Kindle Scribe (16 GB), the first Kindle and digital notebook, all in one, with a 10.2" 300 ppi Paperwhite display, includes Premium Pen + Kindle Unlimited

I only got my Scribe yesterday, and I still haven't emailed any notes to myself yet, however from what I've seen it's a really good device~ I found the writing to be natural and in some ways easier and quicker than paper notebooks. (You don't have to worry about scrumpling the paper as you write, or notes bleeding through the page from the other side, obviously!) I bought it specifically to take notes and journal in, and I'm going to do a notebook per month, and keep that in a separate folder from other notes, then archive by year. That's a great feature for organisation. I'm not sure about whether drawings are transferrable to other devices yet, so I'd be interested in that, because I like to copy and paste little doodles (both in pen and highlighter) to put at the bottom of pages (because if I write to the bottom of a page I get hand cramps and my handwriting goes rubbish, though this is just a general thing, not to do with the kindle!) Re the drawings thing, I'd find it really entertaining to make little flipbooks on there, and perhaps it wouldn't take that much effort for Amazon to make a flipbook feature! (I do understand if it's not intended be be used as an artists' device though, just thought it might be a fun thing for some people!) If that were the case, it would be great if there were features like a felt-tip pen that gets a bit scribbly/faded with speed of drawing, or some colour options potentially in future models. I really like the screen~ it feels huge compared to my Paperwhite! I read voraciously, so this is great for me. I also really appreciate being able to adjust the warmth of the light, alongside the general light/dark display. This is great for night time reading as normal white screen light tends to mess with people's circadian rhythms. (Though in bed I tend to still use the older, smaller one because it's easier to hold and not drop on my face/my partner/my cat!) I bought the version with the case and fancy pen, which I do recommend. The case also has an inbuilt pen holder so you don't have to solely rely on the magnet at the side of the kindle holding it in place, e.g. when travelling. I would suggest that next time Amazon does a promo with multiple items however, that they include a matte screen protector as well. And perhaps earphones? One thing that could be improved is that I'd like a wired (mini jack) earphone connection because bluetooth earbuds give me headaches. Mind you, I don't even know if you can listen to audiobooks from this device because I haven't actually tried it due to my oldschool ways! Haha. So please disregard that if it isn't relevant. Maybe there's some earphones I could plug in if they had the right connector? Not sure how all that actually works yet. Perhaps someone in the know could reply and inform me? Or I'll investigate. Really helpful tool for songwriting and poetry, because you can freeflow whilst in a creative state, then copy the whole page and reorder lines/verses for when you're ready to edit things, which involves a different brain-mode~ for me at least! Also if you're writing chords to go above lyrics you can do them in a different font and size them to whatever seems convenient/legible. (Colour feature would be useful here as well potentially.) I really like that there's a music notation preset format as well! (I've not tried it yet but it's a total unexpected bonus! I wonder if this could be transferable to Sibelius or Logic, for example? Might be a really good thing for music students.) Overall, I'm really happy with the Kindle Scribe. I particularly enjoy doing random doodles/one liner notes on a blank page and then resizing them and shuffling them about. It's very satisfying to see a whole page of various brain-dribblings in various fonts and sizes like a real notebook but neater and without any crossings out.

