Has my opinion on the Kindle Scribe changed? (6 Month Review)

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When the Kindle Scribe was released in November 2022 there was a ton of excitement for Amazon entering into the e-Ink tablet space, but at the time of release it's software was not on par with the Boox, reMarkable or SuperNote devices. Now 6 months later, Amazon has released their first update for the device and I think now it is time to give it a proper review. How does it stack up against the Boox, reMarkable & SuperNote devices and who might get good value from the device?
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00:00 Kindle Scribe Review
00:27 Hardware
01:24 Hardware Conclusion
01:33 Premium Pen
02:22 Writing Look & Feel
03:12 Brushes and Pens
04:57 Focus & Productivity
05:57 Professional Tools
06:38 Wish List
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@JoannaMorlan Күн бұрын

I’m so glad to see a left-handed person reviewing this thing!

@rush48192 Жыл бұрын

300 dpi and back light have kept me on board with the scribe even with the software limits, I am hopeful kindle will get there with the software and even more so before a remakerable 3 hits the market

@mauchkimberly 7 ай бұрын

Nice! Thanks for pointing out the backlight as I forgot that feature (and I need that feaature). Appreciated.

@brandonthomas6602 Жыл бұрын

The king has returned! The threesome of you, Kit Betts Masters, and Voja was a highlight of KZfaq, and of collaboration in general, that being said, I have been wanting a kindle scribe review so bad! Thanks so much for making it, I will watch as soon as I have time I think after work

@DuAuskenner Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brandon! I was really looking for such a review :)

@MoultonMayhem Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks. The scrolling paper is my next major update need, followed by lasso! I saw this on a RM2 recently and it looks great. With that and the reading experience this would keep me on the platform. If not I can see in the future I would flip to a competitor and have my oasis alongside. Here’s hoping Amazon have this on the roadmap as it is a really nice interface

@molhuwmartins9723 10 ай бұрын

This is my friend's second Kindle. kzfaq.infoUgkxOnUR4NaproSbBbD2sdI4XcDZ58Jz8GOx The first one which is about 5 or 6 years old quit charging because the bottom connector went bad. When I saw they upgraded to a USB C connector I knew it was time. I think the old USB Micro connectors are a PIA. Her new one is great. It synced right out of the box and connected to WiFi immediately. The thing is perfect! Sooo mine will arrive tomorrow. (Been reading off an old Fire) What bugs me are the reviewers that give this product one star because it didn't work out of the box or they were too dumb to figure it out. If it doesn't work send it back and get another one. It couldn't be easier with Amazon. Giving it one star because it didn't work says nothing about a good one that does work. I bet a bad one is one in a thousand or more. Give it a break...just get another one.

@Rohwit 10 күн бұрын

Did not know of this channel. Thank God that has changed. I am so confused between Remarkable and Scribe. I have heard a lot of bad stuff about how remarkable 2 does not let you save your work on your own cloud without paying them for it (stupid!). Your lovely video has nudged me towards Remarkable. Much gratitude for your work. Love from India

@mark_kelly Жыл бұрын

This is an excellent review and it knocks my recent deep dive of the same device out of the park. Thank you for the video and for inspiring me in what I might change for my future content.

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

❤️. I’ll go check it out!

@frooqy Жыл бұрын

I'm loving my Scribe. Looking forward to new updates

@merismith817 Жыл бұрын

Great review. I love the kindle ecosystem but I also have a reMarkable as a professional and student. The screen share functions, lasso, and ability to move and email notes are essential to my daily experience. The kindle scribe software is not where it needs to be.

@KitBetts-Masters Жыл бұрын

Slick video mate. Great job, correct opinions, all good stuff!

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kit, I really appreciate hearing that from you!

@steviesteve750 10 ай бұрын

Latest software gives you convert notes to text function, and working with MS Word docs. That and the hardware design means surely it's a better option than the remarkable?

@aTodaCreature 7 ай бұрын

You’re awesome, thank you for this video!!

@BrandonKBoswell 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. You are very welcome.

