[HN Gopher] Amazon's Kindle Scribe is an E Ink tablet for readin...
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       Amazon's Kindle Scribe is an E Ink tablet for reading and writing
        
       Author : ssully
       Score  : 106 points
       Date   : 2022-09-28 16:15 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | kixiQu wrote:
       | I'm curious how the performance / writing experience is relative
       | to the high-end e-ink tablets people are falling in love with
       | these days (remarkable etc.). I don't feel the need to write on
       | my kindle enough to justify it unless it's properly pleasant.
        
       | aaroninsf wrote:
       | > wonders if they licensed the color tech yet > click > nope >
       | close tab
       | 
       | Wake me when the patent expires. What a fail.
        
         | turtlebits wrote:
         | IMO, color eink isn't worth it right now, especially for the
         | difference in price. Unless you really want that faded color
         | newspaper look, it's not appealing at all.
        
         | rospaya wrote:
         | Yet they're gonna sell millions of these as they did with any
         | other Kindle. For a lot of people that's not a dealbreaker.
        
         | Eric_WVGG wrote:
         | dunno. I think when you present the "drawbacks" of monochrome
         | e-ink, they start to sound like obvious advantages (low power,
         | easy on the eyes, unreal battery life). It can't compare to a
         | color LCD, but it doesn't have to.
         | 
         | Color e-ink makes the drawbacks of an e-ink display much more
         | stark. It begs comparison and loses, badly.
         | 
         | Mark me down as a long-term color e-ink skeptic.
        
         | w0m wrote:
         | i haven't used my kindle since (kids); but used my old one
         | daily for years and lack of color was a huge win. If you want
         | color; you want an iPad.
        
           | [deleted]
        
           | dividedbyzero wrote:
           | I read lots of popular science and I'd love to have colored
           | illustrations or the occasional photograph rendered in color.
        
           | smilekzs wrote:
           | Counterpoint: even if they only give you 4 colors (red, dark
           | green, dark blue, black), it'd be already immensely useful
           | for note-taking.
           | 
           | This is one of the reasons I'm still not using my Remarkable
           | 2 much.
        
         | elicash wrote:
         | I've heard this discussed before on HN, but is there a single
         | patent? Or is it more like a collection of patents over the
         | course of decades?
        
       | _virtu wrote:
       | I hope this puts remarkable in their place after gibbing their
       | loyal early adopters with a subscription model. I am aware
       | they've reverted it but at this point I have no sympathy for
       | them.
        
       | bArray wrote:
       | How I hope it works is that the "PDF mark-up" can be exported as
       | a PDF. This would allow me to insert papers/reports, comment on
       | them and then send them back to students. What I can't do is
       | upload these documents to the cloud - so I hope this is
       | addressed.
       | 
       | In terms of cost, I was hoping for something maybe $200. At $400
       | it's getting close to a relatively good tablet or even a usable
       | laptop.
        
       | donkarma wrote:
        
       | yamtaddle wrote:
       | This made it occur to me that a tablet that mimics the form of
       | electric typewriters--a fixed-width LCD screen, a bit akin to
       | those on simple calculators, with the full page above it, and
       | text from the LCD appended to the "page" when you move to the
       | next line--might actually be awesome for writing, coupled with an
       | external keyboard. Potentially-very-low input latency while
       | typing, and no page-flickering except when changing lines. You
       | could even scroll back to edit.
        
         | digdugdirk wrote:
         | Could I interest you by chance in an Alphasmart word processor?
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart
        
           | yamtaddle wrote:
           | Right--that, but stick a big e-ink display above it. USB port
           | and bluetooth so you can use an external keyboard (though a
           | compact attached keyboard/stand isn't a bad idea, even if
           | it's kinda a shitty keyboard).
           | 
           | Like this, but instead of printing your finished line to
           | paper it "prints" to e-ink:
           | 
           | https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY1WDEwMjQ=/z/IA8AAOSwQ59ZZBmO/$.
           | ..
           | 
           | But, you know, not huge.
        