I have been looking at the Kindle Scribe and Remarkable 2 for some time and was a bit torn as to which one to get. A friend has the Remarkable 2 so I had seen one of them but I'd not set eyes on the Scribe. I do have quite a few Kindle books but have never actually owned a Kindle and that was one of my primary reasons for leaning towards the Scribe. I read a lot of Scribe reviews early days and they all seemed to say the hardware was great but the software was lacking so I just kept an eye on the reviews as steadily Amazon added the features people were longing for. Prime day arrived and I took the plunge on a 32GB Kindle Scribe with the Premium pen and got a fairly cheap case (£16) to go with it. I am so glad I did because I have been using it a heck of a lot. Reading: I have probably read more recently than I have in years. I take it to read when I am sat in the car waiting for the kids at their clubs, much better than the laptop and phone I used to take with me. I have been using it to read in bed which I have probably not done for over 30 years. The backlit screen is great for reading in bed because I don't wake the wife. Writing: I work in cyber security and spend most of my day on a laptop or in meetings. Despite being a techie I still prefer making notes on paper rather than writing notes on the laptop. Downside of this is I end up with loads of paper kicking about so the main reason for getting the Scribe was to do away with the reams of paper I end up collating. I have not been disappointed at all with the writing performance. I write really small and thought it might not work so well for me but it works perfectly. I am using it all day long at work instead of paper now and an really happy with it. Organising the different notebooks is a breeze and it actually is much better than using paper pads because you can better organise your notes. Screen: Books and your own written content are very clear on the Paperwhite screen. With the back light on it literally looks like you are writing on a notepad because it is white rather than grey. I’ve been using it with the back light off in the office though as you don’t really need it in a well lit office and battery should last even longer. I have used it in the summerhouse where it was too bright to see my phone screen properly and the Kindle screen was perfectly readable. Pen: I have the premium pen and I would say it is probably worth getting for the rubber feature alone. Although it would not be the end of the world selecting the rubber tool from the menu I could see it being a bit annoying compared to just flipping the pen. The button I have configured as a highlighter but rarely use it so would not really miss that feature. I read some reviews that said the magnet is not strong enough to hold the pen but mine really snaps into place and is firmly attached when the slightly flat side is towards the Kindle. Mine is a later one so maybe Amazon have addressed this, not sure all I can say is it is more than adequate to hold the pen. Nice to haves (Amazon if you are listening): Just some things that I have either not worked out how to do yet or don’t exist. When sorting books into collections by opening the collection and selecting add/remove, it would be nice to be able to filter the list of books to add by those not already in a collection. I have a lot of books and it is very tedious to have to go through the full book list for each collection. It would be nice to be able to access the “Home, Library, Notebooks” navigation menu whilst being in a book or notebook to be able to switch between them more quickly. Overall: A great bit of kit I have no regrets in purchasing it. £300 would probably buy enough notepads and pens for life but I am glad I have this instead.

Pros. Got this primarily for taking notes in work as I tend to scribble a lot during meetings. Have to say the feel of writing in this is like writing on expensive paper, and it picks up everything I write perfectly. Very impressed so far. Additionally; the kindle function which i use it a lot for is brilliant. Page is huge so feels like a real page, much more than the smaller version I was currently using. Battery life is brilliant and very handy for carrying around to meetings and general Cons. Price obviously is very high. Got amazon voucher for bday so was not that bad but if you paying straight up it's heavy amount to spend on essentially a kindle and notepad. The transcribe to text function is good for the most part but you still have e to review and change when sent as it will miss things especially when writing fast notes. Sending the notes as well, not as straightforward as they state, took me some goes to figure out best way and I'm not adverse to technology. TLDR: very nice, handy notebook. Feels like paper. Does what it says on the tin with great kindle function. Very expensive and not as straightforward to send notes

I'm been a Kindle fan for a long time. Since before they were available in Australia, I would import from the USA. I still remember my first kindle, I tried to find the plastic to peel off, only to realise, it wasn't a printed plastic sticker, it was the text of the screen! I've been in love ever since. Being able to have hundreds of books with me without carrying boxes or taking up room space is still amazing to me. I strongly believe the eBook and eink reader was the best invention of my lifetime. The Scribe is everything I envisioned the Kindle would one day be. A reading, writing and drawing device. The big glorious screen is amazing for reading. It's like printed text on a page the magically glows. The large screen makes the pages feel less cramped than other ereaders and feels more like you're look at the page of a nice glossy book. The pen and writing on the screen is fantastic. I'm not exaggerating when I say it actually feels like writing on paper. I've had tablets and pens before, that claim the same, with expensive filters and screen protectors that wear out after a month and need to be constantly replaced, only to get, at best, to feel better than writing on glass, but not feel like actual paper (despite the claims). This actually feels like paper. It makes writing enjoyable and the screen refreshes so fast there is no lag. The pixel density of the screen and pressure sensitivity of the pen, makes the writing look like your natural handwriting. There are a lots of great templates to use and folders to organise it all. There's even an option to PIN lock the device for security. Which also translates over to a great drawing experience. I'm looking forward to taking a few online drawing courses and since the kindle can be used in full sun, it's going to be a great sketch pad. They've updated the drawing tools over the year and added more features. No doubt layers are in the works. So if you read/watched any reviews, be aware they're outdated when they mention the drawing tools. It's not as comprahensive as dedicated graphic art apps or dedicated drawing devices, but it has the tools needed. And as they say, limitation breeds creativity. This is the best device I've purchased in years. I wish I had this when I was a young man. Everyone should own this device. Reading, writing and drawing is what makes humans, human. And something that can unleash the creativity spark in us all, and help pass knowledge and storytelling between peoples and generations, is something very special indeed.