@CRHK88 Жыл бұрын

Good video. I picked up one while it was on sale during Amazon's National Reading Month sale, last month. I agree with your assessment, and considered returning. But, I picked up a package with the 64 gb Scribe, Premium Pen and black leather case for $250. It was on sale, then 20% off and a $25 gift card for trading in a really old kindle. So, I am not sure I can beat that deal in the future, and just hope that they update the OS. I do miss One Note compatibility and scrolling pages when using my iPad, but I do like the 300 ppi, and writing performance and the fact that it is also a Kindle is a nice bonus. I am still on the fence and have a few days to return. If it just had a few more features, it would be a no brainer, but at this point in time, I am not sure. I did look at the Remarkable 2 first, but with a similar configuration, it was about $600. Also, looked at a Kobo, as well as the Boox Note Air 2, those too, when configured similarly were over $500. So, at $250, it's hard to not keep it, even with its current limitations.

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

The good news is it will only get better. The hardware is sound

@O3177O 11 ай бұрын

@@BrandonKBoswell great review , is the writing feel as good as the remarkable ? Better worse ?

@Kaw22130 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I have a Scribe and overall it’s a good product for the price (Hack: I bought a $5 old echo so I could trade it in and get 20% off the Scribe). But the functionality of the note taking is really lacking especially for work. Need support to sync with things like google drive, onenote, and OneDrive. And the ability to translate writing to text and search. I’m hoping Amazon makes some updates to the software. But they have been slow to update the kindle software over the years. So it seems doubtful for a quick response. I’m hoping the Lenovo Yoga / Smart book will bring some of these features for cheaper than boox or remarkable

@Nailnuke 6 ай бұрын

A big update has arived. Lasso, double page landscape & export as txt file

@whitreader Жыл бұрын

As a reading device it lacks the ability to remove books from the home page to the library where the collections are. Organizing your books is important so the home page isn't being cluttered with new books you have purchased or books you have read but don't need them on the home page any longer. The Kindle App on the iPhone, iPad, and Fire have the capability to remove the books back to the library and into collections. Amazon software writers please help the reader have the control for a more pleasant experience.

@DigiDriftZone Ай бұрын

It is such a shame that for 5 months now we haven't seen any real updates for the Scribe, really starting to feel like Amazon have abandoned it :( - at least it's available at dirt cheap prices of £160 for a 16GB with a Premium Pen, that's only a little more than a reMarkable2 Stylus, without the tablet!

@Obee 8 ай бұрын

is the text searchable in all tablets you mentioned in the video?

@Quraniyat-wa-Islamiyat Жыл бұрын

Any thoughts about the Meebook P10 Pro considering it supports google play which i think is a big advantage ?

@SheriCarthan-MinistryHelp 9 ай бұрын

Wished I had seen this video yesterday. I just ordered the Scribe but wanted the remarkable. I didn't know my fire max pen would work with the remarkable.

@BrandonKBoswell 9 ай бұрын

At least Amazon has easy returns ;)

@SheriCarthan-MinistryHelp 9 ай бұрын

@@BrandonKBoswell 🤭 great video by the way!

@claytonspann8032 11 ай бұрын

I thank you for your review but take exception to your comment, too heavy for bedtime reading. Wow, I find it very lightweight and a Joy to my uSoft surface alternatives. Scribe is a blessing for bedtime reading.

@-chris- Жыл бұрын

Great video! Does the Kindle premium pen require any hacks to work fully on the Remarkable?

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

The eraser works out of the box, but the extra button isn’t going to do anything. At some point I want to attempt a hack to make it toggle the highlighter like it does on the Scribe

@mscargill1 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting to hear your comment that the 300 ppi is not so very noticeable over (say) the Boox 227 ppi. The 300 ppi is chiefly why I would buy the Scribe. I do notice a difference between my 2021 300 ppi Paperwhite and my Boox Note Air 2 (and even, I think, my 300 ppi Boox Nova 3), esp for reading. The Paperwhite looks far, far better! However, having the Boox Note I struggle to think why I would really benefit from the Scribe, other than the very limited case of reading books and PDFs in a more convenient 10.3” format? That larger format is, as you say, less ideal than a 7” format for relaxed reading in bed and something else that I haven’t seen much comment on is also a blow to the Scribe’s larger format. That is Amazon stopping their Newstand store in September, meaning that you won’t be able to enjoy the larger 300 ppi display for magazines with the Scribe. The closing of the Newstand offering is a major blow since where else will you get the chance to enjoy e-ink magazines at 300 ppi in a large format, beyond, perhaps the new Boox Colour Tab, though as Voja has pointed out, the Kaliedo screen for that means that its 300 ppi - for non-colour only! - will not be quite as good as the Scribe’s :( Which takes you back to the Scribe, essentially as a superior 300 ppi reading device. The Sticky Notes feature is hugely disappointing - basically all it offers over existing notes is that you can scribble your note rather than laboriously type it - and its note-taking pdf annotation features offer nothing like you have with the front-lighted Boox Note Air (hence its premium price). Granted the Scribe looks very nice - though so too does the Boox or Remarkable - I think I will hold off going for one and enjoy what I already have. Big thanks again for your great videos and so easy but informative on the eye and ear presentation!

