The Kindle Scribe: One Week Later
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- Опубликовано: 8 дек 2022
- Book Nerd or not, I bet you've heard about Amazon's newest eReader, the 10 inch Kindle Scribe! Is it an eReader that you can write on? Or is it a note taking device you can read in?
I promised in the unboxing and introduction video last week that I'd give it a try for one week, and if I didn't find a place for it in my reading life I'd package it up and ship it back to Amazon. So...is it staying or going? Watch the video to find out!
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This the most accurate, and simply the correct way to review the Kindle Scribe as an e-reader first, and note-taking device second. Finally, a review that didn’t compare it to an iPad (apples and oranges!)
Thank you! I'm glad we agree!
Thank you for this review. I was tired of watching the reviews of people comparing it to an ipad (as if it was the same), or who had too much expectations, it was stupid. Love form Argentina!
Thank you! I feel the same way!
Different people have different note taking requirements. Some only need to have something to write on like a real paper. For those Kindle Scribe is amazing.
However, iPad's note taking functionalites are beyond just like a paper. Since kindle scribe is also an electronic device, it's reasonable people expect more than just paper.
I've been viewing nearly a hundred review videos on Kindle Scribe over the past few months, trying to make up my mind between the Scribe and the Oasis. Your video, however, concluded my extensive review process. Your video was refreshingly straightforward, easy to comprehend, and addressed the points I was curious about. It convinced me to immediately purchase the Scribe right after viewing it. Thank you so much for creating this video!!
Awesome! If you haven't purchased yet, if you'd use the Amazon affiliate link in the description of my vid I'll get a small commission from Amazon that will help me keep the lights in around here! I'm so glad it helped!
@@onemanbookclub2585 I am actually waiting for the next week's Prime Day. I will certainly use your link 🤩
Yay! Thank you so much!
I've had 4 kindles over the years and this one is freaking amazing. The reading experience is worth the price for me alone. As you said, the note taking is definitely secondary but I've already found it useful for multiple reasons - notes in books because I read a lot of manuals and non-fiction, I've used to notepad to journal so I can actually write with a pen instead of typing. I'm extremely happy with my purchase.
Yay! Me too!
What exactly about the reading experience makes it worth it for you? Thanks!
@@NerdishlyActive screen size The screen is big enough to fit a fully you hardcover book page on it. The clarity and crispness of the text is also amazing on the 300ppi screen
@@hawaiianhaole Gotcha! Happy to hear it 👍🏼
@@hawaiianhaole Is it too bulky or heavy at all? Do you read yours without a case? Thanks!
I love mine. My hubs gave it to me for our anniversary. I'm perplexed at all the griping people are doing about how basic it is compared to Remarkable, Onyx, etc. But the basic quality is why I love it too. The more bells and whistles, the more things to break down. When I saw videos of Onyx Boox broken after a few months, suddenly I wasn't so enthused about it anymore. I've had mine about a week also, and I already have about a dozen folders and 50-60 notebooks. I love this thing!
Awesome!
I had a boox nova 2 for three years and never had any issues. I actually prefer using the kindle app on another device then an actual kindle. There are more options and features on the app.
Cannot believe how much I have fallen in love with my Kindle Scribe. Cannot put it down. Currently shopping around for an interactive Journal and a bullet organiser I like. Can't wait for an update that provides the ability to import covers for my folders and a few other things that will only make a good thing excellent. The reading experience is out of this world with its amazing lighting. So cosy for bed-time reading and writing. Love it so much I have bought one for my daughter!!! Many thanks for your truthful and useful reviews. 😊
Wonderful, and thank you! I find myself reaching for mine more and more too, and I've loved not having to carry a notepad around with me!
I'm loving my Scribe and I'm glad for a positive review for what it is! It's not trying to be an iPad or other device. I also agree that too many choices on layouts and pen options can be over-kill and really not necessary. Again. I own another device that I use for drawing, creating and smart-selecting images from a browser. This is an e-reader and that is what I love about it.
Yay! Glad we agree!
The only sane, levelheaded, rational review of this device on RUclips. You fully understand that the point of this device was never to be all things to all people. It’s a premium, large-format Kindle with notetaking capabilities, and nothing more. It was never intended to replace an iPad, nor to serve as a comprehensive Android-based e-ink tablet. People blithely cavil about what this device cannot do, while forgetting that it was never designed to be a productivity workhorse. The Scribe serves its niche reasonably well, and provides decent value for the money. If Amazon chooses to add functionality over time, it would be a welcome bonus. But if they don’t, it’s preposterous to declare that such features are blatantly missing. I have no interest in maximizing my productivity. I just want to enjoy reading a few good books on the ultimate platform.