             | cstross wrote:
             | The Freewrite folks are currently doing a fundraiser on
             | Indiegogo for Freewrite Alpha, their take on the Alphasmart
             | concept, only using e-ink:
             | 
             | https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/freewrite-alpha-
             | distracti...
             | 
             | (I personally wouldn't touch one -- I need multiple lines
             | of text in order to frame my thoughts in context, never
             | mind that I _like_ being able to dive online to do
             | impromptu research as I write -- but I can see it appealing
             | to some folks. 100 hour battery life is the obvious draw.)
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | jelliclesfarm wrote:
       | I will wait for 2-3rd generation before buying it. I bought
       | kindle early at $400 before it became a brick and I can just use
       | my tablet/phone anyways. Remarkable has failed me twice. I am on
       | fence with e Ink tablets. Perhaps it's not for me.
        
         | TedDoesntTalk wrote:
         | > Remarkable has failed me twice
         | 
         | How so? I have a Remarkable 2 (pre-cloud subscription) and
         | really like it. What happened for you?
        
           | m463 wrote:
           | I have a remarkable 2 and like it quite a bit.
           | 
           | Only thing I don't like is swipe to turn page is not great.
        
         | rvz wrote:
         | > I will wait for 2-3rd generation before buying it.
         | 
         | Smart strategy.
         | 
         | I waited for the reMarkable 2 to get better, but it just gotten
         | worse and all it offered was an under powered and non-
         | upgradeable and laughable 8GB of maximum storage + a cloud
         | storage subscription for more storage.
         | 
         | The Kindle Scribe already starts with 16GB and is cheaper than
         | the reMarkable 2 with the equivalent accessories coming with
         | it. I guess the one that can actually deliver a proper e-ink
         | tablet that just works, it would be unsurprisingly Amazon,
         | hence why it is already an immediate best seller.
         | 
         | I'll wait until whoever releases a color E-ink tablet,
         | something that the reMarkable 2 has failed to deliver on,
         | despite some early competitors already selling them but support
         | and features from them isn't going to be as good as Amazon's.
        
           | drewzero1 wrote:
           | I've been looking into the Boox Nova Air C, which seems like
           | a pretty promising color e-ink tablet, depending on your
           | screen size requirements (7.8"). It runs Android though which
           | may be a good or bad thing depending on one's needs.
        
         | criddell wrote:
         | Both the Remarkable and the Scribe are only 10" devices. If you
         | are going to read and markup PDFs, a 13" screen makes so much
         | more sense because it's very close to letter/A4 size.
        
           | meltyness wrote:
           | remarkable has very capable software, as such the
           | "microfaiche / pinch-to-zoom" style operation is pretty
           | effective. It can compensate somewhat without too much hassle
           | for reading and annotating double-column works without eye
           | strain.
        
           | radicaldreamer wrote:
           | Sony Digital Paper was such a product but very few outside of
           | Academia and some Japanese business customers bought it.
        
             | criddell wrote:
             | Fujitsu Quaderno is one you can still get and is supposedly
             | pretty good.
        
               | AlanYx wrote:
               | The current (gen 2) Quaderno A4 is really excellent and
               | pretty inexpensive ordered from Amazon JP given current
               | exchange rates.
        
               | B1FF_PSUVM wrote:
               | I tried to look it up -
               | https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=fujitsu+quaderno+a4 - and
               | only the smaller A5 seems to be available
        
             | francogt wrote:
             | I've had one for many years and found it to be the perfect
             | device to read and take notes on PDFs: 13" screen, super
             | lightweight, easy to send PDFs to it and from it through
             | the app and writing on it feels similar to writing on
             | paper. Unfortunately the pen's tip broke off and there
             | doesn't seem to be any way to fix it or buy new ones. It is
             | mostly useless without it.
        
               | criddell wrote:
               | Is it not this:
               | 
               | https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1288294-REG/sony_d
               | pta...
        
