Amazon Kindle Scribe

The Amazon Kindle Scribe is a terrific e-reader mated with a mediocre note-taking device and costs far too much for what it offers.

Amazon's e-ink dominance relies on its ebook monopoly, easy wi-fi downloads, a stripped-down Kindle OS that takes you right to your book, and a petite design aesthetic. The Amazon Kindle Scribe flips that script: it's a hefty e-ink tablet with a stylus,...

The Kindle Scribe is a solid start for Amazon but it feels like a first step rather than the finished article. The writing experience itself is good but the added features feel like they're overloading an OS that wasn't designed for them and they're...

The Kindle Scribe might have great hardware, but it’s severely let down by poor...

The Kindle Scribe is a great Kindle for reading but is only a notebook in the most basic sense. It’s hard to organise notebooks and you can’t make notes directly onto e-books, which is a restrictive choice by Amazon.

There are a lot of E Ink tablets that let you doodle on the screens, like the aforementioned ReMarkable 2. I also have tried and like the Kobo Elipsa and Boox Note Air 2 Plus, both of which let you take notes, edit PDFs, and mark up books. They're all quite pricey, so the Scribe doesn't seem too out of line. The big perk here, though, is that Kindles are super reliable and have one of the largest ebook libraries. That makes it one of the better propositions out there—if you can get past Amazon's repeated failings.

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site.There is a lot to like about the new 10.2-inch Kindle Scribe, especially if you're already into the Kindle ecosystem. Yet if you are already a fan, the 6.8-inch...

The Amazon Kindle Scribe's stylus offers a slick writing experience, but overall it falls short of what people taking notes would expect from a modern...