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expiredreptarSnax posted May 6, 2024 2:34 AM
10.2" 16GB Kindle Scribe E-Reader w/ Basic Pen
$240
$340
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Amazon has 10.2" Kindle Scribe E-Reader on sale as listed below. Shipping is free.
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Amazon has 10.2" Kindle Scribe E-Reader on sale as listed below. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter reptarSnax for finding this deal.
Available models:
- 16GB Kindle Scribe w/ Basic Pen $239.99
- 16GB Kindle Scribe w/ Premium Pen $264.99
- 32GB Kindle Scribe w/ Premium Pen $279.99
Available:
- 32GB w/ Premium Pen $279.99
- 10.2" 300 ppi glare-free Paperwhite display
- A single charge via USB-C powers months of reading and weeks of writing
- Take notes within millions of books
- Basic Pen never needs to be charged
- Premium Pen adds a dedicated eraser and a shortcut button
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Written by StrawMan86 | Staff- About this Offer:
- This is the lowest price the Kindle Scribe has ever been and is priced 28%-29% less than list price.
- You may also save an additional 20% at Amazon with an eligible trade-in, see the product page for details.
- About this Product:
- Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon based on over 6200 customer reviews.
- About this Store:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Refer to Best Buy's Return & Exchange policy.
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Update: This popular deal is still available.
Amazon has 10.2" Kindle Scribe E-Reader on sale as listed below. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter reptarSnax for finding this deal.
Available models:
Available:
Amazon has 10.2" Kindle Scribe E-Reader on sale as listed below. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter reptarSnax for finding this deal.
Available models:
- 16GB Kindle Scribe w/ Basic Pen $239.99
- 16GB Kindle Scribe w/ Premium Pen $264.99
- 32GB Kindle Scribe w/ Premium Pen $279.99
Available:
- 32GB w/ Premium Pen $279.99
- 10.2" 300 ppi glare-free Paperwhite display
- A single charge via USB-C powers months of reading and weeks of writing
- Take notes within millions of books
- Basic Pen never needs to be charged
- Premium Pen adds a dedicated eraser and a shortcut button
Editor's Notes
Written by StrawMan86 | Staff- About this Offer:
- This is the lowest price the Kindle Scribe has ever been and is priced 28%-29% less than list price.
- You may also save an additional 20% at Amazon with an eligible trade-in, see the product page for details.
- About this Product:
- Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon based on over 6200 customer reviews.
- About this Store:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Refer to Best Buy's Return & Exchange policy.
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Kindle Scribe is perfect primarily for readers of Kindle ebooks that also want to be able to write on the tablet.
Remarkable is a writing focused device with some basic e-reading functionality.
For what I needed, I ended up going with the Remarkable 2. So far I love it. It's part of my daily workflow and I don't think it's just a fad device that will end up collecting dust on a shelf.
So, I desired something that can take my handwriting and quickly convert it to text. Hands down, the iPad with GoodNotes is far superior than the Kindle or Boox. The iPad will not only convert in real time, which does an outstanding job at understanding chicken scratch, it puts the text neatly on the lines in order, even when I don't write on the line. The other 2 devices, you have to write everything you want, then use a tool to select what you want converted and then it spends some time and converts it. But it leaves it exactly where you wrote. This is such a tedious process and looks nowhere as clean, just completely disorganized. Not even the remarkable 2 and Supernote have this power. It's literally limited to iPad with GoodNotes app.
The second was highlights, which are incredibly important for note taking. I really wanted to like it, but gray-scale just doesn't work for highlights. The Boox, which I had super high hopes for since it was in color, there is no function to highlight your notes. People confuse the marker as a highlighter.
Finally, the writing. Imo of the 3, the Kindle felt the least like writing on paper. The Boox came in second. The iPad with the paper screen protector felt the most like writing on paper. The only issue is it eats up your pencil tip after probably 2 weeks of heavy note taking each day. And I'm saying hours upon hours a day. I'm using an older iPad, so I'm not too sure what pens actually work. So, it's not easy finding cheap pen tips on AliExpress or Temu. Though I see plenty for newer gen iPads. The nibs for the Kindle and Boox are on there, but much research show the nibs last a super, super long time. Probably why they don't feel as good. They're more of a super smooth pen feel, but writing on something not paper, the iPad a pen or pencil feel like writing on paper. So if you're in the same situation, I recommend an iPad with a paper screen protector with the GoodNotes app. The GoodNotes app is on Samsung tablets, but the AI handwriting to text is only on iPad. Starting at $350, the iPad isn't much more than this. And it looks like the previous gen is $250.
This is all starting from an iPad. I wanted something that didn't have entertainment apps to steer me away from doing my work, so I tried the E-ink tablets. But to this day, I still haven't used the iPad for anything else, other than the GoodNotes app. I haven't been tempted to open something else once. That's what my smartphone is for. So if you don't need what I need, for the price on sale, a scribe isn't bad. The Onyx is a nice option especially being able to side load some android apps, but the color portion needs work. Found issues with the screen not great at refreshing. Possibly in another gen or 2 it'll be great.
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There was a great one posted here last year and I didn't take advantage of it thinking I'd see it again for Black Friday and have been kicking myself ever since.
https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/fp/951990
Oh and remarkable was charging fees to use features on the device.