Great e-reader performance if you like a slightly larger book then your typical paperback size, this will be a great size for you. Typical Kindle screen performance and readability. Now to the "Scribe" functionality. Works as described and is a pleasure to write on. Pen could be a little thicker and I find the button on the side of premium pen occasionally gets accidentally pressed while writing. Importing your own PDF's and files is easy and writing on them is a breeze. You can definitely use the scribe as a notepad replacement. A few more pen options and ability to insert or create shapes would be handy. Ability to add your own templates to the notes section or import PDF forms as templates to fill in and ability to save as a new document/file is needed. You may be able to do this already an I just haven't worked out how yet. Really easy learning curve, especially if you have previously had a Kindle. Set up was done in under 10 minutes and I had my own PDF's and folders sorted in under 30 minutes. It would be well served with a bit more powerful processor but its not super critical and I am probably more of a power user, one of the PDF's I'm using is a Daily Organizer replacement with 2000+ pages that are fully hyperlinked. For less then 1 day of use its replaced a diary, multiple note books, a telephone message pad, a hand-full of hard copy forms and the list is quickly growing. My next project will be to load product catalogs and product spec cheat sheets. It has enough functions as it is to easily integrate into my existing work flow. If Amazon added a rear camera so you can attach/insert pics to PDF's would make this a truly versatile tool without going to a full tablet.

A su lado, el Paperwhite que tengo parece de risa, pones el Scribe en horizontal, con texto a dos columnas, con la tipografía, el espaciado y los márgenes que prefieras y no hay mejor manera de leer, cada paso de página del Scribe son más de 5 pasos de página con el Paperwhite (usando el mismo tamaño, espaciado, etc). Aun así, conservo el Paperwhite para usarlo fiera de casa, ya que es mucho más portátil y te cabe en el bolso. Comparado con otros dispositivos, como tablets, smartphones o el mismo libro real, a la foto me remito. La tablet y el móvil están abiertos por la misma página que en el resto, la misma tipografía y todo, usando la app de Kindle. Aunque no lo parezcan, están encendidos con el brillo al máximo, eso es lo que pasa cuando tratas de usarlos en exterior. En interiores, por otro lado, la tablet y el móvil, especialmente usando la app de Kindle en modo oscuro, pueden servir para leer, pero nada que ver con un ebook de verdad, sobre todo en sesiones de lectura largas. Lo mejor suele ser importar los epub al Kindle a través del “enviar a Kindle”, así puedes descargarlo en cualquier dispositivo y todo lo que vas subrayando y anotando se sincroniza con Whyspersync a otros dispositivos (otros Kindle, smartphone, tablet y PC), excepto las notas a mano, que estas, al menos de momento, solo las puedes compartir con otros dispositivos si usas la opción de enviar por email. A la hora de leer el lápiz va muy bien, usando las notas adhesivas y los subrayados, es como leer en papel (si eres de los que subraya y anota, claro), pero sin los inconvenientes de ese formato, que no son pocos. Es cierto que si transformas un libro de epub a PDF con Calibre, por ejemplo, luego lo puedes usar “enviar a Kindle” y vas a poder escribir directamente encima del libro en PDF y subrayar directamente en el libro como si fuera de papel (ver screenshots), pero pierdes todas las ventajas de poder modificar la tipografía y el formato del texto (una vez transformado a PDF ya no puedes modificarlo) y los libros acaban ocupando más espacio que si los subes en formato epub. Incluso en PDF podrás seguir subrayando