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

I work in technology sales, and for the past few years many of my colleagues have made the transition from notebooks to Remarkable 2s. I've spent a lot of time with the Remarkable, and while it is no doubt an excellent device, the pricing model is extremely prohibitive - pen not included as standard, subscriptions required for cloud storage etc. Not to mention that the Remarkable is a good deal more expensive that the Scribe at the time of writing. I took advantage of black Friday to grab a Scribe with the basic pen and the Amazon folio case. I've spent a few months with the Kindle Scribe, using it every day as my primary tool for note taking. Personally, I've found it to be an absolute game changer. I have separate folders for work and personal notebooks, and I use the file structure to have notebooks for each meeting with every customer. Long gone are my days spent rummaging through several notebooks to find the specific note from a specific meeting. The writing experience is genuinely identical to a paper notebook, it has to be experienced to be believed. The ability to export handwritten notes to a text file is extremely useful, as is the ability to export documents directly from Microsoft Word to the Scribe. Transferring pdf files over (like user manuals for devices or contracts, for example) is very simple and has added to addition faff to my day-to-day workflow. Battery life is also superb - I use the device daily for work and personal use, and have had to charge it ONCE in the nearly 2 months I've had it. Personally, I wouldn't spend the extra money on the premium pen, I find the basic more than adequate and actually use the undo function more than the eraser. I would, however, highly recommend purchasing Amazon's own Folio case. It is excellent, and is well worth the cost. I honestly think any other case would significant detract from the ease of using the device. All in all, if you're stuck toiling between the Remarkable and Scribe as I was, I'd heartily recommend the Kindle Scribe. From my experience with both, unless there a serious, very specific feature that you need from the Remarkable, the Scribe is the way to go. Even then, given the rate of software updates, I suspect the Scribe may surpass the Remarkable in functionality soon anyway.

For Reading books this device is superb. However, I'm not sure it would be good value just for reading as you can get a normal Kindle for a third of the price which is very good. However, there are a few advantages that I have discovered. The light is really good, with an adaptive option, a sunrise/sunset schedule and the ability to mix warm and cold light. This makes for more comfortable reading in low light. The auto-rotate is not quite what I expected. It only auto-rotates 180° so if you want to switch between portrait and landscape then it's a manual switch. For many that's preferable as it can be a nuisance if it switches between modes when you don't want it to. When in landscape mode you can switch to 2 columns which may make reading easier for some. This is a much bigger screen than a normal Kindle so can feel more like reading a magazine that a book hence why 2 column reading may be better. The real advantage of this device is note taking and notebooks. You can create notebooks and organise them in nested folders. This seems to offer a fairly comprehensive but simple way of organising your notebooks. When writing there are lots of options, pens, pencils, thicknesses, eraser etc. The writing feel is very good and I found while the side of my writing hand is touching the surface it still allows me to write with the pen and it ignores my hand's contact elsewhere, so very comfortable and easy. As I use my notebooks for work I was concerned about accessing my notebooks if I don't have access to my Scribe (e.g. battery failure, Scribe somewhere else etc). It turns out notebooks can be viewed in the Kindle app. You can't edit them but you can view them which is fine for me. Notebooks are updated when you exit them on the Scribe and become available within seconds in the app. This is an advantage over paper books which can only be in one place and can become bulky to carry. The other major advantage is security. As my Scribe is protected with a PIN which can be 1-12 digits long this offers a level of security not available with paper books. The app and online version are secured using your Amazon username and password and any second factor you have opted for such as an SMS code. It does also allow you to write on PDF files which is useful. I'm still figuring out how these can viewed online and in the App. It seems to allow viewing in the app but not online. However, annotations don;t appear in the App. Any notebooks or annotated PDFs can be emailed and there is even an option to OCR the notebook are sending which is potentially useful. I was quite surprised how accurately the OCR worked with my handwriting. The pen I opted for is the basic one. The only advantage of the premium one seemed to be the eraser (there's also a customisable button), but I'm managing fine without this as it's easy enough to use the eraser tool with the basic pen. you just select the eraser instead of the pen, then back to pen when finished erasing. It seems like a lot of extra cost for that function - the writing experience is apparently the same. Altogether a very impressive device and worth the investment if you want to switch from paper notebooks. UPDATE. Online (Web Kindle reader) notebook viewing has been disabled by Amazon. You can still view notebooks on the kindle phone/tablet app.

