I’m looking for a midrange android tablet, exclusively for taking notes with a stylus in Obsidian. It doesn’t need to be powerful, but just take good notes. The ideal size is anything 11’’ and under. I would also appreciate if it isn’t too bloated, and behaves similar to stock android. I have looked mostly into the Pixel Tablet as well as the Lenovo M11, P11 and K11. Other suggestions are welcome.
I’ve seen a coworker use one of those Remarkable tablets and they’re easily the best device I know of for taking notes. It won’t show you Netflix or Youtube, but the e-ink makes its battery last ages, the texture on the screen is excellent, and the responsiveness is pretty great.
I find them a bit expensive, though. I think there are a few Remarkable knock-offs around these days, maybe those will deliver a better bang-for-the-buck, you’l have to look for reviews.
I recently got a supernote, same idea but a bit cheaper, they offer a smaller one, and it runs an android fork instead of a Linux fork. Great for notetaking, haven’t used obsidian but you can side load almost any android app with mixed success
I know it’s not strictly Android but my wife has had her remarkable for a couple of years now with daily notes and she absolute loves it
have you looked at the color e-ink tablets? A cursory look reveals the boox air3, which might be a good fit for your use case
I forgot about those! checking them out now, looks like I can use obsidian, so this looks like a great option! Thanks!
I did an entire math course on my BigMe Inknote Plus. It cost too much, but came with a good pen and worked really well for math.
let me know if they’re worth the price, been looking for an ereader tablet that has a long lasting battery - currently have a oukitel rt7 titan, the thing is a fucking BRICC (something like 2.3kg I think) but hey, its battery lasts literally weeks (28ish hrs ScreenOnTime, but thats about 17days of usage for me)
I have a OnePlus Pad 2 and it’s a brilliant tablet. The stylus is good and I use it with Obsidian and Excalidrae for notes
I haven’t had an android tablet in ages, but I miss mine! I’d say check out what Samsung is selling, they are the only company that seems to be putting out good tablets in the last 5 years.
I’m not sure why Android tablets have struggled so much compared to the iPad, but I wish we had more competition.
Have a look at Teoh on Tech on YouTube. The man does solid reviews ona a tonne of android tablets. Gives his findings up front, then watch if you want to know more.
Thanks! OP should check this out too
I refuse to buy a Samsung phone or tablet because they’re usually overpriced and bloated as hell. But you’re right that they’re one of the few OEMs actually bothering with Android tablets.
All I want is an Android tablet with good performance that’s supported by LineageOS for a few years.
My previous tablet was a POS from Lenovo. Garbage from day one, but it was supported by Lineage for a few years and let me consume media, which was what I wanted it for. Now I’m on the lookout for something else.
It’s hard to decide what’s overpriced when there’s no competition hahaha
Was your Lenovo tablet better than Samsung tablets you’ve used?
I think for people who don’t want to install custom ROMs / or lineageos then they probably do just fine.
Also getting them used is probably the pro move to save money. Unless you need high end but then you’d probably go with iPad sadly
Nah the Lenovo was absolute hot garbage. And most of my hatred for Samsung is aimed at phones more than tablets.
Like you said, for the average person the tablets are fine, I’m just full of shit about it.
Agreed on getting used or going iPad if you wanted more as well.
Offtopic, but: what bloat is on Samsung phones these days? Last I checked they didn’t come with much, maybe a calendar or a clock app. They don’t even ship their own email app these days, that’s all Gmail and Google now.
There’s a ton of junk - Bixby, the Samsung cloud apps, I have one I have to keep stock for work and another i have Lineage on and the difference is very noticeable, battery drain for one
Been a while since I’ve looked honestly. But the fact that they’re either hard or impossible to flash with custom ROMs (on top of being expensive) in my experience just means I’ll never bother with them.
Hopefully someone else can chime in with more recent experience than me.
Get your servants to take notes for you
