--- title: reMarkable 2: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 description: Find out why reMarkable 2 is one of the best inventions of 2020. canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911408/remarkable-2/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-11-19T13:51:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:45:47.116Z og:title: reMarkable 2: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 og:description: Find out why reMarkable 2 made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911408/remarkable-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd9f72b883d140d8/698a144822fb8524e1e2ba2b/best-inventions-of-2020-reMarkable-2-9.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: reMarkable 2: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: reMarkable 2: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 twitter:description: Find out why reMarkable 2 made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd9f72b883d140d8/698a144822fb8524e1e2ba2b/best-inventions-of-2020-reMarkable-2-9.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # A New Take on Note-Taking reMarkable 2 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Jessica Pettway for TIME; Prop styling by Stephanie L. Yeh In 2013, Magnus Wanberg noticed his colleagues were still jotting things down on paper, despite having laptops and smartphones. “Why hasn’t anyone replaced paper with technology?” he wondered, a thought that led him to develop [reMarkable](https://remarkable.com/ "undefined") Paper. Released in 2016 with a super-thin design that mimicked the feel of writing on paper, the tablet and note-taking device allowed users to convert their handwriting into digital text. Now Wanberg is back with an even more streamlined product: the reMarkable 2\. At just 0.19 in. thick, the $399 device is 30% skinnier than its predecessor, with an extended battery life of up to two weeks for each charge. _—Mariah Espada_ **Buy now:** [reMarkable 2](https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-2 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911408/remarkable-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911408/remarkable-2/"},"headline":"A New Take on Note-Taking","datePublished":"2020-11-19T13:51:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:45:47.116Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911408/remarkable-2/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd9f72b883d140d8/698a144822fb8524e1e2ba2b/best-inventions-of-2020-reMarkable-2-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd9f72b883d140d8/698a144822fb8524e1e2ba2b/best-inventions-of-2020-reMarkable-2-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911408/remarkable-2/","name":"A New Take on Note-Taking"}}]}] ```