       | MerelyMortal wrote:
       | It's not waterproof!?
       | 
       | The design is reminiscent of the Kindle Oasis which is IPX8,
       | their other premium offering is the Paperwhite which is also
       | IPX8. The Scribe costs more and isn't water proof. I can't
       | imagine what about the digitzer makes it unable to be waterproof,
       | unless Amazon just thought it wasn't worth it.
        
       | syntaxing wrote:
       | For that prices, makes little sense to me why you wouldn't buy a
       | Kobo Eclipse instead.
        
         | FalconSensei wrote:
         | Looking at it, seems like Scribe is $339 and Elipsa is $399.
         | 
         | Also, if you already have a huge Kindle library, makes little
         | sense to change reader and lose it
        
           | tjoff wrote:
           | It never made any sense to have a huge library locked to a
           | vendor.
           | 
           | And there are ways to convert your library so you don't have
           | to make the same mistake twice.
        
             | FalconSensei wrote:
             | Unless you pirate, for most publishers, there's no way to
             | buy books without DRM. If you buy books for Kobo, you are
             | locked on Kobo.
             | 
             | Also, last time I tried, Kobo's phone app was just not
             | good. There was no vertical scroll like Kindle, the
             | animations were not smooth. The online store is also a bit
             | weirder for me to navigate - but that might be just me.
             | 
             | And last, if it was not bought at their online store, it
             | won't have sync between devices, AFAIK
        
               | tjoff wrote:
               | There are trivial ways to strip the DRM though. And I
               | always do that regardless if the DRM is native for my
               | device.
               | 
               | If that wasn't an option I'd never buy a single ebook.
        
               | DennisP wrote:
               | But you can strip Amazon's DRM too, so I don't see why
               | the two platforms aren't equivalent.
        
               | kcartlidge wrote:
               | For me the main difference I've found is that ebooks
               | stripped of DRM tend to end up in EPUB form as the
               | presumption is you're ensuring the books remain
               | accessible on future platforms so you're going for an
               | open and 'standard' format.
               | 
               | At which point it's then common to tidy up things like
               | the book metadata (eg correct the genre or add a series
               | identifier). That in turn means the DRM-free EPUB version
               | becomes the better version, so the native and network-
               | free support of side-loading EPUB books on the Kobo etc
               | is a useful thing.
        
               | dividedbyzero wrote:
               | Don't other readers support Amazon's format as well, if
               | de-DRM-ed?
        
             | dividedbyzero wrote:
             | It's ridiculously absurdly convenient. Someone recommends a
             | book to me or I see one mentioned, I quickly Amazon it, one
             | click to send a sample to my Kindle. Amazon has everything,
             | I can't remember when I last couldn't get something there.
             | When I finish a book, I always have a bunch of samples, and
             | Amazon gives you a decent portion of the book, so they're
             | actually useful. If I like a sample, it's two or three taps
             | to buy it and continue reading. I don't know any other
             | store that sells such a wide selection of ebooks in both my
             | native language and English to a EU resident. I'm reading a
             | lot more than I did before my Kindle because I don't have
             | the friction of finding book recommendations in my notes
             | and finding a store and getting the purchased book on the
             | device, and the device is fun too.
             | 
             | De-DRM-ed backups aren't necessarily a bad idea though, I'm
             | with you on that.
        
               | kwertyoowiyop wrote:
               | This is the first time I've seen 'Amazon' verbed. Amazon
               | marketing execs are now experiencing an unexplained
               | sensation of joy. :-)
        
               | FalconSensei wrote:
               | > It's ridiculously absurdly convenient.
               | 
               | Exactly. While de-drm-ing things for backup is nice
               | (although I could just torrent it anyway if that's the
               | case), some people often forget why we use kindle and the
               | it's 'ecosystem'. Great selection on many languages, good
               | device, good apps for mac/windows/android/iphone/ipad,
               | extremely convenient, constant sales on books, etc...
        
               | themadturk wrote:
               | As an aspiring author, I believe in paying for books to
               | support authors. I may also believe that I own the books
               | I've paid for. Take from that what you will...
        