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

Je ne voulais vraiment pas acheter un Scribe, pour éviter d'être systématiquement dans l'éco système Amazon, mais il faut bien avouer que l'appareil est incroyable. J'ai renvoyé mon Remarkable et trouvé un Scribe sur Amazon seconde main. 16 Go font largement l'affaire si vous ne lisez pas d'illustrés. Voici quelques commentaires : - La tablette est bien finie et assez jolie, un peu en dessous d'un Remarkable mais un peu plus petite, moins longue en fait, franchement plus maniable. Attention, elle a l'air fragile et peut facilement glisser des mains, il faut la mettre dans une protection dès l'achat. - La batterie est juste hallucinante. Je n'en vois pas le bout, avec le WIFI toujours allumé, le backlight, la prise de notes quasi quotidienne. - L'application de notes est basique mais fait le job. L'OCR fonctionne bien en français et en anglais. - L'expérience de lecture est au top

This Kindle Scribe is fantastic. It’s my third Kindle now. I originally had a Kindle Keyboard and then a Kindle Paperwhite. It is so quick and easy to set up. My books from my last Kindle loaded immediately when I logged into my Amazon account. The screen is huge! The pen is so nice and smooth to write with. I’m so glad I ordered this. It’s a fantastic product. Easily the nicest Kindle I’ve ever used!

Adquirí este dispositivo porque necesitaba una pantalla más grande, para leer con comodidad, ya que mi vista está ya muy deteriorada. Ya tengo el Kindle Paperwhite de 6,8” y me encanta, pero se me hace muy pesado tener que pasar página con tanta frecuencia. También me gusta escribir a mano, pero tenía dudas sobre si iba a gustarme la experiencia en este Kindle. Tengo que decir que estoy encantada con mi compra. La lectura es justo lo que estaba buscando para cuando estoy en casa, que es cuando más leo, me resulta comodísima para la vista. Mi sorpresa fue que la escritura a mano también me resulta muy agradable, realmente como en papel, incluso mejor, gracias a la iluminación de la pantalla. El Kindle se nota de muy buena calidad y es un gusto manejarlo. Es un gran dispositivo, pero no para cualquiera. Este Kindle encantará a quienes leen mucho y a quienes les gusta escribir a mano, por el placer de escribir, ya que la parte de compartir los cuadernos y exportarlos en pdf es en muy baja resolución y es imposible usar las notas fuera del kindle. No es un buen dispositivo para dibujar, tanto por sus herramientas limitadas, como por esa exportación en baja resolución, que se pixela muchísimo. Algunos de los libros comprados en Amazon, libros de arte, por ejemplo, no se pueden descargar en este Kindle, solo se pueden leer en el iPad. El manejo de los documentos pdf tampoco es bueno, mucho mejor en el iPad. Por el precio que tiene, se tiene que tener muy claro para qué se va a usar, porque algunas funciones, como lectura y escritura, o bullet journal… las hace deliciosamente bien, pero otras, como dibujo y manejo de pdf están en pañales y van a defraudar. Para mí es un dispositivo que voy a usar mucho a diario. Si tuviera que pedir nuevas funciones, pediría: -exportar notas en alta resolución -búsqueda en cuadernos -poder tener una plantilla diferente en cada página de un cuaderno -importar plantillas personalizadas en los cuadernos

Le funzioni di scrittura sono esattamente ciò che cercavo. I taccuini sono ben organizzati e configurabili. La sensazione di scrittura è molto verosimile rispetto alla carta e senza lag o ritardi. Ho preso la versione con penna Basic e per utilizzare la gomma bisogna fare dei tocchi supplementari nel piccolo menu contestuale, abbastanza comodo ma forse la penna Premium va considerata... Ottimo lo schermo sia per dimensioni che per chiarezza. Uno strumento utilissimo per mio lavoro, con in più tutta la mia libreria Kindle... Ne sono entusiasta!

I have bought 6 Kindles over many years, upgrading to newer models when new features were added (or needing to replace two unfortunately left on public transport). I have had to travel a lot with work, thus lots of time to read whilst stuck in planes. The Kindle Oasis was perfect, great size, battery life and easy to hold. Life changed with Covid, so my travel has ceased and I now work from home. As such, upgrading to the Scribe has been a great experience. I read every day, consuming around 50 books a year (an hour in bed each night). I enjoy having a full page of text and it's easy to hold in one hand. The battery life is extraordinary and it charges fast. The light is evenly distributed across the screen. I do use the notebook function, but my handwriting isn't that great, so it's an underused feature. I held off buying the Scribe due to the price, but when Amazon dropped the price on it during one of the sales, it was an easy purchase.