Amen! Thank you!
there are some valid criticisms over the writing limitations. You really should be able to do more than it provides given the devices hardware capabilities and writing feel. It doesn't need to be a productivity workhorse but from what I've seen some very basic writing management tools are missing. I'm getting it anyway and I'm hoping they update the software.
Don't you think it's reasonable to want to organize the notes you take? move them around? copy paste some writing? add a page to a different notebook? be able to put a folder inside another folder? These aren't big productivity asks. From what I've seen you can't even jump to a file in your notebook, you have to flip one by one. C'mon. They can do better for what is otherwise an incredible device.
Agree 100%!
For me, the look and feel of a device is a priority, and often times cases mask these features, as well adding weight. Hiding the tool bar was a hidden gem for me. Thank you!
You're welcome! Thanks for letting me know what you found valuable!
I got mine a week ago and I really like it! Used it every day. As an e reader I think it’s my best experience. Not something I would take to the diner to read at breakfast but at home it’s amazing! Been drawing and made the month of May calendar page. It’s been so fun!
Awesome!
This is the best review I've watched while deciding if I wanted the Scribe. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I love that you mentioned MoKo! I bought a MoKo case for my Scribe! It's so much better than Amazon, and it's better for my backpack. I use it to make a little stand while exercising. Fabric feels better than Amazon's to me.
I do love the felt Moko cases! Glad to know I'm not the only one!
I just bought one and i love it. Blazing fast and smooth writing with no lag. Downloading my huge library takes a few days due to the book cover not showing issue but i was able to download everything the first day. i hope for a future update that will allow writing on the actual book like on the Kobo Elipsa
Cool! Glad to meet a fellow fan!
Great review after a week of use. I figured you’d keep it when you started talking about it today. You seem pleased with it. I like your matching grey cases. I think the writing part of the Scribe would be great for a certain set of people, say people in school or someone like you that takes notes for your job or other organizations. I don’t have anything like that , so the note part would be pointless for me. I do think reading on that bigger screen would be nice. Maybe I’ll wait til they might possibly put them on sale someday . Enjoy your new reader ! I’m glad you like it so much.
Thank you! The size really is wonderful to read on! Happy Reading!
@@markvictor8776 Great thought!
What I love on it is reading comics. It’s huge and really easy to read !
Some improvement I would love is the organization of categories. When you import a lot of files, moving them to categories on the device is not convenient. I would like to go to the uncategorised category and then be able to select several of them and put them in a category.
also when you have finish read a bulk of book in a category, it would be nice to be able to delete them easier in bulk.
Great ideas!
I hope an Oasis - Scribe comes out.
With cloud support.
Same size as Oasis would be so convenient. Especially for hiking.
Yes! That's exactly my wish!
I‘m also a huge fan of felt sleeves/pouches instead of heavy cases. Have been using them for all my Kindles over the years, as well as my iPads. Your dilemma regarding the sleeve vs the Scribe‘s multifunctional case is easy to solve by adding a Moko folding stand (get the larger size for proper stability) made of plastic, in either black or grey or pink. The things are tiny, fold in a flash, and can easily be tossed into a backpack along with, say, a Microsoft folding keyboard. :-) I use my Moko stands to prop up all my devices, i.e. iPhone, iPad, Kindle and now also Boox Nova Air 2. If it can hold an iPad, it sure can hold the Scribe. The cool thing is that you can choose from multiple viewing angles, as well as easily transition (manually) from portrait to landscape and back again. For me, such a stand that is universally usable and weighs next to nothing is a great compromise. Sure, you can‘t use it to write with a stylus at a slight angle, but who really wants/needs to do that? Normally, writing flat on the table is more ergonomic, or else you can simply slide your felt case under the rear edge of the device to elevate it - and cushion it - a bit. It‘s crazy to get a case that weighs close to the weight of the device, itself, even if that case adds functionality and lots of protection. And I agree with you a lot that using devices in their intended form factors is much nicer. :-) Wouldn‘t want to read on any device with the added weight of a clunky case.
Great idea, thank you!
best review, LOVE IT🎉
Yay! Thank you!