               | tjoff wrote:
               | It really isn't convenient to be locked into an
               | ecosystem.
               | 
               | You should test your backup. And the best way to test a
               | de-drmed book is by reading it.
        
               | dividedbyzero wrote:
               | Of course it's convenient, the big walled gardens are as
               | successful as they are because they are very convenient
               | as long as you're fairly typical (like the vast majority
               | of people), you don't get kicked out (seems very
               | unlikely) and they don't stop operating (not a big worry
               | with Kindle). Scrounging books from ten different shops,
               | giving my credit card to each, managing everything
               | myself, no sync with my phone, higher prices, not finding
               | some books because they're only on Kindle, that's
               | inconvenient.
        
       | outcoldman wrote:
       | I guess it is time for me to upgrade my Kindle Oasis (1st gen I
       | assume), which I never use to this Kindle Scribe, which I also
       | probably never going to use.
       | 
       | But the main issue with the Kindles was not being able to read
       | PDF (technical books, technical articles), and I dreamed about
       | the DX when it was available only in US, and I also did not have
       | money to buy one. After I moved to US 13 years ago, the DX
       | version was out of shelves. So, pretty excited to give Scribe a
       | try!
        
         | kabdib wrote:
         | I bought a DX so that I could read PDFs and whatnot. It went
         | unused; it was VERY slow and most papers still required
         | (slowwww) scrolling when viewed at a readable scale.
        
         | clint wrote:
         | I have never once wanted to read a PDF on my Kindle and I'm not
         | entirely sure why anyone would. Mostly because reading PDFs on
         | something like kindle would be a shit show (I assume this is
         | entirely why they haven't added that functionality).
         | 
         | I've owned probably 10+ kindles, including the DX, and I think
         | its honestly the bit of technology I used _the most_ outside of
         | my iPhone.
        
           | tjoff wrote:
           | Haven't added the functionality? I've used it a lot. There
           | are apps to trim away all margins which makes it semi-decent.
        
           | solarkraft wrote:
           | Because many things are only as PDFs. We can hate it as much
           | as we want, it is like that.
        
           | hwbehrens wrote:
           | > * why anyone would *
           | 
           | Just to give you some context as a counterexample, I often
           | need to read 10-50 pages of dense, size 10, double column
           | scientific PDFs with many graphs and figures. These
           | documents, which are typically either A4 or letter size, look
           | abysmal at nearly any scale <90%. Color is also regularly
           | required to parse many graphs properly.
           | 
           | I use my Kindle exclusively for reading documents which are
           | primarily lightly-formatted text (e.g. novels, textbooks,
           | etc) but it's atrocious for PDFs. When needed, I switch to an
           | iPad Pro that I use exclusively for reading (and annotating)
           | these PDFs, which is likewise horrible for reading "regular"
           | text.
        
           | desindol wrote:
           | 10 kindles? What happened to 9 of them?
        
             | themadturk wrote:
             | I've owned at least six or seven. They wear out (I think
             | only the first gen and DX had a replaceable battery), get
             | broken, get lost. They are superseded by better models
             | (front lighting on the Paperwhite was a game-changer).
        
           | FalconSensei wrote:
           | I loved the DX. Used it for 8 years, I think. Great size for
           | reading manga.
           | 
           | Now I read manga on iPad, and use the paperwhite for books
           | only
        
             | nharada wrote:
             | My 10 year old DX just kicked the bucket, I'm actually
             | really bummed about it.
        
               | MerelyMortal wrote:
               | I have a pristine, barely used DX with cover (Kindle DX
               | Graphite?), maybe I should throw it on eBay? There are
               | already a couple of listings if you're so inclined.
        
         | drewzero1 wrote:
         | Did the Oasis really not have that functionality? I have a
         | Kindle Touch (2011) and read PDFs on it all the time. Depending
         | on the text size, it's usually more comfortable to read them a
         | half-page at a time in landscape mode, but if the margins are
         | cropped a full page view is often perfectly readable.
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | Aromasin wrote:
         | Wait... you can't read PDF's? This seems like insanity to me?
         | Why would they not enable such a basic and fundamental feature?
        