el texto de la manera tradicional (manteniendo pulsado y deslizando) y todo lo que rayes encima del libro lo puedes exportar por email, de hecho, puedes exportar todo el libro por email, pero los subrayados “a mano” no van a estar indexados, a diferencia de los subrayados tradicionales. He probado las dos cosas y al menos de momento, prefiero enviar el epub a la nube de Kindle y usar las notas adhesivas y el subrayado tradicional, me parece más eficiente y limpio que garabatear encima del libro en formato PDF, aunque esto último puede ser más divertido y auténtico. Eso es todo a lo referente a la parte de leer, respecto a la parte de libreta, aunque está algo verde en cuanto a capas, importar imágenes a las libretas y demás, es como si escribieras en un papel de verdad, apenas tiene lag y sí, tu horrible tipografía seguirá siendo igual de horrible que en papel real, prueba irrefutable de que funciona a la perfección. Aunque los prediseños que hay para los cuadernos son algo escasos, siempre puedes importar agendas, calendarios, libretas, pasatiempos, etc en formato PDF con “enviar a Kindle” y escribir sobre ellos, con lo que realmente las posibilidades son ilimitadas. Además, dichos PDF pueden llevar hipervínculos, con lo que yo ya me he deshecho de mi agenda de papel, no hay vuelta atrás. Por otro lado, el lápiz en sí está muy bien y es totalmente pasivo, así que no lo tendrás que cargar nunca. Sobre otras propiedades del dispositivo, como la iluminación, nada que decir, es perfecta, como era de esperar. Esta es la gran ventaja de leer en digital (aparte del indexado de los libros, los subrayados, las notas, el espacio, el precio, etc), que no necesitas luz. Como pegas decir que es algo caro (y eso que lo compré de oferta), pero si lo comparas con el remarkable y otras libretas de tinta electrónica chinas… no lo es tanto. Esta es la mejor con diferencia, ya que no solo es una libreta electrónica, es el mejor ebook para leer en casa y definitivamente, la mejor manera de leer que existe (al menos hasta que saquen una versión a color) para la gente que le gusta leer de verdad. Los libros en papel han quedado ya relegados para los que posan para fotos… o para el apocalipsis electrónico después de una llamarada solar. Por ejemplo, algunos libros que ya tenía e iba a leer en papel, los voy a leer directamente en el Scribe, paso ya de tochos de papel sin indexar donde no tienes ventajas como el buscador, los subrayados indexados, la iluminación integrada, el enviar por email, el no tener que sujetar las hojas, tener que hacerles sitio en estanterías o cajones, etc. Realmente la única ventaja que les queda a los libros de papel, es que puedes prestarlos (y olvidarte de ellos porque no te los van a devolver). En cuanto a la batería, tiene muchas más horas de uso que otros dispositivos, especialmente si no usas la iluminación ni el wifi, pero creo que vale la pena usar ambas cosas, salvo que te quede muy poca batería y no haya donde cargarlo. Además, gracias a su conector USB-C se carga muy rápido si dispones de un cargador algo potente. Finalmente, decir que la funda que he comprado no es la original, ya que la original va por imanes y no agarra bien el dispositivo, una leve sacudida y adiós a tu Scribe. También me he comprado un atril que va de cine para leer y no dejarte las cervicales en el proceso, porque, aunque las fundas se puedan doblar y poner en diferentes poses, no tienen la altura suficiente para colocarlos sobre la mesa y leer cómodamente durante ratos largos.

The Kindle Scribe is excellent for both reading and writing. The screen feels very close to real paper, and the pen is smooth and responsive. Great for taking notes, highlighting, and reading without eye strain. Battery life is also very good. Overall, a premium and useful device - highly recommended.

