Additional portability with some rising pains

Much like tablets and smartphones, E Ink gadgets seem like getting larger. Boox’s E Ink Android tablets have slowly crept up in dimension, presumably peaking with the 13.3-inch Boox Tab C. Amazon simply introduced a redesigned lineup of Kindle Scribes with bigger, 11-inch screens. Even Supernote, received into the large display sport with the ten.7-inch Supernote Manta. The logic is that individuals who want bigger telephones or tablets will nonetheless respect them even when the display is black-and-white or gradual to refresh.

That makes reMarkable’s determination to launch a smaller and narrower E Ink pill a little bit of a zag. The reMarkable Paper Pro Move is just a little sibling to the premium reMarkable Paper Pro launched in September 2024. It carries over that system’s colour E Ink show, backlighting, and different fancy finishes, however in a conveyable package deal that is practically pocketable and positively purse-sized. That added flexibility does not come with out its personal quirks, however even when the Paper Professional Transfer is area of interest, it is arduous to disclaim how enjoyable it feels to make use of. Within the context of its worth and the constraints of reMarkable’s software program, although, the E Ink pill faces actual obstacles to reaching a mainstream viewers.

4/5

Decision

Canvas Shade show (primarily based on E Ink Gallery 3)
 7.3-inch (16:9 facet ratio)
 1696 x 954 decision (264 pixels per inch)


Processor

1.7 GHz Twin Core Cortex-A55

RAM

2GB LPDDR4x RAM


Battery

2,334mAh

The reMarkable Paper Professional Transfer is a smaller, cheaper different to the usual Paper Professional. It contains a 7.3-inch E Ink Gallery 3 show, 2GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. 

Professionals & Cons

• Extremely moveable
• Feels nice to write down on
• Rising variety of nice word templates

• Very costly
• Restricted software program capabilities (for now)

A reporter’s pocket book for 2025

The reMarkable Paper Professional Extra lives and dies by its distinctive form

The tall, slim, top-bound notebooks which can be colloquially known as “reporter’s notebooks” had been born from necessity. When you’re attending a briefing or taking notes on the go, it is quite a bit simpler to write down on one thing that you do not have to carry open, and that you would be able to slot in one hand. The reMarkable Paper Professional Transfer is clearly impressed by this type of pocket book. It is designed to be held in a single hand whilst you scribble on it with the opposite. It is taller than a smartphone, and far narrower than the present reMarkable 2 or reMarkable Paper Professional, with a 7.3-inch display and a big bezel on the backside that is nice for resting a thumb or utilizing as a method to grip the system if you’re holding the Transfer in panorama orientation.

Like the unique Paper Professional, the Paper Professional Transfer makes use of reMarkable’s Canvas Shade show, a modified model of E Ink Gallery 3 that strikes coloured particles across the display every time you write, draw, or refresh the display. By way of battery life, the Transfer has a 2,334 mAh battery, which is meant to last as long as two weeks, although battery life varies relying on how usually you utilize the pill and what you utilize it for. The show, plus the opposite extra premium elements of the Paper Professional Transfer, like its aluminum body designed to appear to be stacked pages, textured rubber again, or magnetically attachable Marker or Marker Plus stylus, means the pill is costlier than its dimension would counsel. Just like the iPad mini in Apple’s iPad lineup, the $450 reMarkable Paper Professional Transfer is costlier than the $400 reMarkable 2, however cheaper than the $630 reMarkable Paper Professional.

Though you are paying that worth, you aren’t getting the identical accent connector that reMarkable’s different gadgets use for his or her keyboard accent. There’s only a button on the prime of the Transfer for powering it on and locking it, and a USB-C port on the backside for charging and transferring information over a wired connection. You may additionally get the identical software program as each the reMarkable 2 and reMarkable Paper Professional, save for some customized pocket book tablets that match the Paper Professional Transfer’s distinctive show dimension. The Transfer’s actual trick is how its dimension and portability change the way in which you utilize it.

Get able to spend time rotating your display

Within the slowly rising panorama of E Ink gadgets, I nonetheless discover reMarkable gives the very best bodily writing expertise of the lot. Having used a number of generations of the corporate’s gadgets, they seize the roughness and friction of a pen or pencil on paper in a manner that I do not suppose corporations like Supernote or Amazon have ever been in a position to totally replicate.