           | jljljl wrote:
           | You can, but it's a very unpleasant experience on the
           | Kindle's small screen. The DX was much better at this because
           | it could comfortably display a full page of a PDF without
           | needing to scroll
        
           | themadturk wrote:
           | The Kindle is perfectly capable of letting you view PDFs.
           | Many humans are not perfectly capable of reading material
           | laid out for a letter/A4 sized sheet of paper on a six-inch
           | screen. Yes, there are ways around it, but not everyone finds
           | them satisfactory.
        
           | datalopers wrote:
           | It's about as pleasant as reading a pdf on a phone. Yes,
           | supports it, but you're either constantly panning your
           | viewframe or have superhuman vision.
        
             | Marazan wrote:
             | I'd actually prefer reading a PDF on a phone over a
             | standard sized kindle.
             | 
             | All I ask for is a A4 sized e-reader that doesn't cost five
             | million pounds to buy.
        
           | clint wrote:
           | Everyone thinks they want to read a PDF on something that
           | isn't a desktop or an A4 sheet of paper, and then they try it
           | and realize that there are basically no PDFs that are laid-
           | out in a way that could be feasibly consumed on such a
           | device.
           | 
           | In addition to that, writing heuristics to try and make it
           | possible to unify the experience of reading any arbitrary PDF
           | is such a quagmire/shitshow that basically no one is willing
           | to step up and try to make it possible.
        
             | zwaps wrote:
             | I have read a gazillion of pages of PDFs on my Remarkable
             | over the years, fwiw
        
       | wellthisisgreat wrote:
       | So with 300 PPI it's the highest PPI eink notebook on the market?
       | 
       | I wonder what's the response rate for the pen as it ultimately
       | decides the utility of this device as a notebook
        
         | azinman2 wrote:
         | Ya I'm wondering what ppi competitors are, and latency wasn't
         | mentioned. Would also be good to know latency and ppi compared
         | to an iPad Pro.
        
       | gadders wrote:
       | I really want one of these, but not for $400-ish. I think the
       | sweetspot for me would be around $150-ish. Fully understand if
       | it's not achievable.
        
         | [deleted]
        
       | djhworld wrote:
       | For me all the drawing features etc. are kinda useless if it
       | becomes a pain to export them to other things.
       | 
       | The Amazon blurb around this
       | 
       | > Get access to your notebooks through the Kindle app sync
       | feature (coming early 2023).
       | 
       | Suggests some kindle app will be required, I just hope you can do
       | stuff like export to images/svgs or PDF
        
         | ajsnigrutin wrote:
         | https://www.pine64.org/pinenote/
         | 
         | This seems like a better option to me.... stll not "user
         | ready", but shows promise, and not a lot more expensive.
         | 
         | (not affiliated, just really like the idea)
        
           | mikestew wrote:
           | I'm confident that Amazon will get sync working long before
           | the PineNote becomes a daily driver for most folks. I love
           | fiddling with my PineTime, but the key word is "fiddling",
           | and I don't see that the PineNote is any further along than
           | the watch is.
        
       | nottorp wrote:
       | Just for the record, Kobo, reMarkable and Onyx have had similar
       | e-readers that you can take notes on for quite a while.
        
         | anonporridge wrote:
         | The reMarkable would have been lovely to have during my
         | university days.
         | 
         | A laptop can be a source of distraction during lectures, and
         | paper isn't as easily searchable.
        
           | benji_is_me wrote:
           | I used my reMarkable 2 tablet all throughout university (I
           | only recently graduated). Searchability is an area that e-ink
           | tablets can surely solve, although the reMarkable's software
           | wasn't particularly helpful in this regard (perhaps it has
           | improved now). You can only convert 1 page at a time using
           | their OCR and they only recently added the ability to tag
           | documents.
           | 
           | My favorite feature was actually simple: I don't have to
           | erase everything to rearrange the layout of my notes. Being
           | able to simply select a portion of the page, resize, and move
           | it was killer. Another great feature is simply not having to
           | lug separate notebooks around. The ability to organize and
           | sort documents was very helpful.
        
