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 think that your wife should go with the iPad. If she’s “not convinced” by reMarkable’s selling points, then she’s right - it would be easier to stick with what she’s knows.
Because yes, the biggest selling point of the reMarkable is that it’s a distraction-free device that truly feels like writing on paper - the experience of writing on one is just blissful.
But she’s not looking for a device to bring her joy while writing - she’s using it for work. As much as I love the reMarkable, it sounds like your wife would be happier with an iPad.
The folks I see in this subreddit that are most disappointed with the reMarkable are folks who expected it to do a bunch of things, like an iPad does. But the reMarkable’s strength is that it does one thing really well: provides a high-class, luxurious writing experience, for people who love the tactile feeling of putting pencil to paper.
If she’s just using it for work, sounds like an iPad would be best.