Earlier than I used to be despatched the reMarkable Paper Professional Transfer to assessment, I used a Supernote Nomad for my every day notes. It is compact, concerning the dimension of a small pocket book, however nonetheless a bit too large to make use of one-handed. That rapidly stopped being an issue as soon as I switched to the Transfer. It makes holding the factor you are writing on with one hand a lot simpler — even sort of enjoyable. I steadily had the impulse to take the reMarkable Paper Professional Transfer with me in conditions I would usually simply pull out my cellphone, on the off-chance I would need to write one thing down. It additionally compelled me to adapt in methods I wasn’t anticipating. I needed to get used to the “web page” ending sooner than earlier than due to the Transfer’s narrower dimension. Initially, that made the writing expertise really feel sort of cramped, however I received used to it over time, particularly as soon as I labored writing with the Transfer in panorama orientation into my repertoire.

Monitoring my to-dos, writing in a digital planner, and outlining articles had been all a pleasant match on the Transfer as soon as I discovered my technique for coping with its smaller dimension. The one factor that did not adapt as properly was studying. Reviewing PDFs, Phrase paperwork, and slides is without doubt one of the imagined use-cases reMarkable makes use of to woo enterprise prospects. Past press releases from corporations, I do not learn many PDFs, and I am undecided if I would need to on the Transfer. Its dimension implies that textual content will both be minimize off if you would like it to fill the display or at a a lot smaller dimension than is snug to take a look at if you would like a complete web page on display at a time. You’ll be able to sort things by rotating the show 180-degrees, but it surely’s nonetheless not an ideal studying expertise if you wish to learn via PDFs, eBooks, or articles you’ve got loaded onto your Transfer. Fortuitously for reMarkable, I feel most individuals come to the corporate’s gadgets to write down, so awkward studying won’t matter, however even writing comes with points, too.

How a lot ought to an E Ink pill do?

The software program on reMarkable’s system is sort of stubbornly restrained. There is a method to transfer round information, create folders, entry belongings you might need saved in a cloud service, convert handwritten notes to textual content, and that is about it. How properly reMarkable’s gadgets can convert your notes to typed textual content relies upon quite a bit on how clear your handwriting is, however writing on a smaller display additionally introduces different points. I usually discovered that changing my notes to textual content resulted in three or four-word traces and strange formatting because of the giant dimension of my handwriting on the Transfer’s slim display. Worse, you will need to take time rigorously modifying that textual content if you wish to use it anyplace else.

Fixes to these points might come in some unspecified time in the future. On the whole, reMarkable’s gradual rollout of latest software program options appears extra deliberate than the rest. It displays a deep need to maintain their gadgets as targeted as paper notebooks, even when they’re extra succesful. However that does not imply I do not want the corporate was extra bold or constant. Take, for instance, the rollout of Handwriting Search. The beta function indexes your handwritten notes, making them searchable in the identical manner tags, word titles, and file names have been up to now. My reMarkable Paper Professional Transfer is meant to have the function, however within the few weeks I have been utilizing the system, I’ve by no means as soon as been ready to make use of it. In keeping with reMarkable’s assist pages, the function is slowly rolling out to the corporate’s gadgets, so it is doable I’ve the software program, however the function hasn’t been enabled on the back-end. I simply want it did not seem as an possibility till I might truly use it.

As a lot as I like having the ability to entry my e mail and calendar on the Supernote Nomad, the restraint of the Paper Professional Transfer is very nice. It makes issues easy, and creates clearer boundaries on what I ought to use the system for. I simply want the software program felt as premium because the {hardware} does.

Nothing about this pill is affordable

As its title suggests, the reMarkable Paper Professional Transfer is actually the Paper Professional in miniature. That bigger pill felt nice to make use of, however had the identical shortcomings, and an analogous higher-than-average worth. When you’ve tried E Ink tablets earlier than, however did not like the concept of lugging round one other pill, there are many causes to attempt the Paper Professional Transfer. It actually does unlock a complete new degree of portability for E Ink tablets.

At $450, it is simply far more costly than you are more likely to need for a tool of this dimension, and it is not fairly as succesful as you’d anticipate given the $3 a month subscription you need to pay to unlock all of the Paper Professional Transfer’s options. I feel individuals will like this factor. Heck, I sort of adore it, but it surely’s undeniably a distinct segment system.

4/5

Decision

Canvas Shade show (primarily based on E Ink Gallery 3)
 7.3-inch (16:9 facet ratio)
 1696 x 954 decision (264 pixels per inch)


Processor

1.7 GHz Twin Core Cortex-A55

RAM

2GB LPDDR4x RAM


Battery

2,334mAh