A couple notes - some of the pens (such as the Staedler and Generic stylus) won't fit inside the pen holder of the case I have. Outside of that, it looks like the Kindle is still a) on sale and b) actually will deliver before Christmas! Link here: geni.us/n7yW. Thanks everyone for all your support! Have a Merry Christmas!
Solid and detailed review. Best one I’ve seen on the Scribe. I especially appreciate the breakdown of the different size comparisons of the scribe vs other tablets, along with pen options. Thanks for sharing.
I agree with you about the form factor of the Scribe. I was surprised that none of the review videos ever mentioned it! There is such a thing as a device being too thin, surprisingly enough. It just makes holding and writing on it very awkward unless you have a case. I hope future generations have the thickness and backing material that the Kindle Paperwhite has - then it will be absolutely perfect.
The thinness is desirable for writing on a desk. It has rubber feet on the back, which indicate it is designed to be laid flat. If you are writing on a desk like that, the less you have to lift your hand of the table to write near the edge, the more comfortable it will be
I replaced the iPad with Kindle Scribe, and I felt 80%satisfied. My needs are very clear: reading, taking notes. The deficiencies are not enough optimization of PDF, not comfortable reading the literature.
I can't believe it. Not 2 hours ago I bought the Kindle Scribe on sale from Amazon and then your video shows up in my UA-cam feed. Spooky. Wait, it gets spookier.I was seriously considering canceling the order. (The sale price of $300 is still a lot of money.) Watching your video alleviated the fear that I had made a bad decision. Thanks!
Interesting review of the kindle scribe considering that you're an ipad guy. Its good to see someone appreciate this device despite of its very limited capabilities. It really is a digital minimalist device
Love that term: digital minimalist. There are those days you want the distractions to go away and just read and journal and scribble. Like the old days of paper!
I totally understand why they didn't make it so that you could write "On" a regular kindle book. Because, allot of people switch devices (with Wispersync), so when you go to a device with a different text flow.... the marking/note would misalign with the text.
Pretty comprehensive review, thanks. I am just new to using e writing tablets, I just received my K Scribe a week and a half ago and love it. This does most of what I was hoping for, just reading and taking notes pretty much. The one disappointment I do have, which you mentioned is not being able to open more than one notebook or ebook at one time. This would be a huge improvement from my perspective as I desire to take a lot of notes while reading a book or even being able to copy notes from one notebook to another at times. I know the sticky notes are great, but it would be greatly beneficial to be able to sketch a few visible notes here and there on the page. I hope future upgrades will cover this off. Apart from that, this thing is worth every penny, I think. There really isn't anything else out there for this kind of money and have these features. Thanks for your review.
I enjoy it for multiple reasons, many of which you’ve listed. I do prefer to have color highlighters of which this doesn’t have. It’s kind of frustrating for me to annotate pdfs on for this reason. And this was the main reason I purchased this device.
Thank you for a great review! I have the Kindle Scribe and love it. Still trying to learn the various nuances but I will get it. This definitely is a keeper.
My first time on your channel and really enjoyed the video. Great content and production quality. I purchased a Kindle scribe on sale for 240 bucks, which I think is quite fair for the device!
Just got one n I have to give it a chance. Purchased on eBay open box but it’s like new. Paid less than the actual price so that helps. So far I’m not too impressed. I think if you’re gonna do reading mostly just get a lower price kindle. But I’ll give it much more time n see. Great review. Oh plus mine doesn’t make a writing sound but that’s ok.
I know the ipad is a bit distracting but I really think when it comes to writing, taking notes and reading simultanously and Ipad is best. you can split screen and use free writing apps. And for the same price (if you get the budget $330) option.
Bro, nice hat. Thanks for the advertising. Hope all is well. As for the review, I still love the old school method of holding a paperback or hardcover book.
If this wasn't what you were looking for I chose the boox note air 3c a color eink tablet with notes function that comes with a pen instead. It was $500 but the android capabilities lets me have all the storefronts for books and Libby. Plus the color is great for notebooks. I have all my journals digital now on it and it has a recording option in its built in notes app for people who want to record meetings while they take notes. Plus it does split screen and can use a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse as well.
As a someone who studies philosophy, the problem I really had with kindle scribe is that u literally cannot open longs pdf with images (I mean scanned books) and that's really a shame.