I’ve been wanting to review more books so I’ve been considering getting this to make annotating easier and more natural. I know I can annotate on my oasis but I like the idea of actually writing my notes.
It works great!
Great review. Thank you.
Thank YOU!
I hadn't considered this one for reading LOL! but when I'm at work I can push my keyboard forward and put my oasis on it's case just between me and keyboard and it fits perfectly LOL! I shied away from this when I saw reviews complainging about the notetaking feature not being all that great but I'm really not techie- but sometimes I want to make a note esp with nonfiction books and I'm hindered tryignto 'type' it out. and hmmm with prime day later this year do I wait or just go for it?!
I don't take notes in books with it, I use it instead of carrying around a note pad. I find it too big to comfortably be my primary reader, but I was just talking to someone this morning who loves to read on her Scribe. So it's just personal preference, I suppose. It's a VERY good device!
I just really like the idea of being able to highlight in the ebook and take notes on the book if needed but I don’t need another iPad sized e reader 😬😰
I have been hoping for an Oasis 4 with a battery as good as my Paperwhite 2021, warm lighting, & an 8" screen. Since that is not happening this year & all I hear is a rumor of an Oasis 4 in the first half of 2023, I became interested in the Scribe. The price would be prohibitive, without trading in my Oasis 2 for 20% off & a $75 gift card. I saw several disappointing reviews, but yours changed my mind again, because I am mostly interested in reading. You also make taking notes seem a bonus. I just got an instant 20% off + instant $75 gift card applied for a Scribe, so I ordered one for a charge of $212!
Cool! Good luck, I really don't think you'll be disappointed!
My Scribe is currently gift wrapped...😢 BUT great review. I think the greatest potential is for this to become people's schedule planner. IF amazon is ambitious enough to simply make a calendar software with the ability to make weekly and yearly reminders for people to add to the calendar.
Fun! Merry Christmas! Hopefully that's in the product road map, because calendaring would be cool!
I own the Scribe but am really contemplating returning it.
This is the first video of yours that I've seen and right away can tell you're a very positive person because you are looking really hard for how to make the Scribe fit your needs. However, I do believe that for a piece of tech at this price it needs to work for you, not you for it. In other words, you shouldn't have to compromise your workflow for basic things like folders, writing on whatever book extensions, etc.
Except that my main point ISN'T that I'm looking for a note taking device...I'm looking for an improved reading experience. The note taking is a bonus! I'd rather have a premium reading experience and a basic note taking experience than the other way around. So the Scribe is a win!
@@onemanbookclub2585 If that's what you're looking for, and being a 'One Man Book Club', that makes sense. I read my novels on Kobo and my self-help on Kindle and not being able to properly highlight or annotate, or even have half the large screen as a reader and the other have as a writer (which has existed on Boox, etc for many years) doesnt make sense at this point. You Basically have to read text, exist, go to notebook, write down the info (equations, strategies, etc) and then return to the book.
At this size, that shouldn't be the case. And if Amazon intended it to be mostly a reader, then it should have buttons like the Oasis.
It is what it is, and we shall see where the firmware takes us.
On the Scribe, when reading a book, you take notes while reading by adding a "sticky note" to the page. No need to exit to a notebook
@@onemanbookclub2585 Right, but on every other ereader/writer on the market, you can markup the actual page like you would in a University textbook so you get the context of the whole page, instead of having to go to your highlights and seeing individual stickies.
@@peji911 Hello. Besides the Kobo (e.g., Elipsa), are there any other eink devices with bookstores that permit handwritten inline (not pop up) annotations ?
I'm a long-term Kindle user. I love my Paperwhite Signature. My Scribe arrived today, and it is going back. It's a nice device, but academic note-taking is my greatest need, and Kindle, right now, doesn't compare well to other e-ink notebooks. I'll continue to read with my Paperwhite though. Love Audible's integration too.
Yep, sounds like the right decision for you. Good luck!
@Chasing Forever what device do you use for academic note taking?
Hi Chasing Forever. May I ask what device you currently use for your 'academic note taking'?
@@lalawson7 I am using Boox Note Air 2 Plus. It is terrific. It creates PDF's and emails directly from the device. I'm very happy with it.
