🔗 Amazon brings color to the Kindle Scribe line-up... and AI
Amazon unveils three new Kindle Scribes: two redesigned e-ink models and the first-ever color Scribe with AI-powered notebooks.
Kindle Scribe Colorsoft features the same new design and provides a fluid color writing experience. To create colors that are soft and don’t hurt your eyes like an LCD display, we used our custom-built Colorsoft display technology, which has a color filter and light guide with nitride LEDs to enhance color without washing out the details. To deliver an incredible color writing experience, we developed a new rendering engine, which enhances the color and ensures writing is fast, fluid, and totally natural.
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The new Kindle Scribe has a beautiful new design that’s just like paper—it’s ultra-thin at 5.4mm, ultra-light at 400g, and 40% faster for writing and page turns. The larger 11-inch glare-free display mirrors the proportions of a sheet of paper and feels just like you’re writing on one—it’s the perfect size for reviewing full-sized documents, feels natural for notetaking, and is easy to take with you wherever you go.
Bringing Color to the Scribe is a clever choice. It's the reason why the reMarkable Paper Pro is currently my e-ink tablet of choice.
But what I am mostly interested about is the new OS running on these new devices (there are three in total). In my review of the previous model I mentioned how the Scribe is probably the best Kindle, but not the best notetaking e-ink tablet. But with this new software, that might change.
Although, the amount of AI currently being crammed in every type of device starts to be boring. I have yet to see any AI integration that is actually helpful.
The three devices will launch this year in the US, and come to the UK and Germany early next year. Kindle Scribe will be available starting at $499.99 and the Colorsoft option will be available starting at $629.99. (The third Kindle Scribe without a front light will be available early next year for $429.99.)