reMarkable 2 - Complete Beginners Guide

today I'm going to show you a complete beginner's guide of the remarkable 2 I'm going to show you some of my favorite tips tricks and hidden features allowing you to leave this video as a remarkable 2 expert let's get started so here we have it the remarkable paper tablet better paper better thinking it's got remarkable to right there on the bottom on the back here it says take notes read and review documents with unparalleled paper fill designed to help you Focus it's got a picture of the paper tablet some more notes down here more details about the device and here it says that we can tear at the very bottom um to open up the product it just says tear Here There and on the very front there's absolutely nothing there so let's see if we can go ahead and tear this open all right so I've made a little tear here that will allow us to open up the shrink wrap for the very first time and we can peel into this device we can rip all of the shrink wrap off just like this comes off and here the beautiful thing about this packaging is it's made it seems like out of paper like you get a paper fill here and now we can access this tear here at the very bottom here now that the shrink wrap is off so we're going to need to tear here just like that in order for us to open up the tablet it gives us a a pill Tab and we can pull it out just like that and here we're presented with a black finish some paper and it just says remarkable emboss right there we can pull this open and we've got everything we need right here we've got a welcome on the left side the tablet and another bottom component so let's go ahead and see what's in the welcome section we can take this out congratulations on your new remarkable welcome to the better thinking Community a growing movement of people committed to finding focus in a distracted world so nice little welcome um and congratulations we've got a quick start guide it shows us to turn on the device by pressing the button on the top left the marker attaches magnetically onto the right side and you charge it with USB cable it's got some helpful links we can set up our device we just go to the remarkable um smartphone or laptop and we can follow the instructions there on screen to get set up properly you can navigate using gestures so long press for actions like move tap duplicate and delete swipe right to go back to the previous page P swipe left to go to the next page and swipe up in a notebook to get more paper so it's got a nice little helpful quick start guide there we may need to review that later on I'm going to go ahead and put that to the side and that's everything here we got some legal paperwork inside of the welcome component for the remarkable tablet I'm going to slide those things right back there in the welcome section for easy access later in the future so let's see if I can get them underneath here there we go slide them all the way in next up is this little component at the very bottom I'm going to take this out and it looks it says tear here we'll go ahead and tear and we're present it with our charging cable so we get a usba a which is this component right here usba it's a USBC which is this component right here in order to charge our tablet it's wrapped neatly here we going to go ahead and put this to the side and pull out the remarkable tablet itself this thing is thin and light it's gorgeous I'm going to go ahead and put few boxes and stuff to the side and we've got the remarkable tablet it's wrapped in paper right here we can go ahead and peel the paper off just like this and there we go we have the remarkable tablet so it says we designed remarkable to not get in your brain's way to help you think and it's gorgeous it's got the logo at the very bottom and it says hold the power button to get started the power button is on the top of the tablet to the left right here I'm going to see if I can get that into frame um maybe if I bring It Forward some having a little trouble getting that into Focus but it's a really tiny button right here top left of the device that you press down and you're able to turn on the tablet and get it started and then of course at the very bottom here this is also hard to see but there's a USB C connector here where you can plug up your um charging cable and charge the device so if we bring the US USBC component the charging cable into the frame here I can plug it up just like that so I've gone ahead I've pressed the power button the remarkable is starting and is booting up for the very first time and we are almost good to go here so the screen has refreshed itself it just says that it's starting um and there we go so it's gone black and white a couple times remarkable is loading and it says welcome to remarkable Express yourself WR sketch and scribble below so I don't have the marker open um so I'm not able to to do that yet let's go ahead and see if we open the marker if that will allow us to scribble on screen so we've got the remarkable marker um for the remarkable to it's magnetic and they sell multiple options of this one comes with an eraser on the end um but they've got similar packaging you just rip right here that's a nice little touch and then you pull it out just like that and here we we've got the remarkable so we can lift up and we' got a magnetic pencil that attaches to the side of the tablet just like that so we are good to go I just put the remarkable in sleep mode it's got some marker tips here um that we can pull out so we don't want to leave those in the box so we can pull out the tips if we ever need them and it just shows us right here with the diagram of how you put them on so remove Ed marker tip by sliding it towards the narrow end and then replace by bending the card to expose a new marker tip so really cool that they add extra tips in here in case yours gets dull over time so I'm going to put this to the side here and um now I'm going to pull off our marker and I'm going to go ahead and press the power button on the top here once and it brings it right back on so it says express right sketch or scribble below so I can say hello app find just like that and I've gone ahead and expressed myself I've written I can do a little doodoo of a smiley