The reMarkable Tablet is moving to a subscription service model

I’ve been quietly watching the e ink tablet market waiting for them to mature to the point I thought they were worth it. I saw this review for the Onyx Boox Nova Air the other day and for the first time thought I’d like to take the plunge. It’s slightly more than the reMarkable, but with no sub and Android 10 and Google Play store baked right in.

No access to Libby is a deal-breaker for me and so is a lack of basic, persistent cloud file storage (looks like reMarkable docs delete 50 days after last access for the free tier… nope!).

Also:

“We plan to offer free access to Connect for as long as we’re able to. There are things we can’t control that might affect this, but if we make changes to Connect then we’ll work hard to offer you free access to whatever comes next as well.”

Double nope!

ETA:

Yeah, my ideal setup is an iPad with an e-ink folio that acts as a second screen, but that’s probably never going to happen. Hell, I wish my iPhone had that.

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