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Amazon Kindle Scribe: Software and note-taking It's unclear to me why the Scribe ended up so heavy and thick when it doesn't pack in a larger processor and memory for more advanced software, but that's the trade-off you'll have to accept. The Kindle Scribe is an enlarged version of the Kindles that came before it, which is a double-edged sword.
It's possible that e-ink displays with touch support have more difficulty with water, but it does mean that the tablet is more vulnerable to damage on the go. Lastly, Amazon removed the IPX8 water resistance found on the Oasis and Paperwhite.
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The "16GB" model only has about 11.6GB due to preinstalled software, and because most target Kindle Scribe buyers will want to install and annotate PDFs and other media files, they'll eat up storage more quickly than your typical Kindle e-books.
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You also should be prepared to upgrade beyond the base storage. But that doesn't change the fact that the slow response time to your menu taps and navigation swipes can be a headache, and is less forgivable at this price. Part of the problem stems from the need to avoid ghosting, fully refreshing the page so no ink artifacts appear when scrolling. But for anything more demanding - scrolling through menus of books, loading large folders of note thumbnails, trying to select multiple words to highlight in an e-book - you'll deal with lag or distracting full-display refreshes. When it comes to taking notes or flipping pages, the processor works well enough. And in general, the Kindle Scribe just weighs more than you might expect given its lightweight MediaTek MT8113 chip - the same as in the Paperwhite. I honestly prefer to grip the non-bezel edge at times - since it feels more like a traditionally narrow tablet bezel - making all that non-display space on the other side feel especially useless. And Amazon chose to put the power button and port along that edge it makes them easier to find but also disrupts any smooth feeling when you hold it by that side. With the slab-like Scribe, you're just gripping a flat surface with no give. That design aesthetic works for the tinier Oasis because it's comfortably built for one-handed use and its asymmetrical spine gives your fingers something to grip. The Kindle Scribe has some design elements that are either unfriendly to users or just poorly thought out, telltale issues of any first-generation device.įor starters, just look at the massive bezel along one side of the Scribe. While Kindle enthusiasts will appreciate all that, it's fair to say that Amazon's designers haven't perfected the Kindle Scribe design the same way they have for the Kindle Oasis. Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion Audible audio format (AAX) Again, that might not seem newsworthy, but as someone with a Kindle Oasis locked at 2.4GHz with a frustrating micro-USB port, I appreciate the switch to current standards for near-instant e-book downloads and decently fast recharging speeds.ġ0.2-inch Paperwhite display with 35 LEDs, 16-level grayscale Lastly, you get a USB-C port and 5GHz wi-fi support.
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With frequent note-taking and reading, it'll require two charges per month or so but that's still darn impressive compared to most Android tablets that tap out every couple of days.
Simply for e-book reading, it'll last about six weeks if you read an hour a day. That may not sound like much compared to a typical phone or tablet, but it's about twice as big as the Kindle Paperwhite battery or three times the Oasis' battery. But you get the size of a traditional tablet and more LEDs that make it more visible in bright, sunny areas.Īlso thanks to its size, the Scribe fits in a 3,000mAh battery.
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You have the same respectable 300 pixels-per-inch as the smaller Kindles, plus the same adaptive ambient lighting, auto-orientation, and warm/cool slider as the Oasis. My dad, who reads a few ebooks a week, chose the Amazon Fire HD 10 over a Kindle solely because he prioritized size over eye comfort, and he's already hinted that he wants to steal this Kindle Scribe once I finish this review. Yes, the Scribe weighs more than twice as much as either 7-inch model, coming close to one pound but it helps those who prefer larger font sizes to see a lot more on the page without the words feeling as crowded. If it weren't for the high price, I suspect many Kindle fans would choose the Kindle Scribe over the popular Paperwhite or Oasis simply thanks to the 10.2-inch display. (Image credit: Michael Hicks/ Android Central)
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