The ReMarkable Paper Pro is a sleek and impressive digital notebook that offers a writing experience remarkably close to pen and paper. However, its slow performance, high price tag, and limited e-book integration make it a niche product.
I’ve always been a sucker for a good notebook. Despite my sloppy handwriting, I love taking notes, jotting down random to-do lists, and writing letters. There’s nothing like writing on a big yellow legal pad or doodling in the margins of a composition notebook. The ReMarkable Paper Pro does a marvelous job of emulating that feeling of writing on pen and paper using a stylus and screen, which can often feel more like using a toy.
While an achievement, it comes at a price that I’m not sure most people are willing to pay. A Paper Pro is a gorgeous digital notebook that's an absolute pleasure to write on, but it's also a slow-loading e-reader that will cost you an arm and leg. The Paper Pro is a half-step upgrade from the Remarkable 2. It’s bigger (11.8 inches vs. 10.3 inches), has a color display, and has a reading light that allows you to use it in dimly lit environments. Much like Remarkable 2, the Paper Pro essentially wants you to ditch your tablet or phone in favor of something free of the distractions of text message notifications and upsetting news updates. The Paper Pro is slightly thicker than the Remarkable 2, at 5.1 mm, and weighs just over a pound. Still, I appreciate the extra real estate because it allows me to fit more onto a single page. Even with a case on, it felt as heavy as holding onto a magazine or a book, which I didn’t mind since it still felt light but not fragile. The biggest upgrade for the Paper Pro from the Remarkable 2 is the color display, which makes reading comics and highlighting texts in PDFs much easier. However, I did notice a slight delay whenever you try to write in a color other than black. It first appears black for a moment, then flickers to the selected color, which is a little distracting and highlights a common problem with the Paper Pro’s performance. When it came to notetaking and writing, I switched to ballpoint pen and mechanical pencil modes. Each pen style feels different enough to accommodate most people’s preferred writing styles. I have been using the Paper Pro for over a month, taking it into meetings, making to-do lists at home, and reading a handful of e-books I’ve stashed in a Google Drive folder. It remains at my side well after I’ve finished reviewing it because it’s easy to pick up and start writing. Organizing your notes is simple and intuitive. You can highlight and move text around with the pen, change its size, and use handy preset templates. I like a good list, so I often use the Checklist template. You can easily edit your text on the fly as well. To make text bigger or move it around, you simply hit the highlighting tool and circle the words you want to tweak. My review unit came with the Marker Plus, which includes a built-in eraser head at the end of the stylus, which was extra helpful since I tend to write fast and make a lot of mistakes. I like how easy it is to mix handwritten and typed notes (via virtual keyboard or keyboard folio). It gives you fun ways to organize your digital notebooks so they don’t look like scribbles written by a madman. If you’re reading a PDF, it’s nice to highlight passages or to write in the margins, making it great for sharing during a study session. Writing on the Paper Pro, like the Remarkable 2, is a pure joy. The stylus is responsive, and the Marker Plus pen is comfortable. It really feels like you are writing on paper the way the pen tip glides as you write, which is a tough trick to pull off. I never once felt like I had to adjust how I write like I do on other tablets or phones that let you write on the screen with a stylus. The Paper Pro’s ability to convert handwritten notes to typed text highly dependent on your handwriting. Your mileage will vary depending on how neatly you write, but it’s a great feature when it works, especially if you’re one to share notes with other people. It accurately converted about 50% of the text I wrote. For others around the office with clearer penmanship, it was around 90%. Obviously, the problem was me and not the Paper Pro. I’m okay with that. One useful feature is accessing and sharing notes from other devices. I can easily view and edit notes I took on my phone via the ReMarkable app. I made an inventory list for a charity event I was helping out at on the Paper Pro and then sent the PDF to our Discord server. You can also send those files via text, Slack, Threads, and a handful of other apps. The only downside is you pay $3 a month (or $30 a year) to use its cloud-storage service. Getting PDFs and EPUBs onto Paper Pro is still a bit of a headache, requiring you to upload the files via the ReMarkable app or website. Since I have a rather large Kindle library, tracking down the files for books I already own is one hoop I hated jumping through. I understand the simplicity of the Paper Pro, but much like the Remarkable 2, I wish there were a way to access various e-book apps. Once your books are set up, the Paper Pro is a perfectly average e-reade
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