New colour Green, instead of Blue
More magents to improve the cover attachment
Larger battery 3700mAh vs 3000mAh
New pen
Heavier 445g vs 420g
Google play integrated rather than back door methods to get to it.
Nice bit of kit, well made, the screen is responsive to write on and feels good. Print quality is excellent and nicely lit up. It's maybe a tad heavier than I would have liked but balances pretty well with the oversized left bezel (or right if you're a leftie).
However, after playing for an hour I realise, again (after briefly having a reMarkable and a Boox), I'm just never going to use it as it is designed and it's too pricey to be kept as just an eBook reader. So it's going back.
The £77 leather cover is horrible though, it's more of a folder and I found it uncomfortable.
wanted to move away from the Remarkable for sometime and watched a number of videos doing the various comparisons between the options. Ultimately I wanted a lightweight digital alternative to my moleskin planner and other notebooks. While Boox has had some good reviews (both here and elsewhere) I didn't want an e-ink android tablet and I wanted something very portable (I tend to prefer A5 notebooks).
Enter Supernote A6X2 Nomad which fitted the bill. It even had a stylus that felt like a real pen (something I found irritating with the remarkable as prefer heavy pens). Got one at Christmas (technically present from my wife though I ordered it) and have really liked using it ever since. I simply wanted something that could be a digital notebook and the Nomad really fits the bill. The writing experience is the closest I've experienced to pen and paper so feels much better to write on than my remarkable. The pen is lovely (and heavy - though that's relative) and comfortable to use. Found an excellent daily planner (fully hyperlinked) which is great.
Battery life is good, the gestures are straightforward and getting to other files is a breeze with an area for favourite files to allow you to switch quickly between notebooks
Video below highlights some of its features
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
VNVObit wrote:While Boox has had some good reviews (both here and elsewhere) I didn't want an e-ink android tablet
My daily driver for a while now has been the Boox Note Air 2, and it's been fantastic. So much better than my old reMarkable in terms of file management etc. and I can't believe they still don't even support user templates on rM without sideloading them (which you need to re-do every time they update the firmware).
The fact it's running android is pretty much irrelevant really. Sure you can use it for additional apps if you want to, but the native notes, reader etc. are great.
VNVObit wrote:wanted to move away from the Remarkable for sometime and watched a number of videos doing the various comparisons between the options. Ultimately I wanted a lightweight digital alternative to my moleskin planner and other notebooks. While Boox has had some good reviews (both here and elsewhere) I didn't want an e-ink android tablet and I wanted something very portable (I tend to prefer A5 notebooks).
Enter Supernote A6X2 Nomad which fitted the bill. It even had a stylus that felt like a real pen (something I found irritating with the remarkable as prefer heavy pens). Got one at Christmas (technically present from my wife though I ordered it) and have really liked using it ever since. I simply wanted something that could be a digital notebook and the Nomad really fits the bill. The writing experience is the closest I've experienced to pen and paper so feels much better to write on than my remarkable. The pen is lovely (and heavy - though that's relative) and comfortable to use. Found an excellent daily planner (fully hyperlinked) which is great.
Battery life is good, the gestures are straightforward and getting to other files is a breeze with an area for favourite files to allow you to switch quickly between notebooks
Video below highlights some of its features
Been looking into getting something purely for note taking and scribbling some diagrams. I have an ipad but that is just too big, heavy and unnatural feeling for writing to me.
This Supernote does look very interesting though.
What is it like for connectivity? Mainly want ease of use getting stuff off onto a computer. Not interested in cloud stuff and syncing just basic move from device to local machine.
What pen do you have? Is it the one with the lid or click to pop-up one and is that the only difference to them?
VNVObit wrote:While Boox has had some good reviews (both here and elsewhere) I didn't want an e-ink android tablet
My daily driver for a while now has been the Boox Note Air 2, and it's been fantastic. So much better than my old reMarkable in terms of file management etc. and I can't believe they still don't even support user templates on rM without sideloading them (which you need to re-do every time they update the firmware).
The fact it's running android is pretty much irrelevant really. Sure you can use it for additional apps if you want to, but the native notes, reader etc. are great.
My concern was I would be distracted by the other things it did. Supernote runs android too it's just focussed on being a writing tool. I like the supernote's simplicity and focus on a single thing. I also like the fact they have a clear roadmap and given experience of remarkable like their focus on longevity (battery is user replaceable) and the fact they have a very simple product line (reminds me of Apple some time ago)
Whiteball wrote:*snip*
Been looking into getting something purely for note taking and scribbling some diagrams. I have an ipad but that is just too big, heavy and unnatural feeling for writing to me.
This Supernote does look very interesting though.
What is it like for connectivity? Mainly want ease of use getting stuff off onto a computer. Not interested in cloud stuff and syncing just basic move from device to local machine.
What pen do you have? Is it the one with the lid or click to pop-up one and is that the only difference to them?
I like the fact it has an SD card slot too.
I currently use dropbox and sync a number of folders so all notes, etc. are backed up. There are other options cover here
I went for the Heart of Metal pen 2 (one with a lid) differences are listed here Really happy with my choice.
haven't bothered inserting a sd card yet as only used a third of the internal storage
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
