handwriting-to-text and cloud sync is perhaps the strongest case, but even there it's probably faster to draft on paper and digitize with keyboard or speech.
Does-it have a lockscreen and is it reasonnably good in term of security? That would be the only incentive for someone who want to keep handwritten notes without having to lock the notebook in a safe every time it is left unattended.
I am not thinking security against state actor, rather people within same household/office who might have too much curiosity.
I bought a Remarkable and ended up returning it. It was a cool device, but you're exactly right, I had a hard time justifying the cost over a $10 notebook.
- Paper-like feel? Actual paper still wins.
- Undo, folders, search, tags? Flipping through a notebook and adding sticky notes gets you there faster.
- Templates? A $10 pad of graph or dotted paper gives infinite variety.
Handwriting-to-text and cloud sync is perhaps the strongest case, but even there it's probably faster to draft on paper and digitize with keyboard or speech.