@@frixosfriedman7813 A scanned page is still like an image, so if it's long enough it will not open it or be very laggy. Idk about the new scribe, but if you're gonna read long scanned pdfs I would not recommend it to you. If you only read amazon books is really good, but i don't really love amazon ecosystem. So if you want something that's good for everything I would go for the boox go series (if you don't need the front light) or a note series (if you do).
I don't find it good for my purposes, but hopefully they fix it. I work with large pdfs and need to be able to mark them up, take notes etc. You can upload them in kindle format or keep the native pdf format, but either format has some serious limitations. I have an the first gen. remarkable too, and don't like it because no back lit display.
Thanks for your informative video. I have a couple of questions. First, is it possible to upload books (Pdf and Epub) that I did buy to Kindle Scribe? Second, can I copy a text from Pdf or E book to my notes?
Good Video - Thanks - I have an IPAD 11” M4 Pro and Love it - EXCEPT I still don’t like the feel of writing on it, even with the PaperLike screen protector. I love the Remarkable 2 but hate the Eco system - Apple Notes is So Much more powerful. Do you see an opportunity - to leverage this ALONG with the IPad? I find I use my IPAD exclusively for content consumption - but still need a digital “notebook” - is this worth it? - or hold out for a Remarkable 2. I hate to chase the technology - but that I feel that is what is missing for me with the IPAD? I know first world problems - but as long as we are looking at options.
I have a quick question about the kickstand cover you have in this video. At one point, you mention that it goes into and can be removed from that cover fairly easily, but you say that you wouldn’t try to do it too much though. Did you mean that more in the sense that you would worry it might damage that cover, or that it might damage your Scribe?
Hey Harris. First time on your channel due to the Kindle Scribe. Man hope I will get answer from you or anybody else who has a Scribe and can compare with my experience. I got a problem of the display on the right edge of the screen (anywhere between 5 - 0mm) not registering properly the pen interaction - like writing in those areas or tapping on the toolbar. There is definite difference with how the screen recognises the pen strokes on the left edge of the screen, where works with no problem. So in order to get the right edge work properly I am forced to apply more pressure on the display with the pen. Kinda gets really annoying when you use the toolbar a lot or you see your pen skipping. The problem was worse in the third party case where probably the magnets messed things up even more. But even outside the case the problem persists, albeit in a smaller degree. Could you guys please check how its on your Scribes?
Are you using a 3rd party cover? I noticed an issue with the magnets on a third party cover similar to what you're describing. In the end I went back to the Amazon cover.
I don't have any issues with the right edge of my device, so perhaps it's a hardware issue. Have you tried moving the toolbar to the left side of the screen?
so for a student would you recommend this or an iPad for note taking? and in terms of reading and taking notes on pdf, that is really all i care about lol
Do you have a suggestion: I am brand new to the IPad (10th Generation). I'm looking for an App (I guess) that would be good for making up documents, like one would proof-read a paper. I nomrally would use Word, print out my sermon, then work through it with a pen. I'd like to do that with an Ipad. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I use GoodNotes on my iPad, which can import pdf files for markup and has a pretty good writing experience (for an iPad). I also have Documents by Readdle, which was free for the basic functionality and has some good file-management features. You can print or export your sermon to pdf and then markup in either of these apps (or others).
I really tried to like this scribe, but, it’s too limited for me. The iPad really solves all of my issues…it’s color, I can split the screen to have a book on one side, Goodnotes on the other. I was disappointed.
what about the screen ? I use wacom tablets and a pen, and over time as I've been using the tablet got scratched. And as far as I knowm the screen is using a plastic surface. How about the durability while using the pen?
@@idontwantcorporateretaliat6301 I use the original ones yet got scratched of daily use. If that so is normal and natural that this screen will have this issue, too. Can it be used with some glass protection ( for the screen )
Max uoload file size is 200MB ! So not able read pdfs above 200mb. Without sd card, all personal pdfs must be uploaded ... only personal drive is 5 Gb for those documents?
I bought it. I hate it. Nobody is mentioning an importatnt thing: everytime I turn the page, the screen takes a long time (thinking?) then it flashes and goes completely black, and only then does it show the next page. You can't search inside the book or flip through it. It's a disaster.
hey, can you flip pages when you've written notes on this ? So if Ive got 5 pages of notes, can it flip to the next note page with a click of a button ?