I've already read two books in the 5 days since I got mine. It is so much better to read on than smaller kindles. And the note taking in book with sticky notes. I thought it would be annoying but it was actually a delight. I'm taking tons of notes. Didn't think I wanted handwriting, but I almost never took notes typing in the android Kindle app but I'm taking notes all the time in book. This would be amazing for research. I'm sure they will improve the software and increase the options over time, but it's just a great device. I agree portability across devices and platforms could be better.
Yes! Great comments! I'm glad we agree!
Thanks for this comment. I have a Remarkable 1 and I am very disappointed because I have a large kindle library and I couldn’t read my books without an extensive process. I enjoy reading, and journaling. I am hoping this device will allow me to do that in one.
If that's what you're looking for, I predict the Scribe will be a winner for you!
I love reading on it but for note taking I find it incredibly inefficient & it should have a 2 page function, that would make it work for textbooks.
I appreciate your user-centric take on this. As a user (and lover) of Kindles since the 1st generation (now with a Voyage), I often longed for a bigger screen, and was also in the market for a more paper-like stylus-driven notetaking experience than is possible on my iPad. When I saw this product‘s name - Scribe, as in „writer/writing“ - my heart kept with joy. That joy dissipated rapidly upon seeing all the review that show the unit‘s (current) castrated approach to notetaking, including sharing and folder organization. They should have just called it Kindle Read & Write or something, so as not to promise too much in the product‘s name. Or perhaps future firmware will expand the „scribe“ functionality? Anyhow, I‘m not buying until they do, since the large form factor, although wanted and welcome, is - as you confirmed - a bit too cumbersome and fatiguing (and public) for on-the-go reading, and the unit just doesn‘t deliver as a powerful notetaking tool. Instead, I just got a Boox Nova Air 2 so as to read on a slightly bigger screen than my Kindle Voyage, plus take notes in style. And it weighs about 100g less than the Scribe, so is good for toting around. In a separate comment, I‘ll add my 2 cents on the felt sleeves…
Greetings fellow Kindle Lover! I agree, they're way over selling the "scribing" part...and likely shooting themselves in the foot. Their marketing is all about the writing features, which is leading to terrible reviews. If they would have stuck with "Paperwhite Ultra with enhanced scribing ability," they would have been much more successful!
@@onemanbookclub2585 „Paperwhite Ultra“ would have definitely been better. ;-) But with their marketing clout and huge Kindle following, I suppose folks will end up embracing this ill-named device anyhow. And as you point out, it definitely has a lot of merits. I‘ll just watch from the sidelines and see if their development team is really invested in advancing this product‘s software or not.
@@scottbecker3485 Fingers crossed!
I just ordered mine but I’m curious how quickly it will fill up with the notebooks… hmm 🤔 Thanks for the awesome review!
Mines quite full and going strong!
You can order a tablet skin from Dbrand and cut it to size to fit the scribe, that's what I did for my oasis.
Cool, I'll check it out!
Here is my crazy idea (I just placed my order)….if I have notes I want to bring in to my iPad…I’ll just snap a photo of the Scribe page, and the iPad OCR will convert it to text…obviously an extra step, but I’m thinking I can fully move away from all my legal pads and composition notebooks…crazy? Crazy cool I’m hoping!
Cool idea! Lmk if it works!
oh man i am really considering to buy it for note taking in college
I would have loved it for that! But remember, it's a Kindle eReader first, so only are looking for robust note taking might want to consider something else.
Great review, thanks so much! What do you think about Scribe's battery life??
I used it for a week straight and never had to charge it once! And that was on the charge that it arrived with...it was only charged to 68% or something like that out of the box. Soooo...I was VERY impressed with the battery life! I gave it it's first charge exactly one week after opening it.
successful in enjoying the product ... wow ... I have 5 kindles, and I don't regret having scribe 64g with premium pen bundle, and I love this scribe, but wow, I don't know sales practice has gone to such a stage that customers have to make an effort to be a successful
Glad to meet a fellow kindle fan!
Hi, great review. Hope you can continue to use it and make another video if it is a good device to use for students writing a lot of notes/pages. I'm not sure but does it have a navigation functionality let's say a notebook has 50pages? I'm considering buying this Scribe compared to other e-ink notetaking device.
Thank you! Unfortunately, it does not have navigation functionality to jump to a selected page right now. To get from 1 to 50 you'd have to swipe 50 times...definitely not ideal. However, they have promised improvements around storage, and hopefully this will be included.