For an eink tablet
https://us.kobobooks.co
A larger 10" screen + backlight.
Otherwise,
EBay for the used sp6 $250~ + ciscle / renaisser surface pens $35~.
I personally prefer the surface because I can jump into Final Draft and write out scripts and such any time. And fully compatible with any pc software because...it's a pc.
....
But for an eink, definitely not Amazon because they try to lock you in and lock you down, making it harder to dump files in.
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For an eink tablet
https://us.kobobooks.co
A larger 10" screen + backlight.
Otherwise,
EBay for the used sp6 $250~ + ciscle / renaisser surface pens $35~.
I personally prefer the surface because I can jump into Final Draft and write out scripts and such any time. And fully compatible with any pc software because...it's a pc.
....
But for an eink, definitely not Amazon because they try to lock you in and lock you down, making it harder to dump files in.
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...nd-reviews
Fantastic book.
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So, I desired something that can take my handwriting and quickly convert it to text. Hands down, the iPad with GoodNotes is far superior than the Kindle or Boox. The iPad will not only convert in real time, which does an outstanding job at understanding chicken scratch, it puts the text neatly on the lines in order, even when I don't write on the line. The other 2 devices, you have to write everything you want, then use a tool to select what you want converted and then it spends some time and converts it. But it leaves it exactly where you wrote. This is such a tedious process and looks nowhere as clean, just completely disorganized. Not even the remarkable 2 and Supernote have this power. It's literally limited to iPad with GoodNotes app.
The second was highlights, which are incredibly important for note taking. I really wanted to like it, but gray-scale just doesn't work for highlights. The Boox, which I had super high hopes for since it was in color, there is no function to highlight your notes. People confuse the marker as a highlighter.
Finally, the writing. Imo of the 3, the Kindle felt the least like writing on paper. The Boox came in second. The iPad with the paper screen protector felt the most like writing on paper. The only issue is it eats up your pencil tip after probably 2 weeks of heavy note taking each day. And I'm saying hours upon hours a day. I'm using an older iPad, so I'm not too sure what pens actually work. So, it's not easy finding cheap pen tips on AliExpress or Temu. Though I see plenty for newer gen iPads. The nibs for the Kindle and Boox are on there, but much research show the nibs last a super, super long time. Probably why they don't feel as good. They're more of a super smooth pen feel, but writing on something not paper, the iPad a pen or pencil feel like writing on paper. So if you're in the same situation, I recommend an iPad with a paper screen protector with the GoodNotes app. The GoodNotes app is on Samsung tablets, but the AI handwriting to text is only on iPad. Starting at $350, the iPad isn't much more than this. And it looks like the previous gen is $250.
This is all starting from an iPad. I wanted something that didn't have entertainment apps to steer me away from doing my work, so I tried the E-ink tablets. But to this day, I still haven't used the iPad for anything else, other than the GoodNotes app. I haven't been tempted to open something else once. That's what my smartphone is for. So if you don't need what I need, for the price on sale, a scribe isn't bad. The Onyx is a nice option especially being able to side load some android apps, but the color portion needs work. Found issues with the screen not great at refreshing. Possibly in another gen or 2 it'll be great.
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The Kindle Scribe had a fantastic feel to it, and the native Kindle reading experience IMO is still top notch. Writing was good, worlds better than writing on an iPad, but not as good or natural as the Supernote. That being said, I did enjoy it for what it offered - but definitely get the premium pen if possible. Having a dedicated eraser on the backside of the pen was intuitive and, despite technically being worse than a pen w/ a button, I found I liked it more. The Scribe was heavy - I hated holding it in bed while reading, and while it was fine to hold while sitting it still wasn't comfortable like other Kindles. Size wise it was also just slightly too big IMO to take with me - and at that point, there are other products that do the job a bit better. My hope is that Amazon will make an ~8 inch Scribe, update some software as they did after first releasing, and find a good middle ground product. However, it was lightning fast (for an eink device) - fastest I'd used. Even after returning it, I still consider repurchasing, so i'd say all in all if you're looking for your kindle to have a Notebook function and don't mind the weight, get it.
The Kobo Libra 2 reading experience was fine, but I found despite the touted synergy with Libby/Overdrive I couldn't actually get it to retain a setup for long, and the build quality felt pretty bad. Also can't use a stylus. That was a quick return for me.
The Boox Tab Mini C showed me how much I'm looking forward to color eink - I actually found reading comics in muted colors a fun experience. It's like living in an old movie - obviously the aficionados are in fits, but still, it was novel in a good way. It actually was a pretty powerful device, it ran the android version of the Kindle app well, and some basic games, but all in all it was a pretty uneven experience.
The Supernote Nomad was a fantastic writing feel, but I felt it really lacked in the reading department. Its version of Kindle ran slowly and ruined the product for me - despite having a lot of writing and productivity tools, I sold it off. It also had a bad tendency to move around the desk which drove me nuts. Integration with a bluetooth keyboard was possible (and what I was looking for - an all in one device) but the delay wasn't great.
And, for fun, anyone looking for a dedicated writing device (distraction free) look for a product called the Alphasmart Neo 2 - it's an old educational typing tool. It's basically a keyboard, tiny little screen to write a few lines on, and some ports to plug it into your computer, but goddamn it's the best writing-only tool I've used
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