Some early thoughts on the Kindle Scribe

Amazon recently announced the Kindle Scribe, a new 10″ Kindle that comes with a pen. It’s very much like a Kindle meets a reMarkable, and I’m very excited about what that could mean.

If you’ve not seen it, here is the official announcement video from Amazon:

The video doesn’t show a lot of how it works, but you get a pretty good idea. It’s a big Kindle that includes a pen to write on the screen. If the software is solid, this will become one of my favorite devices.

I love my Kindle and I love my reMarkable, but they both have shortcomings that the other could fix.

• The Kindle allows me to highlight text, but not easily leave any commentary in my notes.
• The reMarkable is great for note-taking and marking up documents, but the lack of books and the lack of a backlight are rough.

In theory, the Kindle Scribe will be the perfect combination to solve those woes.

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