face and just like this we're writing and it feels like paper and it's on an incredible paper tablet the remarkable so I've gone ahead I've done my little intro here I can go ahead and hit continue and it lets us know that your screen is unique the canvas display creates a true paper experience every now and then your display will refresh it itself give it a try and see for yourself and then there's a little refresh button at the very bottom so we can press the refresh and it goes PL so that's what a screen refresh looks like it's completely normal and it keeps your display looking clean and sharp now let's get you set up so we'll go ahead and start the setup process I'll tap the start setup button and it wants to connect to Wi-Fi so connect to your Wi-Fi um we'll go ahead and select our Wi-Fi network it wants us to enter the password so I'm going to go ahead and enter the the password off camera here um and now this is important because you'll be able to get of course wireless internet connected right to your tablet to sync all of your notes um so I'll go ahead it's connecting I've entered my password successfully and it's connecting to my wireless network and will allow me to get started with using this remarkable tablet so you can see the connecting and the three dots and the loading to let us know that it's connecting to the wireless network and now we get the success screen you're successfully connected to our wir less Network I'm going to go ahead and hit the continue button and see what the next option is on the setup process so next up it says update your device for the best experience please update to the latest version of our software this may take a moment your device will then restart and you can complete the setup process so I can at the very bottom I have an option to skip the update but I'm going to go ahead and update so we have access to the latest features it's always great when you get your devices to make sure you're on the latest version so you're on the latest security updates and you're on the latest feature updates so you can get the very best from your your device itself so highly recommend updating before you use your device but if you want to you can skip it at the very bottom right corner where it says skip update so I'm just going to go ahead and press the update and restart button this may take a few minutes here it's downloading version 3.1 or 3.1.2 point5 and it's downloading pretty fast here on Wi-Fi for us to get the latest updates and it may take a few minutes for it to install and restart so I'm going to go ahead and lay the tablet back on to the desk here and after this is successfully installed we will resume the video check out today's sponsor rakitin 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here in order to install so it didn't take a super long time at all it does take a little while here to reboot as we're noticing um but you know compared to your normal iphone update or outside of you know other tablet updates you would expect that it would take you know several minutes up to 30 minutes or so forth to download install but we were able to do that very quickly and I didn't have to stop the video for long at all um it literally took less than 5 minutes to successfully up update to our tablet so really cool um options that we have here so it has a release 3.11 update transform typed text writers Rejoice so we've got a selection tool that is now here available um and we have multiple options here um we can draw a line to select text and then move it up and down the page to cut copy and change the style so they've made multiple um changes here we can read the full release notes at the very bottom by T tapping this right here and now we can see everything that's new inside of release 3.11 so you can do a striking selection and let's see we got other improvements um we can go to the next page maybe just says other improvements we've made the syncing of our documents more stable across other smart devices in the apps and fixed the bug that prevented users from setting a passcode on their paper tablet so it looks like um the biggest update here in 3 11 is the Striking selection and we're going to go ahead and hit the back button and it takes us back we're connected to Wi-Fi we've got the it wants us to update again um that's interesting what happens to error updating idle um I think I forgot that we updated that was an interesting workflow um because we clicked the C release nodes and then it wanted us to re re update okay so we're able to get to the next screen there I'm going to hit the back button hit update and then now we're able to pair our device so one cool feature that we have right here is a little status it lets us know that we are on the fourth page out of seven of them so we're back next we can pair our device by pairing your device with a remarkable account you'll have access to our most powerful note-taking features so you can log in create an account at my remarkable get a verification code and you're all set um so I'm going to go ahead and do this I'll go ahead and take out my phone and I'm going to go ahead and open up the web browser and type in the address that's on the remarkable tablet and that address is my. remarkable.com so I'll go ahead and load this up on my phone and it's loading just as it is now and we have a few options here we can log in with Google Facebook apple or um we can do email um so I'm going to go ahead and log in with Google and I'm going to go ahead and authenticate my Google account off camera camera here so it wants me to do an I'm not a robot feature and we'll be on our way to setting up and pairing our device for the remarkable tablet so I'm going to select my email address I'm going to go ahead and log in and authenticate my remarkable device here um and so once you log in and create an account we will enter the verification code and then we'll be all set so I'm going to accept all cookies here looks like we are all set um logged in it says welcome to my remarkable I can pair a new device manage our apps get R um on remarkable for Microsoft Office and chrome so I'm going to go ahead and tap pair device and then it wants us to enter the verification code so I'm just