Hi! I want to buy the remarkable for my wife. She takes a lot of notes (handwritten) and then need to put these into an online secured platform (she’s a psychologist). She’s already an Apple user (laptop and phone) and thinks it would be an easier process to go with the Ipad.
I’ve only heard great things about Remarkable, but she does have a point: she’s already (locked) with Apple products. It’s a plug and play environment. The marketing stuff from Remarkable seems to focus on the lack of distractions (ok… ). That’s not convincing her. I think the “paper feel” and handwritten-to-text are the best-known selling points, but it’s hard to understand if you can’t try one in a store.
What am I missing? Should she really go with Apple (again)?
Thanks!
I’m a psych paraprofessional, and I went with RM2 for multiple reasons.
If she is using it as a psych professional. it might look and feel more respectful to the client as, bringing up an ipad for the same purpose might look a bit strange, having the client question if she is really paying attention, as ipads can serve multiple functions.
Also, it would be easier to expense such a single use device, than justify an ipad.(if she is in private practice or working for a clinic)
Depending on how far she is into her career, some clinics don’t allow digital notetaking, on most devices, for the very reason that it’s full of distractions. Also it would be single use, so she would habituate and associate her RM2 to work, where a ipad would confuse and serve multiple associations for her.
RM2 gets the job done as a custom tool to a custom use case, instead of a multipurpose jack of all trades.
Also, apple products get stolen all the time, and then she would need to recover her client data, which would be harder for ipad.
Another thing that I think would be the tipping point, is she should not be associating her personal apple id to work. (especially as a psych) mixing personal account with professional. accounts would mix and erode boundaries fast. this POINT IN ITSELF SHOULD WIN, I’m 95% SURE.
As you may or may not know, there is a 100 day trial return policy. just get it, and try it out. If you do indeed decide to get an RM2, I’d recommending maxing out the selection, going with type folio as well as a marker plus.
on the surface it looks like an efficiency issue, but it’s really about focus. If she went with an ipad, we guarantee the apps would be distractions and notifications galore. And I’m willing to bet after a little bit, she’d be watching youtube and running around on her favorite social media, and then a tool that was meant to be for productivity turns into the exact opposite.
some of my psych coworkers have Rm2 after I told them about it, and they all see the potential and like it a lot.
Social media and tech is by design meant to take us away from the present moment, and to give us the hits of dopamine, that make us hooked. If she got an ipad, that cycle would continue to repeat. we are almost 100% sure.