@@onemanbookclub2585 Got it. Thanks for your prompt reply. Keep it up! :)
Thanks for your review. I was also tired of people expecting the scribe to be this super extraordinary note taking device. It’s an E-reader first! An iPad and an E reader are two totally different things. I’m just looking forward to having a bigger crisper reading screen.
Glad we agree! Good luck!
Here is the language from the refreshed Amazon scribe webpage that explicitly talks about future updates; they should have led with that!:
“Coming Soon: Kindle Scribe provides regular, free software updates that include new features. In the coming months, Kindle Scribe will add more writing tools, including new brush types and copy/paste tools, additional notebook organization options, and the ability to send documents to Kindle Scribe directly from within Microsoft Word.”
Oh wow! That's great news! I should have checked there first! Thank you!
@@onemanbookclub2585 I imagine they saw how slammed they were getting on the notebook features (or lack thereof) and figured they had better say something. Hopefully, it's not too late to make a first impression?
I replaced my kindle Scribe with another one. The notes do not sync from the web back onto the device (they do from ... just giving you the heads up incase something happens to your Scribe. Once it is gone, you can currently only access those notes from the notebook tab on the Kindle app of your cellphone.
You replaced it with another Kindle Scribe? Or with a different device? What one? Yes, accessing notes across devices is it's biggest shortfall, for sure.
Are you saying that you switched kindle Scribes?
Hi, How is the text sharpness compared to the Oasis? Some reviews say the textured layer on the Scribe for writing feel reduces the sharpness of the text. Thanks!
Oh, it's perfectly clear, exactly the same. The 300 ppi (same on both devices) expands beautifully on the 10 inch Scribe. I don't detect any loss whatsoever.
@@onemanbookclub2585 Perfect! Thank you!
This is the review that made me buy a Scribe.
Awesome! I'm so glad!
I need that vertical case for my iPad mini...
It's pretty handy...
Which Moko case fits the Scribe? Is it the 7 inch one? I’ve had the Scribe for 4 days. It’s definitely great for reading. Almost no latency for writing. However, the lack of OCR is a killer. I like converting notes to text on ipad so I can search them later. I’m hoping that next year this capability will be added in a software update. The only other thing I would have liked is a cellular version.
We can hope! This is the moko case. It's the 10-11 inch.
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@@onemanbookclub2585 Which one fits the Oasis if you don’t mind? Your review was great btw … really helped me understand both the Oasis and Scribe in new ways and now I want a Scribe :)
Hey, thank you so much! Here's the smaller Moko case:
amzn.to/3X28l7L
Do you read on this with a case on or is it comfortable enough to read bare?
I prefer to go au natural!
Needs cut and paste and rotate and resize. Also should be able to export reorder pages and export them to other notebooks.
Agreed! I also want to be able to navigate through the notebooks without having to go page by page.
Nice review! Where did you get the Moko envelope? :)
Amazon of course!
@@onemanbookclub2585 great! Thank you! :)
Hello. Great reviews! Does the kindle scribe have text to speech?
Thank you! Unfortunately, Kindle ereaders do now have text to speech functionality.
To be touted as the most premium reading experience than Amazon failed by not including page turn buttons. Page turn buttons are crucial to me. I have both the Scribe and Oasis and while I do appreciate the larger screen of the Scribe, the quality of contrast, clarity and lighting is nowhere near as good as in the Oasis. The text doesn’t pop out. I understand this is probably because of the extra layer on the screen to allow for writing, but I didn’t expect it to be such a significant difference. For me, notetaking isn’t as important as having the best reading experience with the bigger screen; but this is where the Scribe failed me because the quality of the screen just isn’t there. Also the margins are too narrow. This is a definite return because my issues are with the hardware, not necessarily the software. I’ll wait the the second edition which will probably take 3-4 years.
I do wish they wouldn't have recreated the Paperwhite instead of adding physical buttons, those are important to me too. Not sure I'm following you on screen clarity though...the Scribe looks pretty sharp to me.
it looks interesting but with the price the value just doesn't exist when I could get an iPad and Pencil and do much more. Thank you for the review though!
You're welcome! Good luck!
Hi there, which size moko sleeve did you get for the scribe?
This is the 10-11 inch.
amzn.to/3UNa5j5
@@onemanbookclub2585 Thank you!
What I'm considering it for is writing. Writing novels, short stories, etc. I'm interested in knowing if I write something, can an editable file be sent to word or Google docs. If so, I'm sold. I don't like typing the first drafts of my stories. That's what interests me about this
This isn't the right device for you! The file management capabilites are too rudimentary. Take a look at the reMarkable 2, I think that will do what you're looking for.
