ReMarkable Paper Pro Review: A Colorful Delight

I wrote this reappraisal connected the ReMarkable Paper Pro. What amended mode to trial it than utilizing it arsenic the distraction-free penning device it promises to be? This digital notebook is technically a successor to the ReMarkable 2 that launched successful 2020—though the Norwegian institution is presenting it arsenic the “upgrade” model with much features, commanding a higher price.

This tablet present has a colour E Ink screen, a beforehand airy that makes it disposable successful the dark, and an progressive stylus paired with a much responsive display, making the full bundle consciousness overmuch person to the acquisition of penning with pen and paper. Considering the institution volition inactive beryllium selling the ReMarkable 2 for $399—still an fantabulous integer notebook—it's hard to accidental the ReMarkable Paper Pro is worthy the eyebrow-raising $579 terms (minus accessories), and it's astir apt not worthy an upgrade if you already person the ReMarkable 2.

But if you conflict to enactment focused connected a laptop and miss the feeling of pen and paper—which has real benefits for representation retention—the Paper Pro tin beryllium an invaluable tool. The updates successful this exemplary are welcome, and if it means being capable to constitute this reappraisal without proceeding an incessant ping from Slack, past that mightiness conscionable beryllium priceless.

Color Me Mine

I emotion taking notes, whether it's connected a paper planner oregon a integer notebook. The Paper Pro is bigger than astir of these, with an 11.8-inch screen, truthful it feels overmuch person to having a expanse of A4 insubstantial successful beforehand of me. It's a bully size for my loopy handwriting and ever-growing lists, but it's not truthful ample that it's uncomfortable to transportation around. It's bladed capable to stack connected my laptop oregon a ample publication arsenic I rotation astir my home. It's conscionable implicit a pound, which is manageable.

I'm besides a large instrumentality of adding colour erstwhile I can, and that's the header diagnostic here. Color E Ink screens person been becoming more communal of late—Kobo has a color e-reader and it's harmless to expect Amazon to merchandise 1 soon—but ReMarkable says its Canvas Color technology was built connected apical of E Ink's colour show and features carnal colour particles that determination astir the screen. It's not a colour filter sitting connected apical of a black-and-white display, which is what you'll find connected immoderate different colour E Ink screens.

The colors aren't electrical but muted, benignant of similar colored pencils alternatively than a acceptable of vibrant pens oregon highlighters. The shades scope from classical superior shades of red, blue, and yellowish to magenta and cyan. You tin take grey oregon achromatic too, and the second lone shows up if you're penning connected apical of different color. There are 7 antithetic pen styles to take from, akin to the ReMarkable 2, each of which person the aforesaid scope of six colors and 3 neutrals, portion the highlighter and caller shader person somewhat antithetic colour options.

The colors connected the leafage are inactive casual to spot and identify. The acquisition of utilizing them is amusive too; erstwhile you initially constitute it's often achromatic oregon gray, and past the Paper Pro starts recoloring the letters aft you assistance your pen. Typed text, meanwhile, tin lone amusement up successful black. I liked utilizing the colors to people edits I needed to marque erstwhile proofreading my typed enactment oregon to constitute color-coded notes. The achromatic pen colour is overmuch darker than immoderate of the colors, truthful overmuch truthful that I would usage grey arsenic my neutral enactment truthful that it wouldn't marque the colorful penning look faded.

Power Up

Another large upgrade is the built-in light. It's not a backlight similar your smartphone oregon tablet but a frontlight similar connected many e-readers—the airy faces the show and illuminates it, reflecting it up to your eyes and making the show readable successful the dark. If you're successful a well-lit room, you mightiness not adjacent announcement the airy is on—I tin hardly spot the quality erstwhile sitting astatine a array with plentifulness of earthy light. But successful darker rooms, the gentle glow of the surface reminds maine of speechmaking connected my Kindle astatine night. It's good suited for penning your caller connected an evening level thrust oregon taking notes successful a dimmed presumption hall.