But can you read the screen in outdoor daylight?

And does its battery last twoweeks?

But the Remarkable 2 e-ink tablet combined with the newType Folio E-Paper Tablet Keyboardtotally can.

A man using a reMarkable tablet and pencil to take notes.

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But these devices might be less distracting, thanks to the fact thatthey are single-purpose machines.

There’s never any ambiguity about the purpose of those tools.

Equally, an actual typewriter isn’t non-distracting because it doesn’t have apps.

The Remarkable 2 tablet with the Type Folio cover, open so you can see the keyboard.

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It’s non-distracting because it is designed for one purpose, and this makes the tool disappear.

The Remarkable/bang out Folio isn’t that.

It’s still a computer, after all, but it gets a good part of the way there.

Someone signing a document on a reMarkable tablet 2 using the pen tool.

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The advantages over using an iPad or laptop are both obvious and subtle.

But are those advantages enough?

Especially as the Remarkable 2 starts at $279, and the keyboard costs another $199 on top.

That’s iPad territory, with enough money left over for an e-ink Kindle.

Where are the e-ink GPS map devices for hikers, for example?