Does anybody know of a small device? That is great for Microsoft Word. And I mean, downloading Microsoft Word instead of using it online? All I want is to write. That's it? I don't wanna watch videos. I don't wanna play video games. I thought this would be good, but the problem is my writing sucks and if it doesn't turn my hand writing into something I can read this isn't what I want. I truly do appreciate you. Making this because it did help me tremendously. To stay away from this which is too bad. I hate that my writing sucks so bad
I put a popsocket on the back of mine which has a clear case on it, the socket is on the case not my actual device for holding it. It is bigger than the typical e-reader but, I use for work notes and to have a book access for when I want to read.
One thing I have yet to see covered in a review with the Scribe. I know you can use the software to transfer documents to the Scribe for mark up, but what about transferring hand written notes from a meeting to your computer (not using any document mark up)? Does it convert your notes to text or is an image?
A couple notes - some of the pens (such as the Staedler and Generic stylus) won't fit inside the pen holder of the case I have. Outside of that, it looks like the Kindle is still a) on sale and b) actually will deliver before Christmas! Link here: geni.us/n7yW. Thanks everyone for all your support! Have a Merry Christmas!
could you compare this to a kobo color? great video!!!!
Oh my....welcome back! We've missed you!
Thank you! Good to be back
Solid and detailed review. Best one I’ve seen on the Scribe. I especially appreciate the breakdown of the different size comparisons of the scribe vs other tablets, along with pen options. Thanks for sharing.
This was the most useful review ever! Knowing that I can’t compare side by side or the sticky notes are dealbreakers. Thank you!!
I agree with you about the form factor of the Scribe. I was surprised that none of the review videos ever mentioned it! There is such a thing as a device being too thin, surprisingly enough. It just makes holding and writing on it very awkward unless you have a case. I hope future generations have the thickness and backing material that the Kindle Paperwhite has - then it will be absolutely perfect.
The thinness is desirable for writing on a desk. It has rubber feet on the back, which indicate it is designed to be laid flat. If you are writing on a desk like that, the less you have to lift your hand of the table to write near the edge, the more comfortable it will be
I replaced the iPad with Kindle Scribe, and I felt 80%satisfied. My needs are very clear: reading, taking notes. The deficiencies are not enough optimization of PDF, not comfortable reading the literature.
No games, social media, messages, and other things that distract. A great way to disconnect…in a connected way.
Harris. Lovely to see you back. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪.
Thanks for the support and happy new year!
I can't believe it. Not 2 hours ago I bought the Kindle Scribe on sale from Amazon and then your video shows up in my UA-cam feed. Spooky. Wait, it gets spookier.I was seriously considering canceling the order. (The sale price of $300 is still a lot of money.) Watching your video alleviated the fear that I had made a bad decision. Thanks!
300 is a lot. It went on sale last black friday for like $230 and a little over $200 refurbished
@@ch3ckm8it cost 450 in my country xd
Not spooky. It is because algorithm.
Yes!!! Great to see you back man. Hope you’re doing well.
Thanks man! 👏
Interesting review of the kindle scribe considering that you're an ipad guy.
Its good to see someone appreciate this device despite of its very limited capabilities. It really is a digital minimalist device
Definitely, it's refreshing to use!
Love that term: digital minimalist. There are those days you want the distractions to go away and just read and journal and scribble. Like the old days of paper!
I watch too much UA-cam, this was one of the best videos in a while. Great presentation, funny and a on point message delivery.
Welcome back, Harris! I've missed your quality videos. Hope you are doing well!
Thank you! Hope things are well for you too!
I totally understand why they didn't make it so that you could write "On" a regular kindle book. Because, allot of people switch devices (with Wispersync), so when you go to a device with a different text flow.... the marking/note would misalign with the text.
I appreciate this insight as most reviewers don’t expand on how it would be inconsistent within the Kindle ecosystem
Bravo!!! You did an excellent job giving us a behind the scenes preview of this device. Very useful information. We appreciate you!!!!
Pretty comprehensive review, thanks. I am just new to using e writing tablets, I just received my K Scribe a week and a half ago and love it.
