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

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Post by drewzero1 »

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…

Did the Oasis really not have that functionality? I have a Kindle Touch (2011) and read PDFs on it all the time. Depending on the text size, it's usually more comfortable to read them a half-page at a time in landscape mode, but if the margins are cropped a full page view is often perfectly readable.

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Post by ajsnigrutin »

djhworld wrote: post #49

For me all the drawing features etc. are kinda useless if it becomes a pain to export them to other things. The Amazon blurb around this > Get access to your notebooks through the Kindle app sync feature (coming early 2023). Suggests some kindle app will be required, I just hope you can do stuff like export to images/svgs or PDF

https://www.pine64.org/pinenote/

This seems like a better option to me.... stll not "user ready", but shows promise, and not a lot more expensive.

(not affiliated, just really like the idea)

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Post by AlanYx »

criddell wrote: post #59
radicaldreamer wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sony Digital Paper was such a product but very few outside of Academia and some Japanese business customers bought it.

Fujitsu Quaderno is one you can still get and is supposedly pretty good.

The current (gen 2) Quaderno A4 is really excellent and pretty inexpensive ordered from Amazon JP given current exchange rates.

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Post by drewzero1 »

rvz wrote: post #23
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…

I've been looking into the Boox Nova Air C, which seems like a pretty promising color e-ink tablet, depending on your screen size requirements (7.8"). It runs Android though which may be a good or bad thing depending on one's needs.

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Post by eli »

nottorp wrote: post #75

Just for the record, Kobo, reMarkable and Onyx have had similar e-readers that you can take notes on for quite a while.

I can only speak to the reMarkable. I like it, but it's definitely a note taking device that also has some basic support for reading documents. As an e-reader it's not anywhere close to a Kindle.

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Post by andrei_says_ »

rchaud wrote: post #7

Boox e-ink tabs do the same thing, but they're Android underneath so it's not locked down to Amazon and dependent on partnerships with Microsoft to add an export button.

I also own a boox - a four year old device. Supports epub, pdf etc. out of the box. The Kindle app works flawlessly.

The O’Reilly learning app works great, too.

Drawing functionality is as good as the current state of eink screens.

Pretty sure I wouldn’t want to lock myself into the Amazon content ecosystem ever again.

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Post by anonporridge »

nottorp wrote: post #75

Just for the record, Kobo, reMarkable and Onyx have had similar e-readers that you can take notes on for quite a while.

The reMarkable would have been lovely to have during my university days.

A laptop can be a source of distraction during lectures, and paper isn't as easily searchable.

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Post by tjoff »

dividedbyzero wrote: post #40
tjoff wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It's ridiculously absurdly convenient. Someone recommends a book to me or I see one mentioned, I quickly Amazon it, one click to send a sample to my Kindle. Amazon has everything, I can't remember when I last couldn't get something there. When I finish a book, I always have a bunch of samples, and Amazon gives you a decent portion of the book, so they're actually useful. If I like a sample, it's two or three taps to…

It really isn't convenient to be locked into an ecosystem.

You should test your backup. And the best way to test a de-drmed book is by reading it.

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