It’s a good device.
As I mentioned before, I didn’t feel it was a bad buy, it was just too much friction to adapt my workflow to it. Also I felt that the device, with its 13’’ inches, got very warm under the Madrid summer sun to the point of being uncomfortable to hold in my lap. Which is logical because anyway the bigger screen surface captures more heat! But if I had to resort to use the device in the shade I might as well use an iPad.
I’ve been very happy with a cheap version of the “Paperlike” on my iPad both for note-taking and for reading. I sometimes toggle the greyscale accessibility colour filter as well which together with the matte screen protector results in a pretty good impression of an e-ink display while keeping within the Apple ecosystem. I use Goodnotes which syncs seamlessly to my Mac and offers handwriting recognition too.
I don’t either. I have notifications for email turned off on all my devices. In fact, I have notifications turned off for most of my applications, Reminders and Calendar being among the few exceptions.
I have one. I used it for a couple of months, and I was pretty happy with it, but then I encountered the limitation that made me put it on a shelf and forget about it. (If anyone wants to buy it, they are welcome.)
I’m a researcher and writer. I bought the SuperNote to read articles which mostly come to me in the form of PDFs. The SuperNote’s ability to mark up a PDF and even allow me to scribble notes in the margin seemed pretty ideal. Using it on its own is not the problem.
The problem comes when you want to connect things back to your computer. I used Dropbox to sync, but the process of merging the notes and markup back to the PDF got pretty tiresome. (Maybe they have made this less onerous.) I also didn’t like that only Dropbox was supported. I keep a pretty large library of articles and books, all managed by Bookends, in iCloud. For me to read them on the SuperNote I needed to drag them out of iCloud, into Dropbox, read and mark them up, merge the markup back with the PDF, and then drag the PDF back into iCloud.
I am lazy. That was too many steps.
To be fair, I still read a lot on paper, and that’s hardly transferable as well.
Late to the party this topic but I support your view. There is definitely a shiny new toy aspect. Also another non Apple device, means another system to manage, update, work with to get info in and out.
Additionally, whilst many of these other toys have appeal and look capable I wonder how long the manufacturer will survive. If they go out of business then it becomes a door wedge,.
The behemoths of Apple and Kindle et sl, have longevity and simplicity, and whilst I admire the small startups for their innovation and courage to build devices I just want simplicity.
So iPad mini or iPad Air for me.
Addendum setting up a grey scale shortcut toggle is great. Just seems to reduce screen “radiance” a tad.
Second Addendum (addendi?): Have abandoned the mini and gone back to my 11” iPad Pro for reading. The scaling issues are an incovenience and my older eyes dont appreciate it.
A friend of mine gave me his note too long ago so I am sitting on a 10 inch Kobo and a Supernote.
I wish I can bring the two together. the Supernote is superior in terms of PDF markups and keyboard support but the Kobo Is a great reader.
Thanks. Have been tempted by the kobo but is 10 “ too large/heavy for long reading sessions?
Having used a reMarkable for about 2 months now simply for notetaking at my desk while working on my laptop, it’s been a game changer.
Analogue To Do list for each day (3 Frogs I have to eat, 3 high level priorities, and any other smaller to dos) plus a notes space for things which come up during the day.
Notes from meetings are taken on it
Prep for meetings and/or 1-1s with colleagues are completed on it.
Scratchpad for deep work (e.g. while review documentation “Search and Replace on Job title 1 with Job title 2) so I can continue to focus on what I’m doing and come back to other actions later.
The mix of a continuous page and the ability to add additional pages with little effort are excellent.
I got mine cut price from a friend secondhand. I doubt I’d pay retail price for one, but I wouldn’t know that until this one stops functioning.
The screen size is perfect and I find the writing experience better than paper.
3 Frogs to eat…?? Doesn’t sound very appetising…
It’s a game changer.
I only wish I could do them before I start any other work, but I need to be available 8am - 10am for my australian colleagues.
So after trying a Kindle Scribe, a Remarkable 2, a Remarkable Paper Pro, and most recently a Supernote Manta, I have come to the conclusion that this device category just isn’t for me. I really really like the concept and the devices are all super nice design wise, but my fundamental problem is that I never really use the notebook system I set up on them and I just default to a Bullet Journal-ish daily page method. At that point for me, a notebook works exactly the same without the hassle of a device. I sold my Supernote Manta and bought a Switch 2, my banana smashing productivity has never been higher!
I enjoy it, it is cumbersome in bed though.
Sounds like an interesting technique and metaphor. Still a challenge.
I need several coffee infusions to start my day.
If your Australian colleague offers you a Cane Toad (challenge) to eat instead of the frogs, turn that task down. They are big, ugly and toxic. 
So let him/her sort that big challenge instead.