going to go ahead and enter the one time verification code on tablet and I'm going to pick up the the tablet here and type it in the onscreen keyboard is on um so we'll go ahead and enter in this code and now we are pairing so it's pairing this tablet to the account that I just created on my smartphone um it's got the little dots indicating that it's continuing and processing here so pairing complete you've successfully paired your device activate your one-year free connection subscription or connect subscription and manage your account on my remarkable so I can go ahead and hit the next button I can enter a four-digit passcode to keep all of my notes secure so I'll go ahead and do that off camera it wants us to verify that passcode so you'll reenter it one more time and next up is choose a language to write in so to convert your notes into text select the language you use the most often you can always change this later in settings so we'll go ahead I've got English as my handwritten conversion language and then we'll go ahead and select the next button in order to get this tablet set up next up choose a hand for writing if you're right-handed it's already set for right-handed if you're left-handed you'll need to go ahead and tap the left-handed option right here so I'll go ahead and leave it on right cuz I used my right hand for writing and we'll go ahead and hit the next button in order to move forward with using our tablet and keep in mind we're on seven of seven so we are good and almost done very much with the setup process so that's how simple it was to set up a remarkable tablet it says you're good to go now that your paper tablet is all set up let's introduce you to some key features so it's got the get started button at the very bottom we'll go ahead and hit this get started button we'll tap it once we'll tap it a second time it's taking some time to load here um I'll tap it a third time a fourth time a fifth time and we're good to go so getting started before you start exploring read these helpful tips on how to use your device you can always find more in the guide section so this has an overview of the touch and marker gestures learning and inspiration to improve your workflow and Tool tips for features and functionality so we can go ahead and hit the next button right here and next up is touch gestures navigate your notes browse pages and switch between files using your fingers find the full guide or find the full overview and guides to perform actions press and hold the item for 2 seconds swipe upwards for more space inside a document and pinch to zoom in and out tap the scaling I icon to reset so some guidelines there for touch gestures I'm going to go ahead and hit the next button and see what else there is focused notes anywhere make the most of your content by downloading our mobile and desktop apps take notes on the go with a connect subscription upload PDFs in UBS in the app and get an overview of your documents in ebooks so I'm going to go ahead and hit next now the fourth option here is creating content organize your content with folders record ideas write and sketch and notebooks use Quick sheets when you're in a hurry and create tags to categorize your work using keywords so that's the quick guide there I'm going to go ahead and close it and next up we've got the interface for the remarkable tablet so we can see up here we've got my files where we've got one page which is a quick sheet I can go ahead and tap on that and it opens it up and it's one page of one and I've got multiple options here um on the sidebar in order to use it but I'm going to go ahead and exit out before we dive into drawing and writing on on this paper tablet I want to go ahead and um take a look at the menu options that we have so top left we've got menu where we can sort we've got my files we can filter those files by notebooks PDFs and ebooks we've got favorites so we can remember our favorite content and then we've got tags it's a really cool option so you can tag Pages or documents I'll go back to my files which is kind of the home where everything is located at and at the very top here in this home you can add a notebook so we can go ahead and add a notebook we can select the template whether we want the pages to be blank medium grid medium or checklist let's do a checklist and call it routine and I absolutely murdered that spelling there so there we go I'll go ahead and create so now we've got a checklist um I can go ahead and write um you know the title of the checklist may be food uh and things so drinks soda so just like that I can go ahead and start drawing and writing right here on the tablet um and it's really cool because it feels like a paper it feels really neat on the side here you've got the sidebar um so the side the left side here you've got different things you can select your pencil type so I can come over here I can have all types of writing tools and Styles um I can select this version I can go ahead and see what that looks like um I can select text so text formats I can write I can choose between title subheading body text bullet points and checkboxes so I can come in here and write um so we can write milk just like that and then press enter um and then I can close out the tablet just like that so it brings up text options you can bring up the Eraser so if we want to erase something we can come in here and erase it and it erases it just like that we've got the selection to tool um where we can rotate things so I can select something and then I can move it so it makes it really fun to play with our our drawings and our text um I can undo and I can redo and then at the very bottom here is where they have all types of little features here you can get an overview you can see how many pages are in this current um you know notebook that you're looking at or current document that you're looking at and you can go to a specific page just like that you can add new pages you've got tags where you can create descrip descriptive tags for Pages files and folders and find them faster and then you've got layers so you can see what type of layers in terms of things like text and templates and um you can just add the new layer button if you want to draw something