             | B1FF_PSUVM wrote:
             | Thanks, this is very helpful.
             | 
             | I recently looked for an excuse to get a reMarkable 2, and
             | couldn't find one for me ... maybe next time I'm tempted.
        
         | AdmiralAsshat wrote:
         | Amazon clearly felt threatened by the _tens_ of people with a
         | Kobo Elipsa and the _dozens_ of people with reMarkable tablets.
        
         | tiahura wrote:
         | Remarkable 2 doesn't have a backlight. Kobo's software is fine
         | (mostly), but the design or manufacturing seems to be a notch
         | below. On my Kobo the touchscreen is enragingly inaccurate.
         | 
         | And, direct access to the Amazon library is not an
         | insignificant advantage.
        
           | e-_pusher wrote:
           | What do you mean by the kobo screen being inaccurate? Is this
           | for the stylus of the touch itself? I was considering buying
           | a kobo but this comment scares me a bit now.
        
             | alephxyz wrote:
             | I've had 3 kobos and never encountered touch screen issues.
             | Just make sure not to drop it down a staircase.
        
           | jolmg wrote:
           | > Remarkable 2 doesn't have a backlight
           | 
           | Do e-ink displays with a backlight even exist?
        
             | nottorp wrote:
             | It's a front light technically. Still, the device is self
             | lit or not.
        
         | jsymolon wrote:
         | I have a SuperNote that is a decent PDF viewer and notetaker.
         | 
         | https://goodereader.com/blog/reviews/supernote-a5x-digital-n...
        
         | noduerme wrote:
         | I love the Onyx as it runs full Android. Also its built in apps
         | and ink settings have a slightly steep learning curve and what
         | seem like weird UI decisions at first, but turn out to give a
         | lot of control over the experience.
        
         | eli wrote:
         | I can only speak to the reMarkable. I like it, but it's
         | definitely a note taking device that also has some basic
         | support for reading documents. As an e-reader it's not anywhere
         | close to a Kindle.
        
           | goosedragons wrote:
           | Kobo is also an e-reader company like Amazon and so their
           | ePub support is fantastic. Boox's is OK but since it's
           | Android you can literally use any ebook app you want
           | including Kobo and Kindle so it's not a huge deal. The PDF
           | reader on Boox devices is very good too with features like
           | autocroping of margins.
        
       | ranger_danger wrote:
       | Ironic that the original Kindle was already e-ink and had more
       | features, like hardware page-turning buttons and "free for life"
       | (yes I know) cellular connectivity.
        
         | themadturk wrote:
         | I am displeased by Amazon removing the cellular connectivity,
         | and was always willing to pay the premium to get it on new
         | devices. Of course, on the Kindle 1 (which had page-turn
         | buttons and a removable battery) 3G was the only means of
         | connectivity (along with USB, if I remember correctly); wifi
         | didn't come until later.
        
       | layer8 wrote:
       | I love the concept of those e-ink devices, but what kills them
       | for me is the poor contrast (something like 10:1), much worse
       | than writing with a black pen on actual white paper. Due to poor
       | eyesight, e-ink is unusable for me without strong built-in light
       | to boost contrast, and then I might as well use an LCD/OLED
       | tablet with better capabilities.
        
       | jmcphers wrote:
       | I was really hoping for a Kindle with USB-C and page turning
       | buttons; inexplicably this still does not exist.
        
         | devindotcom wrote:
         | FYI the Kobo Libra 2 is just this if you don't need the Amazon
         | ecosystem. If you do, you're out of luck for now though.
        
