I’m contemplating buying myself a Remarkable tablet. I’m gonna use it for note taking in my studies and daily notes. No drawing. Since I’m a student I have to consider it carefully before buying it, it ain’t cheap. I was considering buying the first version second hand, but the lifespan of that would probably be poor and I would just need to buy a new one too soon, waist of money. I have been reading a lot and seen a lot of reviews about it, but I would like to ask anyways. Are you very pleased with yours? How expensive is it (I’m then referring to all the other costs after buying the tablet itself)? Would you say it is worth it for my use? I’m a programming student and I ofc love tech, but also having all my notes in one place and being able to open them on my computer would be so practical for me.
Programmer here. I had a version 1 when I was in school and used it a lot. I used it for lecture notes, book notes, writing down code when I was not near my computer or wanted to work without an IDE. Now that I am out of schools, I upgraded to a version 2 and it is much better in design, quality, and performance. I still use it almost daily for work and most evenings for reading.
I have the tablet, the book folio, typefolio, and upgraded pen. I think they are all worth it. However, I have heard about other pens you can get that are cheaper and work really well. So I would look into that before committing to the pen purchase.
A few things about the type folio since you are getting into programming, Not all of the buttons are available. It does not have the brackets or brace buttons that are on a normal keyboard. You can still add them when you need to by using the on screen keyboard to add them. The typefolio is also a bit hefty in weight. It alone weighs about the same as the tablet. I often switch to the book folio if I know I won’t be typing. But I would not recommend getting both. I got the typefolio when it came out but already had the other.
When I upgraded, I think I spent around $650 to get the initial set up and then the typefolio on top of that. There is a connect subscription as well that offers benefits. It is not required though.
I would definitely recommend it but I get that they are expensive. I would add stuff to your cart and see what the price is and look into the other pen options. I have 0 regrets with this purchase as a programmer.