on top of something and you don't want it to merge together then you can change it up with layers right there and then they've got this other option where you can share and convert so you can find ways to present your work um where you can present it with screen share send it through email convert to text or you have got document settings where you can go to the notebook settings here you can search you can set the landscape and you can add a page and then we can press this x button to get back to our my file section of the document um and using this tablet so we can see here we've got multiple options up here we can add a new notebook we can add a folder let's try adding a folder we can name it folder click create and now um inside of this folder we can tap on it and add a quick sheet and then in this quick sheet I can just draw a smiley face just like that and exit out and just like that we were able to add in a quick sheet um and make it really simple for us to come in here um inside of this folder so my files let's see if we we can hold for 2 seconds then we can move it and we can move it in the folder and then say move here so now it's moved into the folder all right so you've got multiple options to sort your folders your files your documents your quick sheets your notebooks um and it's really cool that we can come in here and see all of this great content so in the bottom right also is the the battery percentage you can see that we're at 68% and that the Wi-Fi is very strong and that we're good to go there today's video is sponsored by a children's book titled enough a best self Adventure you can purchase this book using the Amazon Link in the comments and description below this is perfect if you have kids or if you have family members and you want them to live their happiest childhood you can check out another a best self- adventure using the Amazon Link in the description below you can see the incredible illustrations alongside of the text here so you can go ahead and check out this book titled enough a best self- adventure perfect for young children in the description below and purchase your very own copy today now let's dive into some of the settings that are on this device we can go over to our side menu tapping the menu option and at the very bottom so the menu options right here at the top where where it says menu so top left Tap menu and then at the very bottom you've got settings so you can go ahead and tap settings um and you can see the general settings the account that is set up on the the version software that it's on you can get help you can turn on flight mode you can come over here you can get Wi-Fi settings you can see what it's connected to you can see the battery show percentage you can see the auto sleeps you can take a look at the storage you can see out of the 7 gigs that are available not a lot has been used you can use the USB web interface and then you can check the sync connection to see if you're remarkable syncing properly and then of course we've got things like security where you can change your passcode your personal information and light sleep and then accessibility options to let us know if we want our font size standard or large or which hand we want to draw or write with so good options that we've got right there baked into the settings um onto the remarkable tablet so this is perfect for taking notes whether you're you know taking notes at a lecture or going to a conference or wherever you're going you know you're able to go to my files and just instantly hop into a notebook or a page we can create a new notebook here um we can say lined medium and call it notebook and then hit create and now I've got a notebook right here and I can just scribble around um so really cool that they've got all of these various options for us um and the best part about this is it feels like a tablet that's made for paper and made um as if you're writing on a piece of paper compared to using a normal tablet with a screen that doesn't feel quite paper like so I can come over here with the selection tool and move this around um really cool options that we've got there so very fun that you can come in here and play play with your writing and your art and your scribbles and your drawing um we saw earlier you can tap the text and you can you can write smile and then close that out um so now we've got some text on the screen so multiple options so that you can interact whether you want to write with notes or whether you want to handr write your notes or draw things um you can do all of that right here with the remarkable tablet and it makes it very fun and easy to come and use so uh we can go ahead and exit out of that and we'll go ahead and take a look so we've got two pages or two notebooks set up right now we've got the routine notebook in the in the um a notebook with the lines in it and one the routine notebook here has the uh to-do list on it so it's got things that we can check off we can tap we can say that we got our food and check that off just like that um so we can say select I'm on the select so I'm going to go ahead and close this out we're going to go back up to the writing utensil here so let's close that out and then we can check that off just like that um so there's a way where we can come in here and zoom out because that was mighty close to our um our sidebar here so I just use two fingers to pinch and zoom just like this it allows us to zoom out so I can fully see the the check box and check that off just like that um so really cool options that we've got right here inside of the remarkable tablet where you can come in you can have all of your notes um all of your checklists all of your um content you can hit the X to go back all of your files right here inside of this beautiful interface that feels like paper next up let's take a look at the remarkable mobile application so we can go ahead press the get button and use face ID to authenticate this purchase here and install the remarkable mobile application and as it says we can take our notes anywhere and tap into them we can quickly quickly write down thoughts and ideas and share ideas across platforms so it's really neat that you can get your remarkable content anywhere