           | jmcphers wrote:
           | The main reason I stick with Amazon is that it has the best
           | integration with my local library, which is where I get 90%
           | of my books. Like most libraries, they are OverDrive based.
           | 
           | I can check out a book from the library on my phone and have
           | it appear wirelessly on my Kindle moments later. Last I
           | checked all non-Kindle devices require you to basically
           | download an .epub file onto your computer and then sideload
           | it with a cable to check out a library book, which is too
           | much hassle for something I do several times a week.
        
         | themadturk wrote:
         | The Oasis, with page-turn buttons, hasn't been refreshed since
         | mid-2019; the latest Paperwhite, with USB-C port, was released
         | two years later. I expect the next Oasis will have USB-C.
        
           | jmcphers wrote:
           | I was really hoping for a new Oasis in this announcement! I
           | currently use a Voyage, a long-since-discontinued Kindle that
           | was a hybrid of the Paperwhite and the Oasis, with a
           | symmetric design and haptic page turn "buttons" on the left
           | and right bezels.
           | 
           | With the arrival of the Paperwhite Signature Edition I'm
           | wondering if Amazon is going to phase out the Oasis line
           | entirely, just as they did with Voyage. It can't be selling
           | that well as virtually every feature is now as good or better
           | on the Paperwhite line.
        
         | kabdib wrote:
         | The Kindle Paperwhite uses a USB-C connector. (It probably
         | still uses USB 2.x for data transfer, though -- I'm not sure
         | why that would matter to anyone).
        
           | hwbehrens wrote:
           | I believe only the Kindle Oasis has physical page-turning
           | buttons, and it (inexplicably) still uses Micro-USB. I
           | suspect this situation is what the parent is referring to.
        
       | sylens wrote:
       | I have been trying to figure out a better workflow for grabbing
       | websites or PDFs, marking them up, and storing them as notes,
       | either by themselves or in something like Craft or Obsidian to
       | reference later. I'm not sure this really moves the needle as I
       | can't imagine moving stuff to the Kindle and then back again will
       | be frictionless.
        
         | barefoot wrote:
         | I've had some luck with Remarkable. Remarkable has a reasonably
         | good experience for getting a PDF to the device, working with
         | it, and then getting it back to the source as a seemingly plain
         | PDF.
        
       | rchaud wrote:
       | Boox e-ink tabs do the same thing, but they're Android underneath
       | so it's not locked down to Amazon and dependent on partnerships
       | with Microsoft to add an export button.
        
         | metadat wrote:
         | Never heard of boox. They have a wide array of product
         | offerings.
         | 
         | https://shop.boox.com/collections/eink-tablet?
        
         | nickspacek wrote:
         | I have a Boox that I'm quite happy with. It's quite pleasant to
         | write on, and the battery lasts a considerable amount of time.
         | The calibration seems to sometimes go off slightly, but I'm
         | still not sure if that is the device's issue, the pen, or
         | myself.
        
           | e-_pusher wrote:
           | What do you mean by the calibration? Like the pen doesn't ink
           | where you touch the screen? Which Boox model does this
           | affect?
        
         | pedalpete wrote:
         | My Boox is about 3 years old now. Most of my reading is done in
         | the Kindle app, and I enjoy the writing experience, but feel
         | there are ways that an Amazon device could provide better
         | integration with note taking in the books I'm reading.
         | 
         | I'm starting to notice the battery on my Boox doesn't last as
         | long as it used to, so I'll probably replace it with a Kindle.
         | 
         | I got the Ratta Heart of Metal Pen to use with my boox, and
         | it's a really nice writing experience, and I don't have to
         | replace tips (I found the boox tip didn't last very long). Just
         | added a screen protector and it's been great.
         | https://supernote.com/products/heart-of-metal-pen
        
         | andrei_says_ wrote:
         | I also own a boox - a four year old device. Supports epub, pdf
         | etc. out of the box. The Kindle app works flawlessly.
         | 
         | The O'Reilly learning app works great, too.
         | 
         | Drawing functionality is as good as the current state of eink
         | screens.
         | 
         | Pretty sure I wouldn't want to lock myself into the Amazon
         | content ecosystem ever again.
        
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