@@onemanbookclub2585 thank you! Those were the two I was considering.
@@onemanbookclub2585 But the Remarkable has no light. I find it such an eye strain when trying to write when time allows in the evenings after work. The very same reason why I am returning Super-Note.
VERY good point! You can read and write in the dark with the Scribe! Thanks for reminding me of that point!
I 100% agree with you. Reader first before Notebook! Also this is probably the best experience I had exercising. It's so much easier to read while on a indoor cycle or treadmill. Plus this is 100% the best manga reading eReader. The size lets you see the entire page! That doesn't work on any other eReader well I've ever tried!
Funny you mentioned using it while exercising...as I was taking mental notes through the week of ways I used it, I intended to mention the same thing! I use mine to read on while running on our elliptical machine. It's size and form make it perfect, much better than the smaller Oasis. It was one of the things I wanted to mention, but I forgot and only remembered AFTER I published. So kudos to you! Great call out, thank you!
I want a kindle because I was reading on the kindle app on my iPad but holding it up is annoying and heavy
Then you absolutely need to invest in a Kindle eReader! If the Scribe is too big, all other Kindle devices will be perfect for you. I love the Oasis and it's page-turn buttons, but the Paperwhite is excellent, and even the Basic Kindle is wonderful to read on!
I just wish Kindle would return to offering the white casing instead of only the black case for Kindles. My eyes strain so much with the black encasement whereas the while encasement provides less eye strain.
Interesting, I haven't heard that before. It does seem like a simple thing to provide color options.
@@onemanbookclub2585 They used to way back when- that’s why I have held on to my white Kindle paper white.
I remember! That was way back!
Well lol you are the exception my friend. I was interested in it until i reviewed reviews lol. I think your approach is right tho.. its a eReader period. Scribe is not a note taking first. For me its a crappy note taking tablet at 2x the price it should be.
Definitely not for you!
Amazon's history with software updates really is putting me off this "e-reader first, note taker second" option. Maybe I'll bite if I can annotate PDFs, access my Google Docs and pull them across as PDFs and send them back. I don't see them doing those in software anytime soon, based on historical evidence.
They do update e-reader software every year or so. But I don't see any collaboration with Google anytime soon. They've stated MS Word compatibility soon, so maybe OneDrive doc sharing is more likely?
@@onemanbookclub2585 Probably because Google Docs doesn't currently have inking support. I've heard rumours mind you.
Meanwhile I'm more likely to go down the Boox route for the best of all worlds.
Hello Dan;
For me, it's intriguing as a high priced good sized e-reader without the page turning buttons .
I would expect much more of my note-taking device / system; and I'm currently uncomfortable with the thought of purchasing two separate and expensive devices .
If the price came way down I would consider it as a fine e-reader... but I would miss the page turning buttons.
Sans buttons, I would lean towards another device that is a sophisticated note-taking device first - as well as a good e-reader.
Thanks for the review!
Good luck!
Can anyone provide feedback on how this work with left handed writers? I am worried my hand dragging the screen will make it not work.
That's not a problem with this device! This is not like a tablet, it's literally like writing on paper. In fact, Leftys won't have to worry about smudging their pencil lines anymore!
I want to write ON THE PAGE... and I want it to be regular kindle size... lol
Me too! I want an Oasis I can take notes on!
You can barely see the sticky note on the page. It should display larger.
The best way to return to your notes is to select "Notes" from the menu.
I would buy a Kindle minimalistic phone.
Like, a phone sized eInk kindle that calls/texts/has web access? Web access would be limiting, but a minimalistic device that makes phone call, texts, and is an eReader? Interesting...
Can I justify the price to read on a bigger screen that’s my question to myself.
It's a very good question. I can tell you that I'm still using mine and happy with it, but I'm reading in it less than I expected. I've been using it more for note taking than reading...my Oasis still is my preferred eReader.
Great review. You sound like Ryan Reynolds
Thank you!
Can you turn on page turn animation like the latest PAPERWHITE when reading? Ps love your enthusiasm!
Yes, you sure can!
Yes! I love this animation. I also turned off highlighter from others as I dislike them.