whether you're on your desktop on your phone you can just go ahead and open the remarkable mobile application and have full access to that so it works across devices and you have to pair the paper tablet with the app so make sure that it's connected to Wi-Fi and you have to log in and get the verification code so let's go ahead and log in and do this process here it brings up my remarkable I'll need to authenticate my account I logged in here with Google so I'm going to need to do that successfully in order to get access to my account I'm going to do that off camera and I'm going to go ahead and pull up my Google information and log in I'm going to bring in my remarkable tablet as you can see and take the marker and put it on the side there and attach it so I'm going to go ahead and check off do the verification all right we are so close to Victory here as we're logging in with our account and getting the remarkable tablet set up it wants us to accept that we use cookies or use necessary only I have successfully logged in with my account on the remarkable phone and I'm going to paste in the verification code and pair the application so it's pairing the tablet with my phone right now wants us to please wait and once this has been successfully completed we'll be able to review the contents of the remarkable tablet but also on our mobile phone so looks like we are good to go there and I've successfully been loaded and here it goes I've got my files the same interface that's on the remarkable tablet is now right here on my mobile phone and this looks stunning I can go ahead and tap on routine I can go ahead and zoom in I can see exactly which drinks I've gotten um see you know all the scribbles I made um and it synced all of the content that we drew earlier and that we wrote with on the tablet but now it's on my phone and easy day access at any time so this is an incredible way that you can interact with your content that you make on the remarkable tablet but also on another device such as your smartphone you can also access this on your computer or another tablet all you have to do is just come in here and log in you log in with your remarkable account you pair the verification code and it syncs what's on your tablet with what's on on your phone I can come over here I can see all the notebooks that I have I can press the menu button I don't have any PDFs I can see if I dragged in or purchased any ebooks I can add those in and I can add favorites so if we wants a favorite to this little scribble here I can hold down on it and press the little three dots and then press favorite just like that right there and now when I press the menu button on the left here and then go to favorites that note is now favored on my device and it even synced over to the remarkable t here which I just put to sleep by accident so we're going to go ahead and press the remarkable tablet button one more time the power button that's on the top left right there we're going to type in my pass code off camera and then we're going to head over to the favorites section by tapping the menu and then favorites and because I favorite it on my phone it appears right here on the device itself so the remarkable Cloud syncing is incredible pretty impressive and um we can take a look at what other features are on the phone version too so we can press the menu button we've got trash if we were to throw anything into the Clutter we can clear out the Clutter there and then we've got settings so that's the remarkable tablet on your phone where you can see all your files just like you would on your on your actual remarkable paper tablet itself you can come over here you can add folders We just added a brand new folder it syncs it right to the remarkable tablet itself so if we go to my files we can see now we have folder two there right there they're in perfect sync with each other and then if I was to come over here to folder two and then um maybe add a new let's do a new notebook and move it to folder two and we'll see it move in real time so this can be a blank notebook and then we can go ahead and name it notebook to we'll go ahead and click create and then I'm going to exit this out and you can see here in folder two um we've got Notebook 2 and we'll go ahead and see if that can sync over to our phone you can see it pop open just like that so now we've got Notebook 2 and folder 2 so whatever you do on your remarkable tablet this is in a remarkable way of it syncing back to your phone you go to folder two you've got your Notebook 2 right there so no matter how many notes you create how many notebooks you create folders you create favorites you make whatever you do on your tablet the remarkable app is going to sync it together and mimic it as if you're actually using it so it's really cool that you can come in here and see all of your notes all your writings all your Doodles all your drawings just like this inside the remarkable mobile application so really cool and awesome way to have all of your documents always up to date and sync and you can just come over here and check them out like that on the mobile application want to promote your business in front of tech enthusiasts you can sponsor app fine to get a shout out on a video or even your own dedicated video to learn more see our rate card and request a sponsorship you can click our Link in the description to passion fruit to learn more and inquire about a sponsorship so this has been a complete beginner's guide of the remarkable tablet where we've reviewed things like creating new notes syncing and pairing your devices together what it looks like to you you know Favorite Things draw on the tablet set it up for the first time we' covered a lot in this video and if you enjoyed it be sure to smash that like button and comment below let us know what your favorite feature of the remarkable tablet is we'd 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Channel: AppFind

Views: 16,481

Keywords: reMarkable, Paper Tablet, E-Ink, Display, Technology, Writing, Drawing, Scribbling, To-Do Lists, Paper, Digital notebook, Notes, Memos, Hardware, Design

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Length: 32min 4sec (1924 seconds)

Published: Fri May 10 2024