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

300ppi is great. I just don’t think it’s worth looking past everything you give up to get it with the Scribe.

@Reassembles Жыл бұрын

Great review! How does Kindle stylus work with RM2? Specifically, what’s about eraser?

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

It writes great and the eraser works. Note that the additional button doesn’t do anything

@stefanmeier7690 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for ure good Review. I would love to buy it , in germany you get the cheapest Kindle for 400 Euro, with a Cover, which it needs. it is just too expensive for a Digital Notebook in my eyes :( 250 to 300 would be alot fairer

@chitownshowtime5246 5 ай бұрын

I have had 2 replacements and both units start writing before I put the pen to paper. About a half inch off the page the unit picks the pen up and marks the page… I am starting to think it’s me… 3rd one coming hopefully it works.

@ThatOneBlackGuy 10 ай бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="325">5:25</a> it does run PHP and you can play Kingdom of Loathing in non-mobile mode!

@BrandonKBoswell 10 ай бұрын

…?

@ThatOneBlackGuy 10 ай бұрын

@@BrandonKBoswell click on the timestamp

@paololololol Ай бұрын

Hi Brandon late commenter and new subscriber. I’m looking at the super note or this , any thoughts on which I should lean towards if cost isn’t an issue? Thanks for your videos and cheers!

@BrandonKBoswell Ай бұрын

Supernote. Perhaps wait for the A5X2.

@adurbe Жыл бұрын

How fast is it at PDF render? My use case is reading multiple academic papers in pdf and making notes/annotations as I go. I previously had a remarkable 1 but it's speeds were so slow as to make the process impossibly frustrating!

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

The Scribe’s PDF rendering is slower than the reMarkable’s

@aroundomaha Жыл бұрын

@@BrandonKBoswell That is a buzz kill. I want a simple way to import highlights from books and pdfs into Readwise, and thereby to Obsidian.

@adurbe Жыл бұрын

@@BrandonKBoswell Thats a real shame. Feels like a missed opportunity there.

@curiouslykim3589 Жыл бұрын

Is that sticky note feature for handwriting note only? Can I copy parts of book and paste them into the sticky note?

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

There's no copy and paste on the Kindle, so unfortunately not.

@ludupgyatso7 Жыл бұрын

Can I rotate kindle by landscape mode to read ? And which kindle is the best to buy in large 10” size?

@TheMonolith91 Жыл бұрын

Yep, you can rotate to landscape on any kindle, I had a paperwhite and loved it, only upgraded to the scribe for writing and the much bigger screen. Depends what you want from the device 😊

@ludupgyatso7 Жыл бұрын

@@TheMonolith91 thank you so much for giving information. Yes, purchase 10” from Canada

@JuanDavid-bg4yz 7 ай бұрын

The referal discount doesn't work anymore i think

@caliinthevalley24681 Жыл бұрын

I can forgive it for it’s short comings because I have access to my kindle library.

@williewasahippie 11 ай бұрын

I had a Remarkable 2 for all of my "IT stuff" but it was stolen last year. :( As I'm grandfathered into the Remarkable "Connect" cloud service for free, I'm considering just buying another Remarkable 2.

@BrandonKBoswell 11 ай бұрын

With the referral discount + a 3rd party stylus, the reMarkable is a great deal.

@H.asr9119 8 ай бұрын

Which device would allow me to extract documents from cloud or to send documents via email, so I could read it on the device?

@BrandonKBoswell 8 ай бұрын

reMarkable, SuperNote or Boox

@tunzjnky 11 ай бұрын

The scribe I have converts to text. Maybe an update since this video.

