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Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is an E Ink tablet for reading and writing

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Re: Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is an E Ink tablet for reading and writing

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Post by zwaps »

clint wrote: post #18
Aromasin wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait... you can't read PDF's? This seems like insanity to me? Why would they not enable such a basic and fundamental feature?

Everyone thinks they want to read a PDF on something that isn't a desktop or an A4 sheet of paper, and then they try it and realize that there are basically no PDFs that are laid-out in a way that could be feasibly consumed on such a device. In addition to that, writing heuristics to try and make it possible to unify the experience of reading any arbitrary PDF is such a quagmire/shitshow that basically no one is will…

I have read a gazillion of pages of PDFs on my Remarkable over the years, fwiw

Re: Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is an E Ink tablet for reading and writing

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Post by rvz »

jelliclesfarm wrote: post #2

I will wait for 2-3rd generation before buying it. I bought kindle early at $400 before it became a brick and I can just use my tablet/phone anyways. Remarkable has failed me twice. I am on fence with e Ink tablets. Perhaps it’s not for me.

> I will wait for 2-3rd generation before buying it.

Smart strategy.

I waited for the reMarkable 2 to get better, but it just gotten worse and all it offered was an under powered and non-upgradeable and laughable 8GB of maximum storage + a cloud storage subscription for more storage.

The Kindle Scribe already starts with 16GB and is cheaper than the reMarkable 2 with the equivalent accessories coming with it. I guess the one that can actually deliver a proper e-ink tablet that just works, it would be unsurprisingly Amazon, hence why it is already an immediate best seller.

I'll wait until whoever releases a color E-ink tablet, something that the reMarkable 2 has failed to deliver on, despite some early competitors already selling them but support and features from them isn't going to be as good as Amazon's.

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Post by [deleted] »

outcoldman wrote: post #3

I guess it is time for me to upgrade my Kindle Oasis (1st gen I assume), which I never use to this Kindle Scribe, which I also probably never going to use. But the main issue with the Kindles was not being able to read PDF (technical books, technical articles), and I dreamed about the DX when it was available only in US, and I also did not have money to buy one. After I moved to US 13 years ago, the DX version was ou…

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Post by kabdib »

jmcphers wrote: post #13

I was really hoping for a Kindle with USB-C and page turning buttons; inexplicably this still does not exist.

The Kindle Paperwhite uses a USB-C connector. (It probably still uses USB 2.x for data transfer, though -- I'm not sure why that would matter to anyone).

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Post by FalconSensei »

clint wrote: post #16
outcoldman wrote: post #3

I guess it is time for me to upgrade my Kindle Oasis (1st gen I assume), which I never use to this Kindle Scribe, which I also probably never going to use. But the main issue with the Kindles was not being able to read PDF (technical books, technical articles), and I dreamed about the DX when it was available only in US, and I also did not have money to buy one. After I moved to US 13 years ago, the DX version was ou…

I have never once wanted to read a PDF on my Kindle and I'm not entirely sure why anyone would. Mostly because reading PDFs on something like kindle would be a shit show (I assume this is entirely why they haven't added that functionality). I've owned probably 10+ kindles, including the DX, and I think its honestly the bit of technology I used _the most_ outside of my iPhone.

I loved the DX. Used it for 8 years, I think. Great size for reading manga.

Now I read manga on iPad, and use the paperwhite for books only

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Post by tjoff »

FalconSensei wrote: post #19
syntaxing wrote: post #17

For that prices, makes little sense to me why you wouldn’t buy a Kobo Eclipse instead.

Looking at it, seems like Scribe is $339 and Elipsa is $399. Also, if you already have a huge Kindle library, makes little sense to change reader and lose it

It never made any sense to have a huge library locked to a vendor.

And there are ways to convert your library so you don't have to make the same mistake twice.

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Post by tjoff »

clint wrote: post #16
outcoldman wrote: post #3

I guess it is time for me to upgrade my Kindle Oasis (1st gen I assume), which I never use to this Kindle Scribe, which I also probably never going to use. But the main issue with the Kindles was not being able to read PDF (technical books, technical articles), and I dreamed about the DX when it was available only in US, and I also did not have money to buy one. After I moved to US 13 years ago, the DX version was ou…

I have never once wanted to read a PDF on my Kindle and I'm not entirely sure why anyone would. Mostly because reading PDFs on something like kindle would be a shit show (I assume this is entirely why they haven't added that functionality). I've owned probably 10+ kindles, including the DX, and I think its honestly the bit of technology I used _the most_ outside of my iPhone.

Haven't added the functionality? I've used it a lot. There are apps to trim away all margins which makes it semi-decent.

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Post by hwbehrens »

kabdib wrote: post #25
jmcphers wrote: post #13

I was really hoping for a Kindle with USB-C and page turning buttons; inexplicably this still does not exist.

The Kindle Paperwhite uses a USB-C connector. (It probably still uses USB 2.x for data transfer, though -- I'm not sure why that would matter to anyone).

I believe only the Kindle Oasis has physical page-turning buttons, and it (inexplicably) still uses Micro-USB. I suspect this situation is what the parent is referring to.

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Post by kabdib »

outcoldman wrote: post #3

I guess it is time for me to upgrade my Kindle Oasis (1st gen I assume), which I never use to this Kindle Scribe, which I also probably never going to use. But the main issue with the Kindles was not being able to read PDF (technical books, technical articles), and I dreamed about the DX when it was available only in US, and I also did not have money to buy one. After I moved to US 13 years ago, the DX version was ou…

I bought a DX so that I could read PDFs and whatnot. It went unused; it was VERY slow and most papers still required (slowwww) scrolling when viewed at a readable scale.
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