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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 mikestew »

ajsnigrutin wrote: post #72
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)

I'm confident that Amazon will get sync working long before the PineNote becomes a daily driver for most folks. I love fiddling with my PineTime, but the key word is "fiddling", and I don't see that the PineNote is any further along than the watch is.

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

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Post by dividedbyzero »

tjoff wrote: post #80
dividedbyzero wrote: post #40

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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.

Of course it's convenient, the big walled gardens are as successful as they are because they are very convenient as long as you're fairly typical (like the vast majority of people), you don't get kicked out (seems very unlikely) and they don't stop operating (not a big worry with Kindle). Scrounging books from ten different shops, giving my credit card to each, managing everything myself, no sync with my phone, higher prices, not finding some books because they're only on Kindle, that's inconvenient.

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

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Post by dividedbyzero »

kcartlidge wrote: post #52
DennisP wrote: post #43

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But you can strip Amazon's DRM too, so I don't see why the two platforms aren't equivalent.

For me the main difference I've found is that ebooks stripped of DRM tend to end up in EPUB form as the presumption is you're ensuring the books remain accessible on future platforms so you're going for an open and 'standard' format. At which point it's then common to tidy up things like the book metadata (eg correct the genre or add a series identifier). That in turn means the DRM-free EPUB version becomes the bette…

Don't other readers support Amazon's format as well, if de-DRM-ed?

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Post by dividedbyzero »

w0m wrote: post #12
aaroninsf wrote: post #5

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i haven't used my kindle since (kids); but used my old one daily for years and lack of color was a huge win. If you want color; you want an iPad.

I read lots of popular science and I'd love to have colored illustrations or the occasional photograph rendered in color.

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

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Post by MerelyMortal »

It's not waterproof‽

The design is reminiscent of the Kindle Oasis which is IPX8, their other premium offering is the Paperwhite which is also IPX8. The Scribe costs more and isn't water proof. I can't imagine what about the digitzer makes it unable to be waterproof, unless Amazon just thought it wasn't worth it.

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

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Post by m463 »

TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #4
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.

> Remarkable has failed me twice How so? I have a Remarkable 2 (pre-cloud subscription) and really like it. What happened for you?

I have a remarkable 2 and like it quite a bit.

Only thing I don't like is swipe to turn page is not great.

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Post by MerelyMortal »

nharada wrote: post #35
FalconSensei wrote: post #26

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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

My 10 year old DX just kicked the bucket, I'm actually really bummed about it.

I have a pristine, barely used DX with cover (Kindle DX Graphite?), maybe I should throw it on eBay? There are already a couple of listings if you're so inclined.

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Post by azinman2 »

wellthisisgreat wrote: post #73

So with 300 PPI it’s the highest PPI eink notebook on the market? I wonder what’s the response rate for the pen as it ultimately decides the utility of this device as a notebook

Ya I’m wondering what ppi competitors are, and latency wasn’t mentioned. Would also be good to know latency and ppi compared to an iPad Pro.

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

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Post by goosedragons »

eli wrote: post #77
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.

Kobo is also an e-reader company like Amazon and so their ePub support is fantastic. Boox's is OK but since it's Android you can literally use any ebook app you want including Kobo and Kindle so it's not a huge deal. The PDF reader on Boox devices is very good too with features like autocroping of margins.
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