hey Macworld fans Adam here with life yeah and as much as I like to take notes
in my daily life there's nobody in the office who who is like life Johnson when
it comes to note-taking whether it's in actual pen or pencil form or on the iPad
pro with the Apple pencil yeah and I came across a product recently that
claims to feel just like paper okay and we're gonna check it out right now
versus the iPad pro here with the Apple pencil so this product is called the
remarkable so this was a crowdfunded project and this tablet it is a ten
point three inch tablet right there if you want to take it out life check it
out it is a ink display runs a custom
version of Linux and it comes with its own they call it a marker just because
it's the remarkable tablet the one key feature that is very important in this
is the display so they're calling it the canvas display and it was engineered
over four years to have the tactile feel of paper before we do any drawing I want
you to compare the the two writing utensils Apple pencil versus the
remarkable marker it's hard to say whether or not I prefer a light you know
writing instrument or it depends on the actual object and right now I can tell
that the marker the remarkable marker actually feels a little lighter than the
Apple pencil this is the second generation and I like kind of like the
length of the Apple pencil the second one this is not as long as the first
generation one so this one's a little bit shorter a lot of people say they
like their long pans I actually kind of like them short it's not about the way I
write but it does it feels very similar you know there's a part of me that I
want you to say they were taking some obvious cues from design of course of
course but on the tip here I often say when I write from Mac world that the
Apple pencil you know it feels like riding with a sharpie now I can do some
really fine lines but if you look at the actual tip here you know
there's some length in it whereas this one on the de marker you can see that it
is a little bit more precise and that's what I'm always going for I think I said
in one of my Apple pencil what things we would like to see articles that I would
like to see a little bit more precise tip where it feels more like writing
with a real pencil or a real pen so I'm kind of happy to see this that's like a
step in the right direction I'll also mention that there's no setup required
on the marker and there is no battery nice so it is very much a standalone
thing and you can change out the tips you even have one hidden here in in the
actual Oh extra tip just in case you lose one all
right so let's uh let's go into just one of these quick sheets that I have I've
been doing my own messing with it and I'll show you the pen options here or a
fountain pen a felt-tip marker or a what do they call that with a micron yeah it
also has a pencil feature and a brush but I've actually just liked the basic
ballpoint pen you can change the circle size as well and also like the the
shading but yeah so once you do some real quick writing samples on this like
that so they advertise very very minimal lag especially because it's ink display
powered with an ARM processor so now I want you to see here and this is one
thing I'd like to you know compare I'm writing really small here and to me
that's like a big you know thing to look for is how small you can write because
to me that shows how precise the actual instrument is and I'm doing this really
well here and that's a good sign and I'm already impressed by this and well this
has this does have tilt and pressure sensitivity I can see it that's also
depending on the pen that you actually choose it also claims 2048 levels of
pressure sensitivity this this is impressive I have to admit you know one
of the things I'm always worried about is how it's well this you know I'm
trying to wasting paper and put it that way but that's a big part of it I mean
honestly that's the big thing for me too like I said I I have a
pick notebook that I used to jot down notes every day and the promise of this
is to be hey you're your one and only notebook would you say that they're
marketing of feels just like paper yes just like paper is a is there's a big
claim I don't know if it feels like that but you know this because that's
essentially what you're doing this feels like you're writing on glass and so
listen to this yeah so if I if it were in the quiet office and I try to write
with the iPad yeah I can it's almost as annoying as me clacking on my butterfly
keyboard because if I get a Siri tapping on the screen so that's one reason I go
back to paper but this is this is this is nice this I'm already impressed by
this now this is important you know this is what we're looking at here is almost
like you know a Kindle and stuff it's it's kind of like that yeah II ink and
that this is what I've been warning because even though this is a wonderful
the iPad is a wonderful device I'm very impressed with what they've actually
done with it the fact is you are getting bombarded with that light all the time
and I'm using true tone on here right now that's the one that's supposed to be
easier on your eyes and still it's distracting when you're trying to write
something and it's you know it really really does get to you part of the
reason why you know writing on papers so you know you get away from that
especially you know as a journalist we spend all of our time staring at a
screen and stuff this so you know this allows you to get away from this and
I've wanted this ever since I saw a Kindle honestly it's something like this
and I am already impressed by how well it works so let's you know I'm gonna try
this pencil one right here but yeah the pencil on the Apple pencil
it actually looks like you're working with like a dull pencil and I've always
been really impressed by that look at that beautiful it's interesting because
they have they have two different options this is the sharp pencil and
then this one is the dull pencil option so it's weird that it's not contained in
both if that's nice no the surface you know when you're
right on it it doesn't feel as much like real paper but the experience is much
closer to writing on real paper then I would say that the Apple
pencil is and that that I think is the important because I'm able to write
really small here you know the big question I have though is its price for
for a you know a niche device like this how much would you be willing to pay
that's a good question considering okay you have to keep in mind that I do this
a lot and I would be looking at it preferably that's the things preferably
I'd like to pay about $400 for okay well you're in luck because the MSRP is
actually 600 okay but it's been on sales for at least a couple months that I know
of for 500 okay the markers themselves if you want to get to or replace them
they're $59 they actually do have a nicer marker available to that's
actually made of aluminum and heavy and that one is about $100 so just I mean I
just have to ask so this act you know every time this comes with it comes with
it okay good yes because you have to buy this separately you you also can buy a
separate folio that has a nice holder for the marker I forgot to bring it in
here but they have leather and felt options you know they make it a nice
experience for you to to bring around so yeah I've been impressed so far with my
time in it but I wanted to see you know what what what the writing expert thinks
of the feel of it so I could definitely see myself really getting into this and
the more I've been using it remember I said I wasn't sure if I like the actual
weight of it it's it's wonderful it's it's it is comfortable I could see
myself writing a whole draft with this and yeah that's the important thing to
keep in mind too is I don't just write stuff for notes and everything I will
write my whole 1000 words right sure well which is why I wanted you to have
you on this video for sure so did look for the full review coming soon and Lafe
thanks for doing your quick impressions for this video so for more macro videos
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