Thanks for such an in-depth review. I've owned the first gen Kindle Scribe since day one, and while the productivity aspect leaves much to be desired, I thoroughly enjoy the reading experience on such a large screen (especially in landscape mode). I was hoping for a much better implementation of the in-book note taking; it is definitely "terrible, so I don't even bother using it. I love the new emerald green color on the new Scribe, but I'm not a big fan of of the white border. I bought a white iPad years ago, and I found the white border slightly distracting at times. I sure hope future updates will make for a better all-around and more intuitive experience.
The light bleed in dark mode and the white boarder drove me crazy. Also, the screen is hazy 😩. The battery was noticeably worse than the first version of the kindle scribe. I returned the newest kindle. The first kindle scribe is better.
Agree a close system is a big negative for me. Specially since that limits you to using mostly Amazon. I have the box tab ultra and I like that it has all the features I want but at the same time I can just install the minimum to keep it minimal or go all out and have most apps for productivity
I have the original Scribe and I’m very happy with it. However I use it only for reading. My goal was something with big screen and this exactly what I’ve got. I don’t mind the weight and I don’t care about note taking on it. The only complaint is lack of quality 3rd party covers. It’s Amazon cover (costing ca 100 bucks where I live wich is Poland) OR some plastic crap. No solid middle ground :/
I think a lot of reviewers still miss the larger picture: i never see anyone do a functionality comparions to a Moleskin. eInk is still small niche market, Amaxon has tried to broaden the market by appealing to kindle readers first (much bigger market) and eInk users secondly - most Kindle users are slightly older, used to writing on paper, adopt technology slower. Kindle is feature weak compared to Boox, Remarkable, Supernote - they don’t release sales stats but i bet they outsell all others combined already. ‘22 users can wait for the software upgrade no real advantage to new hardware. My two issues: I want to upload to a cloud drive and I want to true up geographic (circles, square, lines) My complaint: Amazon home page layered with popups ads and commercialism. That really bothers me. I want a device that isnt an iPad that is more analog, moving PDFs over for school/work is easy, marketing them up is nice. Its flawed but 90% of readers would not even be aware of eInk if not for the Kindle Scribe.
I don't get why anyone would buy this when the kindle app on the iPad works just as well. For the price of one of these you can get an iPad and an Apple Pencil and be in better shape. Just me?
The desire for e ink which is supposedly less harsh on the eyes and a different overall experience. I agree about the cost but I am looking into e ink devices for something other than my ipad pro which I find exhausting to read for even short periods of time.
This is an e-ink device, not a tablet. Kindle locks you inside Amazon - it is just a tool for people to subscribe to their services. You can't upload a pdf or books from other platforms.
The iPad is not a single-use device, nor is it really all that great to write on. Having eink is much more satisfying, but it probably wouldn't make a difference to some. But for many, it makes a big difference.
e-ink screens are much nicer to look at for reading and writing as they are less harsh on the eyes. Tablets and phone displays are backlit, so the light is shining towards your eyes. e-ink screens are frontlit, so the light is going in the opposite direction, towards the screen, therefore easier to look at for extended periods.
I read a lot of books for research, and the ability to take notes in books on my new Scribe is unsurpassed. Would it be nice to be able to circle a word? I suppose, but it's just as easy to highlight it. My beautiful reMarkable Paper Pro is an expensive scratchpad on my desk. I like my BOOX Note Air 4 C's Android capabilities, and I'm looking forward to the SuperNote A5 X2 Manta that's on order. There is no perfect tablet. The iPad probably comes the closest, but nobody likes writing on its glass screen.
I spent a lot of years working as an editor and was a teacher for many years, so line editing is my natural inclination when writing in text. I guess that's why this bothers me so much on the scribe. I'm enjoying the Note Air 4c right now, but I'm tempted to get a remarkable 2 because I liked the simplicity of that system.
