The New Kindle Scribe Initial Impressions

[@steverolfeca]

Well, Amazon were true to their word. I just did a manual update on my First-gen 64GB Scribe, and it now has the 5.17.2 firmware! So glad I didn’t succumb to the temptation to buy the 2024 version, as I prefer the black screen surround. Writing within books works as advertised, with the text reflowing around the inserted handwriting “canvas”.

[@Ignaciom5]

Loved this video! It was exactly what I needed to know before buying it. Could you do a comparison with the Remarkable 2 please? I haven’t seen any comparison between them, not a single video

[@Sar1386]

They did the same refresh on the kindle and the paperwhite they just essentially bought out a new colour and called it new on all their devices this year. The only true new device is the coloursoft.

[@nicolevdh]

I missed this live, but thank you for saving me a few hundred euros! Doesn't look like they changed all that much from the previous Scribe.

[@grabieldelanieved.380]

The previous kindle scribe has already received all those new updates or not yet?

[@BrandonKBoswell]

Yes, all Kindle Scribes now have this update.

[@LeeBoris974]

Maybe I am confused on what you are looking for, but there is an undo/redo button right on the toolbar (45 minute into the video as type this, so maybe you found it later) 🙂

[@BrandonKBoswell]

I’m aware of it. I’m looking for a gesture for it so I can leave the tools collapsed.

[@LeeBoris974]

@@BrandonKBoswell Ahh sorry, misunderstood that part, obviously.

[@33tcranenj]

The software is an interesting update and clearly better than software versions prior to 15.7.2 and kudos to Amazon for making it available to us Kindle v 1.0 owners. However, ironically, I now find myself comparing the Kindle Scribe more to paper books than to other e-ink devices. The purpose of active canvas is to allow on-page annotation. In that sense, it's a step in the right direction. However, it falls into that uncanny valley where it kinda feels like the "natural" experience of actual pencil on paper book but it's all a bit off. Now, this could just be me. When I write on e-ink screens my writing has a bit of a little-kid-with-fat-pencil look and feel to it and the screen within a screen experience created by the small active canvas box only magnifies this experience for me. These e-ink screens continue to make incremental improvements, but that's what they are, incremental. Give me an e-ink screen where I can more naturally pinch-to-zoom quickly and write naturally in the margins and then we'll have something. Until then, it's all a bit kludgy uncanny valley territory.

[@amandag5072]

Just wait until one of their deal days and you can pick up the kindle scribe for a lot less.

[@mstorvold]

What is your recommended device for writing, if not this one?

[@rolandfry5688]

no AI on Kindle Scribe in UK

[@BrandonKBoswell]

Interesting.