I have been looking at various smart notebooks off and on for over a year.<p>I am stuck in 'analysis paralysis', as they call it. It will be a bigger purchase for me at this point in my life so I am worried about grabbing the wrong one for me.<p>I have mostly been looking back and forth at the Remarkable 2 and Rocketbook Pro or Multi Subject Notebook. But then there is also Moleskine and now the Amazon Kindle Scribe.<p>Currently, with regular pen and paper, I like to keep one notebook (composition notebook usually) that is just a running todo and information notebook.<p>I just add things in and mark things out as I go. I will have pages where I may jot down some important information that pertains to something in the running todo list as well. It isn't the most organized but typically I can find what I need relatively quickly.<p>I will also go through now and then and rewrite the running todo list and remove the prior unneeded pages to condense and make it more manageable. I know this probably sounds like a nightmare to many but with my severe ADHD it is sort of the best I've found for myself.<p>I also would love to start journaling and love the idea of being able to just wipe away what I write after I write it and just have it popped up into the cloud where I can store it securely.<p>I would also love to be able to keep up more with other notebooks that would contain information on various topics I want to learn about or am learning about currently.<p>I don't really need notebooks professionally, at least not now. I work outside.<p>Oh also, things like a notebook to track my house plants and vegetable garden and that sort of thing.<p>I feel like these notebooks do all differ a bit in certain areas so one of these probably makes more sense for me.<p>I would like to be able to then go back through my various notebooks on my smart notebook if I wanted...<p>So I don't think the Moleskine or Rocketbook would be for me for that reason because they use an actual 'paper' that you can wipe away.<p>BUT I love the idea of being able to feel like I am writing on paper. It sounds like Remarkable 2 provides that to some extent. But then the Remarkable 2 is lacking quite a lot, it seems.<p>No OCR Search.
It's cloud-syncing capabilities are pretty limited.
People seem to think it's ability to convert handwriting to text is pretty unimpressive and leaves a lot to be desired.
No backlight.
No screen temperature adjustment.<p>I'm ready to make a purchase as I have set aside funds but I just am struggling to really dial in which one makes the most sense.<p>Just curious of anyone with experience with these, especially if you have tried more than one and can compare/contrast??<p>I really, REALLY appreciate any thoughts or guidance!<p>Thank you!
I actually just wrote a few posts about this that you might find interesting.<p>[Handwritten Notes on the Amazon Fire Max 11](<a href="https://notes.joeldare.com/notes-on-the-amazon-fire-max-11" rel="nofollow">https://notes.joeldare.com/notes-on-the-amazon-fire-max-11</a>)<p>[Handwritten Text Recognition](<a href="https://notes.joeldare.com/handwritten-text-recognition" rel="nofollow">https://notes.joeldare.com/handwritten-text-recognition</a>)<p>[Handwritten Text Recognition Results](<a href="https://notes.joeldare.com/handwritten-text-recognition-results" rel="nofollow">https://notes.joeldare.com/handwritten-text-recognition-resu...</a>)<p>I haven't written about the Rocketbook Reusable Notebooks yet but I've also tried and like those. The one I have now is a little bit too small, however. I want to get the Rocketbook Executive size and give it a try. It's a pretty inexpensive option to get started.