reMarkable Paper Pro - 11.8" Paper Tablet with Marker Plus - Gray

After looking a the Kindle Scribe, Ratta Supernote, and the Remarkable 2 , I was about to give up. Then out of nowhere Remarkable drops the Paper Pro. After a couple of hours of usage and having giving the Remarkable a try I wanted to drop a review. TL:DR; it's too good to be 4 stars, yet may disappoint those expecting more. Overall, a one-of-a-kind device that sets the bar for the industry as a whole. *Pros: 1- Way more responsive when writing. They weren't joking there is minimal lag between the pen and seeing the e-ink on screen. It feels extremely satisfying and easy to write with the pen. 2- Color is definitely cool and implemented well , where you do feel that you can scratch that itch to implement your pen-and-paper color coding system. Green and Red 3- It's a sleek and well designed device. There's not a moment where it felt cheap or flimsy. Absolutely beautiful device. 4- There's a 500% increase in the storage capactiy. I have over 40GB of space available. The Remarkable 2 had 8GB, it is significantly larger, they addressed the #1 complaint. 5- The setup is very straight forward out of the box. It feels like using an Apple product. They put a lot of care into the presentation and User Experience. 6- The gestures are intuitive as well as the UI. It's pretty easy to navigate it. I was able to figure out a few just by guessing and seeing if worked. 7- There's a backlight. 8- While limited, the integrations cover most of what people will need. *Cons: 1- Dimmer backlight than expected. Rough napkin estimation is about 60% of a Kindle at full brightness. If you're in bed with the lights off, it's cozy and not bad; however, at my office desk with indirect light, I'll just flip on my lamp. 2- You won't see the color immediately like you do with black ink. You'll see a darker gray line that'll refresh into color. It does take a bit of getting your mind used to the effect (possibly interuptting that red ink thought you had), but it's a limitation of the display, not any lack of Remarkable trying. 3- Shapes. I like drawing mine and you can do lines, but don't expect nice squares and circles. You'll have to draw those, this could turn some people off. 4-It's very expensive to the point if they want the sector to grow , they need to drop the Remarkable 2 to $275-$300. Currently this is a product way ahead of it's time, I'm paying an early adopter fee willingly. 5- Limited integrations. Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and Sharepoint are all avaialable. My understand is that you can export to these integrations but they will lose their markup. Essentially Remarkable has a proprietry format that's not going to save to those environments. You'll have to use Remarkable Connect platform or the Desktop app. 6- You cannot search your handwriting for words. You need to think about your organization ahead of time. 7- Small but Blue ink looks just like Black ink. Also don't expect to read letters written in Yellow. 8- My pen wasn't fully charged. I had to press with my finger and powered the device on and off again, then after using my finger found that Step 3 is where you charge the pen on the side. That's confusing. 9- It's e Ink but there's some of the residual artifacting with editing tools. Lasso'ing an moving a block of text will leave a shadow until refressh. *Things that could be either a Pro or Con: 1- It's minimalist and opinionated about what it wants to be, a low distraction device meant to replace pen and paper not an iPad. 2- Limited Integrations and No App Suite/Store. There's no email client and other productivity tools some potential adopters may have used on an iPad. 3- The writing surface feels different. It's smoother, has less give when applying pressure, and with less bumpy resistance; however, it does have the glass tap of a tablet. Given the Remarkable 2 had such a satisfying scratch for some, I could see this bothering people as there's a reason people loved 2's pencil feel. It's apt to agree with others it feels more like a pen. *Closing Thoughts Until they dropped the Remarkable Paper Pro out of nowhere, I was completely resigned to just giving up on this category as it's been four years since the flagship product. After using this for a few days, I can say they put a ton of effort and care into both the UI software and the Canvas Color display. They absolutely pushed the display alone to it's absolute limits working direct with the manufacturer. No one is even close to the IP or skill Remarkable has. Yes, it's imperfect. You need to weight the pros and cons. There's subjective decision criteria between this, typing, pen/paper, and a tablet. They are all very different things and functionally some consider them swappable, some would consider them very segmented. Weighing the utility is up to you. Personally, part of my purchase is going to the suppport the category and it's best spent with a company that puts out such a wonderful device. When you need a canvas for you thoughts without any other person being able to invade your device, this is what you should try. I love this device, it's hard to describe the relief of knowing I'll never have to dig through a pile of papers again. It'll be in every classroom in the world in the future. Maybe it's 20-30 years away, but it took the ballpoint pen awhile to replace ink and the quill. Why should we wait ? We can have the future now !

Excellent writing tablet that's built with apple's precision but this is not your every other tablet on the market. It does not have any social media or video consumption apps or games. This is purely for the professional note taker and sketcher with the occasional book reader. This device is made to separate yourself from the AI controlled world that we live in today. Unbound yourself from the internet and spend more time doing, less time consuming. This is meant for the professional that is serious about their career. If you like pen and paper feel this is the tablet for you...with color included. If you are one with notes that look like it came from a rainbow, then this may not be your first choice, the colors here are best used for highlighting and the occasional special notes that needs to stand out. If you want a device that last days on a single charge, writes like pen and paper, disconnect from the world (mostly), but dislike carrying notebooks or physical books then this is the device to get. Get the Marker Plus, trust me, the eraser is valuable.