I have a matte textured screen protector on my ipad and it feels really great to write on! You might want to look into that! I'm very disappointed with my new scribe. I got it in last night and I prefer to read white letters on black backgrounds because of eye strain and it looks terrible. I also like to have immersive reading so I usually get the audible and e-books together. Sure, you can read and listen, but you can't do them both at the same time. I left a 1 star review for this device and they called me for feedback like 10 minutes later lol
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I can play pretty much all the popular music instruments. Guitar and vocals are my main thing. I have a music channel linked in the description of my videos.
You did a great job of highlighting many of the issues of the Scribe. Rather than taking the high road so to speak you were way more upfront and honest in your assessment than what I've seen with other reviews which seem to always always try to gloss over the issues and try to make it sound as good as can be. I knew many of these limitations before purchasing, so some of it was not a surprise to me. My motivation on the purchase was the price was low due to a refurbished 2022 model and they took a previous Echo Dot has a trade that reduced the price more. So this was a cost effective step into the E Ink market for me. What I did not know going into the purchase is the Reading/Book section is sandboxed from the Notebook section. Currently I don't see a way to Copy from the Books even ones I side load to a notebook. PDFs with hyperlinks that I upload work well, but there is no way to sync/back up the files that I know up without export/emailing the entire PDF back to myself. Within the Notebook section there are a number of limitations which you hit on (small selection of templates, no way to add custom templates, no way of hyperlinking, etc....). So yeah it functions as a paper notebook, but not much more. I do think Amazon will develop it more, but I doubt they will ever try to directly compete on features with the other devices that are out there.
I agree, it has a lot of limitations compared to the other offerings on the market. I think Amazon wants to stay in their walled garden and not directly compete, which was fine when they were just making Kindles to read Amazon Books. Once you get into something more dynamic (note-taking), the limitations really become clear.
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Thanks for such an in-depth review. I've owned the first gen Kindle Scribe since day one, and while the productivity aspect leaves much to be desired, I thoroughly enjoy the reading experience on such a large screen (especially in landscape mode). I was hoping for a much better implementation of the in-book note taking; it is definitely "terrible, so I don't even bother using it. I love the new emerald green color on the new Scribe, but I'm not a big fan of of the white border. I bought a white iPad years ago, and I found the white border slightly distracting at times. I sure hope future updates will make for a better all-around and more intuitive experience.
The light bleed in dark mode and the white boarder drove me crazy. Also, the screen is hazy 😩. The battery was noticeably worse than the first version of the kindle scribe. I returned the newest kindle. The first kindle scribe is better.
Agree a close system is a big negative for me. Specially since that limits you to using mostly Amazon. I have the box tab ultra and I like that it has all the features I want but at the same time I can just install the minimum to keep it minimal or go all out and have most apps for productivity
I have the original Scribe and I’m very happy with it. However I use it only for reading. My goal was something with big screen and this exactly what I’ve got. I don’t mind the weight and I don’t care about note taking on it. The only complaint is lack of quality 3rd party covers. It’s Amazon cover (costing ca 100 bucks where I live wich is Poland) OR some plastic crap. No solid middle ground :/
I would have bought it if you could write on any Kindle book, rather than just a very small percentage of ‘scribe-compatible’ books (+PDFs)
I think a lot of reviewers still miss the larger picture: i never see anyone do a functionality comparions to a Moleskin. eInk is still small niche market, Amaxon has tried to broaden the market by appealing to kindle readers first (much bigger market) and eInk users secondly - most Kindle users are slightly older, used to writing on paper, adopt technology slower. Kindle is feature weak compared to Boox, Remarkable, Supernote - they don’t release sales stats but i bet they outsell all others combined already. ‘22 users can wait for the software upgrade no real advantage to new hardware. My two issues: I want to upload to a cloud drive and I want to true up geographic (circles, square, lines) My complaint: Amazon home page layered with popups ads and commercialism. That really bothers me. I want a device that isnt an iPad that is more analog, moving PDFs over for school/work is easy, marketing them up is nice. Its flawed but 90% of readers would not even be aware of eInk if not for the Kindle Scribe.