@@onemanbookclub2585 great news thanks
I noticed you didn’t show the origami case in portrait mode. You just flip it when in angle mode and it becomes portrait mode . I think it’s much easier to read on in portrait mode. Also, you mentioned page turn animations. Where is that found on the scribe is it in the AA menu or some other menu ?thank you.
Yes you’re correct it’s an Ereader first and a writing device second. Oh, what a reading device it is a joy, especially for nonfiction readers. The extra screen real estate is awesome.!!
Why would anyone use this for an office type workflow ? It’s like a 1980’s ZX spectrum. Great for reading and making some notes (which it’s always been possible to do via typing) as you go along. If you were in college you would have had an iPad which has voice recording features and fabulous world class apps for note taking and information management. Evernote is like a jet engine whilst this is like attending to a horse.
They shouldn't. It's a super premium, large format eInk eReader that you can write on. It's not even attempting to be an iPad equivalent.
@@onemanbookclub2585 thank you. I’m partially sighted and I’m therefore used to this clunky way of things. I’m flabbergasted that well sighted people would accept this type of cumbersome workflow. In my world it’s $2000 plus for a quality book scanner etc so the Kindle isn’t badly priced in that context. It’s an amazing device because it enables me to continue reading when otherwise I wouldn’t be able to. I subscribed to your channel, thank you for the interesting review.
Thank you for your perspective and the sub! Happy Reading!
I, too, dislike cases but I don't want to take the chance of dropping and destroying a device that would cost hundreds of dollars to replace.
Hence the envelope!
@@onemanbookclub2585 Good point. I'll have to look into one for Galaxy tablet.
OK, so I am getting in the mood to spend money and having watched Utube reviews about the Scribe one feature I would like to have and that is making notes or sketches like you would have with a note book.......that is, once you get to the bottom of the page you can click on an ikon and it turns to page 2.......I don't want to have to save the page 1 as a separate file and then page 2 as another separate file etc........this will allow me to write notes and make drawings and page back to check page 1 etc etc.......once I have created a notebook with a title, I want to be able to write several pages in it with page numbers like a real book has and be able to page back and forth and edit the pages.........reading eBooks is not something I need to do, but back in the 50's I used to read comics with Dagwood and Blondie so if there are comics with that I'll go for it big time.
The Kindle Scribe will do just that! You tap or swipe back and forth to move page to page inside a notebook. It works very well!
I think it needs Cornell notebook paper
I'm not familiar with this! Tell me more!
@@onemanbookclub2585 Cornell notebook paper is highly recommended for note taking. The way the paper is arranged is supposed to increase memory. I do find that true for myself
@@jlmo3027 I tried to add one as a PDF. The lines are fainter than I’d like, so I’m still looking.
@@onemanbookclub2585 Adding onto this since I am familiar with this notetaking method and have been looking into notetaking on the Scribe plus my iPad. The Cornell notetaking system is a study method designed for better retention of reading materials. The paper is formatted with a large section on the left with regular lined paper on the right and a summary area at the bottom. Good for academic note-taking (it originated at Cornell University) but I am going to try it for my work meetings.
Thanks for the explanation!
I ended up getting a stronger cover from eBay for $15
Please share what you found!
@@onemanbookclub2585 it doesn’t appear that pictures can be added here, but I typed in Kindle Scribe covers and I purchased a plain black one for $15. I am sure more attractive styles will come up. I like covers that inspire me to use my devices.
So….it is revolutionary because it got slightly bigger? Get out from under the Amazon walled garden sometime. Onyx has had 10 and 13 inch eink tablets for years.
Never said anything about revolutionary! I familiar with the other options. I chose to stick with Amazon because I'm invested in their ecosystem and their devices work so well for me!
Their devices are also more expensive and have a lot of bloat. Also, their Kindle app is not native and it is a much better experience on the Scribe. Amazon has refreshed the Scribe webpage with language about their future updates so it is promising. Still, Notebook should have been better out of the box.
@@ernestintownandjackintheco1024 Which devices? be specific. Amazon cornered the market a decade ago, stripped the functionality out to save money then convinced their base this is innovation. Sells kindles at a loss to break competition.
Onyx has e-readers as well. it just doesn't force their user base to forgo a more productive feature set. If they want a more capable device they can have that too.
You are correct. E-readers are cheap. No matter who makes them.
@@ernestintownandjackintheco1024 Further, who uses the Kindle app? that is supposed to be a slam on those who didn't surrender to the vendor lock-in approach?
NeoReader crushes it. Many epub readers do.