New Kindle Scribe is designed for writing – not just reading

Amazon has launched a brand new Kindle that is not like something we have seen from the web retailer. Dubbed Kindle Scribe, the eReader enables you to make handwritten notes in conferences, full puzzles and workouts in digital books, and annotate paperwork utilizing an all-new digital stylus.

With an upcoming software program replace as a consequence of roll-out early subsequent 12 months, you will additionally have the ability to ship paperwork to the Kindle Scribe immediately from Microsoft Workplace. Like all entries within the best-selling Kindle sequence, the battery life on the Kindle Scribe is measured in weeks – not hours, Amazon says.

To accommodate all your handwritten notes, Amazon has expanded the dimensions of the e-ink show to 10.2-inch. That is simply the largest show discovered on any Kindle eReader, comfortably beating the earlier file of 6.8-inch (that we praised in our Kindle Paperwhite evaluation). For individuals who choose a big font measurement of their digital books or need to learn graphic novels on a Kindle, the Kindle Scribe seems to be set to be the best choice – whatever the note-taking capabilities.

When you do need to make notes, Amazon features a stylus within the field. The US firm says it is labored onerous to make sure the stylus feels equivalent to a pen when used on the glass touchscreen. When making notes, Amazon has added quite a lot of line widths, a highlighter software, eraser instruments, and an undo software within the Kindle software program. All the things is accessible inside a brand new on-display writing menu.

To precisely mimic actual life, Amazon has additionally added an eraser on prime of the pen, so flipping across the stylus and urgent it in opposition to the e-ink display will undo your doodles. There’s additionally a customisable shortcut button, so you may change between the pen and highlighter perform, or open a brand new sticky notice with a single faucet.

Any notes made on the Kindle Scribe are robotically saved and backed as much as the cloud without cost. You’ll entry these notes from any telephone, pill, laptop computer, or desktop PC utilizing an online browser. Annotations or signatures made on PDFs shall be saved and accessible on all gadgets.

Kindle Scribe shall be obtainable within the USA and UK earlier than the tip of the 12 months. There is not any phrase on UK pricing simply but, but it surely’ll value $339 on the opposite aspect of the pond. Kindle Scribe will ship with 4 months of the Kindle Limitless subscription without cost.

Kindle Scribe is obtainable with a selection of 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of built-in storage. The brand new 10.2-inch Kindle comes bundled with a battery-free Primary Pen, or you may pay further for the Premium Pen, which incorporates the eraser and customisable shortcut button. To enhance its new eReader, Amazon is launching a spread of leather-based and cloth covers, which could be folded to assist Kindle Scribe at completely different angles, which shall be obtainable quickly.

Kindle Scribe is constructed with 100% recycled aluminium and 48% post-consumer recycled plastics. The packaging can also be created from 100% recycled supplies too.