Kindle Oasis is a bit slow, but way faster than older e-ink readers I owned before that (so basically the fastest e-reader I have bought so far)
I don't get why anyone would buy this when the kindle app on the iPad works just as well. For the price of one of these you can get an iPad and an Apple Pencil and be in better shape. Just me?
The desire for e ink which is supposedly less harsh on the eyes and a different overall experience. I agree about the cost but I am looking into e ink devices for something other than my ipad pro which I find exhausting to read for even short periods of time.
This is an e-ink device, not a tablet. Kindle locks you inside Amazon - it is just a tool for people to subscribe to their services. You can't upload a pdf or books from other platforms.
The iPad is not a single-use device, nor is it really all that great to write on. Having eink is much more satisfying, but it probably wouldn't make a difference to some. But for many, it makes a big difference.
e-ink screens are much nicer to look at for reading and writing as they are less harsh on the eyes. Tablets and phone displays are backlit, so the light is shining towards your eyes. e-ink screens are frontlit, so the light is going in the opposite direction, towards the screen, therefore easier to look at for extended periods.
yes, if you don't care about your eyes, you can just use an ipad for reading.
I read a lot of books for research, and the ability to take notes in books on my new Scribe is unsurpassed. Would it be nice to be able to circle a word? I suppose, but it's just as easy to highlight it. My beautiful reMarkable Paper Pro is an expensive scratchpad on my desk. I like my BOOX Note Air 4 C's Android capabilities, and I'm looking forward to the SuperNote A5 X2 Manta that's on order. There is no perfect tablet. The iPad probably comes the closest, but nobody likes writing on its glass screen.
I spent a lot of years working as an editor and was a teacher for many years, so line editing is my natural inclination when writing in text. I guess that's why this bothers me so much on the scribe. I'm enjoying the Note Air 4c right now, but I'm tempted to get a remarkable 2 because I liked the simplicity of that system.
I have a matte textured screen protector on my ipad and it feels really great to write on! You might want to look into that! I'm very disappointed with my new scribe. I got it in last night and I prefer to read white letters on black backgrounds because of eye strain and it looks terrible. I also like to have immersive reading so I usually get the audible and e-books together. Sure, you can read and listen, but you can't do them both at the same time. I left a 1 star review for this device and they called me for feedback like 10 minutes later lol
Thank you so much for this amazing video! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
Whoever is doing Research and Development for the Kindle E-Readers needs to find another job.
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I can play pretty much all the popular music instruments. Guitar and vocals are my main thing. I have a music channel linked in the description of my videos.
Thank you for the review 🙏
Mmm…
some people are just to dumb to use a kindle.
You did a great job of highlighting many of the issues of the Scribe. Rather than taking the high road so to speak you were way more upfront and honest in your assessment than what I've seen with other reviews which seem to always always try to gloss over the issues and try to make it sound as good as can be. I knew many of these limitations before purchasing, so some of it was not a surprise to me. My motivation on the purchase was the price was low due to a refurbished 2022 model and they took a previous Echo Dot has a trade that reduced the price more. So this was a cost effective step into the E Ink market for me. What I did not know going into the purchase is the Reading/Book section is sandboxed from the Notebook section. Currently I don't see a way to Copy from the Books even ones I side load to a notebook. PDFs with hyperlinks that I upload work well, but there is no way to sync/back up the files that I know up without export/emailing the entire PDF back to myself. Within the Notebook section there are a number of limitations which you hit on (small selection of templates, no way to add custom templates, no way of hyperlinking, etc....). So yeah it functions as a paper notebook, but not much more. I do think Amazon will develop it more, but I doubt they will ever try to directly compete on features with the other devices that are out there.
I agree, it has a lot of limitations compared to the other offerings on the market. I think Amazon wants to stay in their walled garden and not directly compete, which was fine when they were just making Kindles to read Amazon Books. Once you get into something more dynamic (note-taking), the limitations really become clear.