Not familiar with wired. Is this an ad? Reads like a “review” but there is a “buy now” button, permanently covering about 25% of the bottom of the screen.
ebooks as a platform will never evolve until ereaders (like these) get ~30FPS refresh rates. That's when "scrollytelling" can enter the race and could very well expand the industry into new territory.
Three or four generations of Kindle Scribes since 2022. Still no new Kindle Oasis. At this rate I think my Oasis is going to be a family heirloom passed down the generations, as Amazon steadfastly refuses to release an ergonomic e-reader with buttons.
I think they are missing something important in the review, what they are saying it's incorrect.
You CAN write directly, but only to PDFs.
Epub and kindle get the notes slapped in a box of some kind.
The other thing they miss is that most ereaders don't have access to kindle's huge book catalog.
A few full-on android devices do, but given the very outdated version of android they have, they night get cut out (as is happening for some) from the Kindle app, so no more books.
So far every image I've seen of this thing is too professional to trust. It looks like they solved the kaleido contrast problem, but none of the reviewers are actually saying that in the text. I'd really like an amateur side by side against something with a carta 1300 so I can judge the b/w contrast properly.
( if you are not familiar, here is a sample. The device on the left has a color screen. The extra layer causes the background to be darker: https://i.imgur.com/4W7YZu3.png )
hard to care about anything kindle since amazon started to remove download and transfer options, they are willing to pull the rug out from under you on anything and everything
Kindle/ePub and audio books are great, authors are publishing more content from what I've seen that would be prohibitive to do so with print.
Personally, I need to not stare at a screen at some point and need to use print. It would be great if Amazon or someone else had a service that would take pdfs and epubs print them as mass market paperback and ships it to you. A lot of content is kindle/digital only these days unfortunately. I would think it won't cost > $20 per-print, I'd be willing to pay twice that plus shipping. Even for older books, you can only get used versions, and even then if you're lucky. It would be nice if the digital versions were available for on-demand printing.
I own last years Kindle Scribe model and enjoy reading with it. Technically, I probably just like e-ink devices and this was my first e-ink purchase. The Notebook's (now Workspace?) are a compelling experience but it is unclear how the syncing feature protects data privacy. Pen and paper still has a cozier vibe when trying to keep drafts of ideas secure.
Two critiques:
- Kindle would be a much better product if kindle.amazon.com took me to a dedicated UX that is not washed out by the e-commerce bloat that currently surrounds it.
- You have to carefully purchase Kindle editions of books. There are definitely Kindle edition books for sale that are digitally scanned, imported, and compiled as a Kindle edition with no proof reading having occurred leaving you stuck with typo riddled messes.
I have a Supernote Nomad (https://taoofmac.com/space/reviews/2025/01/18/2335) and am quite pleased with it given I can sideload Obsidian and other Android apps for those extra geeky things I want to do occasionally on it. But I have been looking at newer devices with color (and backlights), although I wouldn’t want to get stuck in Amazon’s ecosystem…
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My daughter loves it: she reads on it and does homeworks on it.
It's the "tablet" that kids could he allowed to use: slow refresh rate (no videogames), can only read books and write.
And that's what she does! She reads books and writes on it, along with sketching or drawing mazes.
You CAN write directly, but only to PDFs.
Epub and kindle get the notes slapped in a box of some kind.
The other thing they miss is that most ereaders don't have access to kindle's huge book catalog. A few full-on android devices do, but given the very outdated version of android they have, they night get cut out (as is happening for some) from the Kindle app, so no more books.
( if you are not familiar, here is a sample. The device on the left has a color screen. The extra layer causes the background to be darker: https://i.imgur.com/4W7YZu3.png )
Personally, I need to not stare at a screen at some point and need to use print. It would be great if Amazon or someone else had a service that would take pdfs and epubs print them as mass market paperback and ships it to you. A lot of content is kindle/digital only these days unfortunately. I would think it won't cost > $20 per-print, I'd be willing to pay twice that plus shipping. Even for older books, you can only get used versions, and even then if you're lucky. It would be nice if the digital versions were available for on-demand printing.
Two critiques: - Kindle would be a much better product if kindle.amazon.com took me to a dedicated UX that is not washed out by the e-commerce bloat that currently surrounds it. - You have to carefully purchase Kindle editions of books. There are definitely Kindle edition books for sale that are digitally scanned, imported, and compiled as a Kindle edition with no proof reading having occurred leaving you stuck with typo riddled messes.