Additional portability with some rising pains

Just like tablets and smartphones, E Ink units look like getting greater. Boox’s E Ink Android tablets have slowly crept up in dimension, probably 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, obtained into the massive display recreation with the ten.7-inch Supernote Manta. The logic is that individuals who favor bigger telephones or tablets will nonetheless admire them even when the display is black-and-white or sluggish to refresh.

That makes reMarkable’s choice to launch a smaller and narrower E Ink pill a little bit of a zag. The reMarkable Paper Pro Move is somewhat 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 would 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 value 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 (based mostly on E Ink Gallery 3)
 7.3-inch (16:9 side 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 various to the usual Paper Professional. It incorporates a 7.3-inch E Ink Gallery 3 show, 2GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. 

Execs & Cons

• Extremely transportable
• Feels nice to jot down on
• Rising variety of nice observe 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, slender, top-bound notebooks which can be colloquially referred to as “reporter’s notebooks” have been born from necessity. Should you’re attending a briefing or taking notes on the go, it is rather a lot simpler to jot 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 fashion of pocket book. It is designed to be held in a single hand when you scribble on it with the opposite. It is taller than a smartphone, and far narrower than the prevailing 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 technique to grip the system whenever 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. When it comes to 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 typically you utilize the pill and what you utilize it for. The show, plus the opposite extra premium components of the Paper Professional Transfer, like its aluminum body designed to seem like 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.

Although you are paying that value, you aren’t getting the identical accent connector that reMarkable’s different units use for his or her keyboard accent. There’s only a button on the high 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 will 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 best way you utilize it.

Get able to spend time rotating your display

Within the slowly rising panorama of E Ink units, I nonetheless discover reMarkable affords the most effective bodily writing expertise of the lot. Having used a number of generations of the corporate’s units, they seize the roughness and friction of a pen or pencil on paper in a approach that I do not suppose firms like Supernote or Amazon have ever been capable of absolutely replicate.

Earlier than I used to be despatched the reMarkable Paper Professional Transfer to assessment, I used a Supernote Nomad for my each day notes. It is compact, concerning the dimension of a small pocket book, however nonetheless a bit too massive to make use of one-handed. That shortly 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 form of enjoyable. I incessantly had the impulse to take the reMarkable Paper Professional Transfer with me in conditions I would usually simply pull out my telephone, on the off-chance I would wish 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 form of cramped, however I obtained 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 have been all a pleasant match on the Transfer as soon as I found out 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 likely one of the imagined use-cases reMarkable makes use of to woo enterprise prospects. Past press releases from firms, I do not learn many PDFs, and I am undecided if I would wish to on the Transfer. Its dimension implies that textual content will both be reduce off if you need it to fill the display or at a a lot smaller dimension than is snug to have a look at if you need a complete web page on display at a time. You may make things better by rotating the show 180-degrees, but it surely’s nonetheless not a fantastic studying expertise if you wish to learn by way of PDFs, eBooks, or articles you have loaded onto your Transfer. Thankfully for reMarkable, I believe most individuals come to the corporate’s units to jot down, so awkward studying may not 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 technique to transfer round information, create folders, entry stuff you might need saved in a cloud service, convert handwritten notes to textual content, and that is about it. How properly reMarkable’s units can convert your notes to typed textual content relies upon rather a lot on how clear your handwriting is, however writing on a smaller display additionally introduces different points. I typically discovered that changing my notes to textual content resulted in three or four-word strains and strange formatting because of the massive dimension of my handwriting on the Transfer’s slender display. Worse, you will should take time rigorously enhancing that textual content if you wish to use it anyplace else.

Fixes to these points may come in some unspecified time in the future. Generally, reMarkable’s sluggish rollout of recent software program options appears extra deliberate than anything. It displays a deep need to maintain their units as targeted as paper notebooks, even when they’re extra succesful. However that does not imply I do not want the corporate was extra formidable or constant. Take, for instance, the rollout of Handwriting Search. The beta function indexes your handwritten notes, making them searchable in the identical approach tags, observe titles, and file names have been prior 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 response to reMarkable’s help pages, the function is slowly rolling out to the corporate’s units, so it is potential 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 may really use it.

As a lot as I like having the ability to entry my electronic 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 really the Paper Professional in miniature. That bigger pill felt nice to make use of, however had the identical shortcomings, and the same higher-than-average value. Should you’ve tried E Ink tablets earlier than, however did not like the thought of lugging round one other pill, there are many causes to strive the Paper Professional Transfer. It actually does unlock a complete new stage of portability for E Ink tablets.

At $450, it is simply far more costly than you are prone to need for a tool of this dimension, and it isn’t fairly as succesful as you’d count on given the $3 a month subscription it’s important to pay to unlock all of the Paper Professional Transfer’s options. I believe folks will like this factor. Heck, I form of find it irresistible, but it surely’s undeniably a distinct segment system.

4/5

Decision

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


Processor

1.7 GHz Twin Core Cortex-A55

RAM

2GB LPDDR4x RAM


Battery

2,334mAh