Different display technology is the biggest. Remarkable 2 uses e-ink (like Kindle) where Daylight uses reflective LCD tech. Advantage to RLCD is it is super fast (you can actually watch videos, scroll and zoom are better). While eink has improved, there is still some lag. Also, remarkable 2 doesn't have any kind of light, where Daylight has very tiny perforations allowing them to light the screen from behind in an amber color (no blue light). This is different from Kindles that use tiny lights in the edge that shine onto the eink.

On software side Daylight is looking to be more open (founder said they will offer root kits) where Remarkable seems very closed (even has a subscription service for cloud storage and syncing). Daylight is version of Android so you can load in all kinds of apps if you want.

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I hope you can duplicate the remarkable experience and improve on it in several key ways. I have 4 in the house for homeschooling. They are terrific because it is basically just a slate like the old days. A slate with a memory. No distractions for the kids, not figuring out software, just writing and learning.

Where remarkable falls down is that I can't easily transfer their work to mine for correction. Fix that without losing the simplicity and I'll take the hit to spring for a batch. Allow me to collaborate/grade peer to peer with no subscription and we'll be friends for life.

Very cool to hear your experience using remarkable and homeschooling! Have you tried any of the other eink displays out there that are better with syncing and file movement?

No. I am interested in the supernote, but I actually like the no apps approach remarkable takes. I was part of an experiment with giving students a laptop in college for linear algebra. I nearly failed that class as a result. Technology generally gets in the way of education. Not to say kids shouldn't learn tech, I am a programmer after all, but most of the time it needs to stay out of the way.

Thanks for the insight. I've been using the Remarkable 2 for about 6 months now and I like it, but there are some quirks that are becoming more irritating for me. The marker tips are very fragile. I'm a very hard writer and need to learn to lay off the pressure a bit while using it versus pen and paper which for the most part can take a beating 🤣