@BrandonKBoswell 11 ай бұрын

Yes they have since added this!

@PatrykSalek Жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="70">1:10</a> wait, does it have backlight or frontlight? I love your videos, BTW

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

Sorry I always butcher this when I talk about it. It’s a front light. Anytime I say backlight on eInk I mean front light ;)

@PatrykSalek Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your answer :) Didn't mean to be nitpicky. I'm in the middle of a research to buy my first eink tablet/notebook and just needed confirmation on that matter. Your videos (as well as Kit's and Voja's) are very helpful.

@TheMrjonv Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@Fiddler90s Жыл бұрын

Hi Brandon, I am a phd student. i like taking hand written notes and underline whenever I read books and PDFs. I usually print PDFs and write on them so that I have my thoghrs or summaries on them directly for whenever I meat my advisors. I'm torn between the supernote, kindle scribe, or remarkable. what would you recommend please?

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

Probably warrants a conversation. Come by the Knowledge Workers Discord and I'm happy to help guide. discord.gg/v4qdKMughq

@Fiddler90s Жыл бұрын

@@BrandonKBoswell Done! I cant wait thank you!

@christianemoises Жыл бұрын

The link for discord says: this invitation has expired. I Would like to join. Help?

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

Hey Christiane, maybe give it another try? I just tried it and it appears valid. discord.gg/v4qdKMughq

@twenty4665 7 ай бұрын

PhD student spells *meet* incorrectly 😂

@TheDocmaligno Жыл бұрын

The newest onyx is also 300 dpi.

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

Yes! I should initial impressions on that later this week

@handrez. Жыл бұрын

it really doesn’t have an undo option?

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

There is an undo in the toolbar, but there’s no gesture to trigger it

@summera4077 Жыл бұрын

Doesn't the remarkable have subscription fees though?

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

They used to have some features behind a subscription fee. They’ve since made those features free. There is still a subscription program, it gives you long term backup of your notes and the ability to have typed notes. Neither of which the Scribe has.

@summera4077 Жыл бұрын

@@BrandonKBoswell thank you so much for responding. I’ll have to check them out again then. I’ll need long term storage but perhaps exporting files will be an option. Thank you!

@nathanaelcard Жыл бұрын

Has anyone tested pdf export? Is it vector or raster?

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

I haven't tested it recently, but if my memory serves me correctly it's raster.

@oraz. Ай бұрын

Can you split screen a pdf and notes?

@BrandonKBoswell Ай бұрын

Nope

@aboodhayanasvishwamithra5251 10 ай бұрын

so many things you said as not being there are actually present.

@BrandonKBoswell 10 ай бұрын

Amazon has done an excellent job with adding features via software update since this video was published.

@jmisc Жыл бұрын

Patent and patent lawyers are the reasons for missing features

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah?

@spsisys1 8 ай бұрын

...And your recommendation is???

@BrandonKBoswell 8 ай бұрын

How to choose an e-Ink tablet? (2023 Edition) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8toa6SBvsfMioE.html

@LeeKelly 11 ай бұрын

Super disappointed with the buggy software on the Kindle Scribe. Had the device replaced but eventually just sent it back for a refund. CS was not interested in finding the source of the bugs. Wouldn't recommend this for either note taking or as an e-reader.

@BrandonKBoswell 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for reaching out, @LeeKelly. I also found the Scribe software limiting. What bugs were you running into?

@csu111 5 ай бұрын

A pencil is fatiguing?

@BrandonKBoswell 5 ай бұрын

If writing for long periods of time.

@vipinnair1991 4 ай бұрын

Jesus. Who holds a pen like that while writing xD

@BrandonKBoswell 4 ай бұрын

Me.

@senfglas214 Жыл бұрын

First hihihi

@BrandonKBoswell Жыл бұрын

👋

@GemoryGame 9 ай бұрын

watching lefties write is painful.

@BrandonKBoswell 9 ай бұрын

🤷

@mcorrlo08 8 күн бұрын

I bought it. I hate it. Nobody is mentioning an important thing: everytime I turn the page, the screen takes a long time (thinking maybe?) then it flashes and goes completely black, and only then does it show the next page. You can't search words inside the book or flip through it. It's a real disaster. And not good for your eyes. Hate it! Do not buy !!!