Update Dezember 2024: Mittlerweile gibt es einen neuen Scribe, aber Amazon war so weitsichtigt und hat alle Softwareneuerungen auch für den alten Scribe bereitgestellt. Somit ist ein "Upgrade" nicht wirklich erforderlich. Was ist neu? - Active Canvas: jetzt kann man tatsächlich in die Bücher reinschreiben! Das Geschriebene wird dabei an der entsprechenden Stelle verankert, sodass es durch Änderung der Schriftgröße- oder -art nicht verschoben wird. Ein deutliches Upgrade zum alten "Notizsystem"! Eine Anmerkung hierzu noch: ich habe getestet, ob das Geschriebene auch auf meinem Paperwhite nach Synchronisierung erscheint und das ist nicht der Fall. Ist für mich keine große Sache, aber vielleicht für einige gut zu wissen. - Refine Writing (AI): Es gibt jetzt KI features mit deren Hilfe man seine Notizbücher in leserliche Schrift umwandeln oder sogar "intelligent" zusammenfassen lassen kann. Selbst mathematische Formeln werden im Gegensatz zur alten Schrifterkennung erkannt (aktuell gibt es allerdings noch ein Problem mit der Exponentialfunktion ...). Hier allerdings ein Kritikpunkt, dass das Feature aktuell nur in den USA verfügbar ist, man muss also etwas "tricksen", um es auch hierzlande verwenden zu können. Außerdem muss man bei der Handschrifterkennung auf Englisch stellen. Ich hab die Features mal für einen Ausschnitt meines "Stoiker Tagebuchs" verwendet. Bei der Handschrifterkennung waren die Ergebnisse solide mit ein paar wenigen Worten, die nicht richtig erkannt wurden. Hier könnte das Problem darin liegen, dass der Text auf Deutsch geschrieben ist, aber die Handschrifterkennung auf Englisch agiert. Was mich jedoch schockiert hat war die extrem gute Zusammenfassung. Die KI hat den Tagebucheintrag auf den Punkt genaut zusammengefasst! Hoffentlich werden diese Features bald auch außerhalb der US/auf deutsch verfügbar gemacht, ich sehe hier extrem viel Potential! - Vorlagen: das ist nicht Teil des Dezemberupdates, sondern kam irgendwann früher im Laufe des Jahres. Mittlerweile kann man die Vorlage für jede Seite im Notizbuch individuell einstellen. Sprich man kann ein liniertes Notzibuch erstellen und dann z. B. eine einzelne Seite auf kariert stellen. Super! In meiner ursprünglichen Bewertung habe ich geschrieben, dass der Scribe ein tolles Gerät ist, das allerdings noch viel Potential hat. Mit den Softwareupdates wurde das Potential meiner Meinung nach nun erreicht und ich kann den Scribe bedenkenlos empfehlen. Ich werte die Bewertung nun von 4 Sterne auf 5 Sterne auf. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gut: - Display ist sehr groß, d. h. es passt viel Text auf den Bildschirm was vor allem für Fachliteratur von Vorteil ist. Es passt etwas mehr als das doppelte an Text auf den Bildschirm im Vergleich zum Paperwhite - die Textumwandlung erkennt meine "Sauklaue" erstaunlich gut, ich würde sogar sagen sie erkennt meine Schrift besser als ich selbst - das Schreibgefühl ist sehr gut und kommt dem Schreiben auf Papier sehr nahe - der Akku hält sehr lange Neutral: - Gewicht und Handhabung; für das gemütliche Lesen ist der Paperwhite definitiv besser geeignet. Der Scribe wiegt in etwa so viel wie 2 80-blättrige Collegeblöcke - das Gerät ist sehr dünn und ohne Hülle hätte ich Angst, dass es zerbrechen könnte Negativ: - die Textumwandlung erkennt keine Diagramme oder Formeln sowie markierte oder durchgestrichene Passagen. Hier könnten man bestimmt mit einem Update nachhelfen - es gibt nahezu keine Bücher in die man tatsächlich reinschreiben kann; bestenfalls kann man "Sticky Notes" anheften; das reinschreiben ist somit fast ausschließlich für PDFs möglich, das finde ich schwach - innerhalb eines Notizblocks können einzelne Seiten nicht mit unterschiedlichen Vorlagen gestaltet werden; es wäre allgemein schön, wenn man die Vorlagen individuell anpassen könnte (z. B. die Spalten- und Zeilenanzahl in der Tabellenvorlage)