The Good e-Reader 13.3 and Remarkable Writing Tablet are geared towards taking digital notes and daily productivity tasks. They both have a capacitive layer and a stylus layer, so you can interact with the screens with your fingers or the accompanied styli. In this video comparison we take a look at what these two devices are capable of.
The Remarkable Writing Tablet features a 10.3-inch Canvas display and utilizes E-Ink Carta. The screen has a capacitive touchscreen and you can interact with most elements with your finger or the accompanied stylus. The note taking experience has palm rejection technology, which means you can easily rest your palm on it. The screen is completely flush with the bezel and the resolution is 1872×1404 with 226 PPI.
Underneath the hood is a 1GHZ Arm A8 CPU processor and 512MB of RAM. You have 8GB of internal storage and there is no SD card. The Remarkable has Wi-Fi that is primarily uses to fetch firmware updates and to synchronize your notes on a local network. This device does not have an internet browser or any other way to connect to websites. This device is dependant on desktop software to copy files to and from the device, it is not compatible with Windows Explorer. There is also no way to install apps or other software.
The Good e-Reader 13.3 features a giant screen with an E-Ink Mobius display with a resolution of 1600×1200. This device also has a WACOM layer and a capacitive touchscreen display. Underneath the hood is a 1 GHZ Freescale processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. It has an SD card so you can expand it up to 32GB.
The Good e-Reader 13.3 runs Android, which means you can install your favorite apps from Google Play or the Good e-Reader App Store for e-ink. This allows you to shop with your favorite e-book retailer or simply download thousands of free e-book apps. You can purchase the Good e-Reader 13.3 on our online shop.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.