This does most of what I was hoping for, just reading and taking notes pretty much. The one disappointment I do have, which you mentioned is not being able to open more than one notebook or ebook at one time. This would be a huge improvement from my perspective as I desire to take a lot of notes while reading a book or even being able to copy notes from one notebook to another at times. I know the sticky notes are great, but it would be greatly beneficial to be able to sketch a few visible notes here and there on the page. I hope future upgrades will cover this off. Apart from that, this thing is worth every penny, I think. There really isn't anything else out there for this kind of money and have these features. Thanks for your review.
I enjoy it for multiple reasons, many of which you’ve listed. I do prefer to have color highlighters of which this doesn’t have. It’s kind of frustrating for me to annotate pdfs on for this reason. And this was the main reason I purchased this device.
mine just arrived today--this was very helpful--thank you!!
Congrats on 100k, and welcome back! :)
Thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you for a great review! I have the Kindle Scribe and love it. Still trying to learn the various nuances but I will get it. This definitely is a keeper.
My first time on your channel and really enjoyed the video. Great content and production quality. I purchased a Kindle scribe on sale for 240 bucks, which I think is quite fair for the device!
Welcome aboard! Thanks for the support and I hope you enjoy the Scribe!
Got mine! Thank u for the review! Awesome detailed review! Appreciate it bro!
It’s good you are back!
Thank you! 👏
Just got one n I have to give it a chance. Purchased on eBay open box but it’s like new. Paid less than the actual price so that helps. So far I’m not too impressed. I think if you’re gonna do reading mostly just get a lower price kindle. But I’ll give it much more time n see. Great review. Oh plus mine doesn’t make a writing sound but that’s ok.
ok, so what exactly are you not impressed about?
I know the ipad is a bit distracting but I really think when it comes to writing, taking notes and reading simultanously and Ipad is best. you can split screen and use free writing apps. And for the same price (if you get the budget $330) option.
He's back! Hope all is well.
Thank you! 👏
Bro, nice hat. Thanks for the advertising. Hope all is well. As for the review, I still love the old school method of holding a paperback or hardcover book.
Hey. Welcome back. I actually miss you.
Thank you! 🙏🏼
If this wasn't what you were looking for I chose the boox note air 3c a color eink tablet with notes function that comes with a pen instead. It was $500 but the android capabilities lets me have all the storefronts for books and Libby. Plus the color is great for notebooks. I have all my journals digital now on it and it has a recording option in its built in notes app for people who want to record meetings while they take notes. Plus it does split screen and can use a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse as well.
As a someone who studies philosophy, the problem I really had with kindle scribe is that u literally cannot open longs pdf with images (I mean scanned books) and that's really a shame.
Interesting. How about books which don't have images but are just scanned pages? Is it laggy or something?
@@frixosfriedman7813 A scanned page is still like an image, so if it's long enough it will not open it or be very laggy. Idk about the new scribe, but if you're gonna read long scanned pdfs I would not recommend it to you. If you only read amazon books is really good, but i don't really love amazon ecosystem. So if you want something that's good for everything I would go for the boox go series (if you don't need the front light) or a note series (if you do).
Hey brother, good too see a video from you, have a good holiday.
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
Good Lord it's been a long time!
I don't find it good for my purposes, but hopefully they fix it. I work with large pdfs and need to be able to mark them up, take notes etc. You can upload them in kindle format or keep the native pdf format, but either format has some serious limitations. I have an the first gen. remarkable too, and don't like it because no back lit display.
built in library and vocabulary builder feature is also pretty neat on this device for learners
Hi harris.. is kindle scribe friendly for left handed user? but looking at your review seem like very friendly used for both side hand
Thanks for your informative video. I have a couple of questions. First, is it possible to upload books (Pdf and Epub) that I did buy to Kindle Scribe? Second, can I copy a text from Pdf or E book to my notes?
How’s the “Beat up Martin” test?
Showing different pen options was very helpful
Good Video - Thanks - I have an IPAD 11” M4 Pro and Love it - EXCEPT I still don’t like the feel of writing on it, even with the PaperLike screen protector. I love the Remarkable 2 but hate the Eco system - Apple Notes is So Much more powerful. Do you see an opportunity - to leverage this ALONG with the IPad? I find I use my IPAD exclusively for content consumption - but still need a digital “notebook” - is this worth it? - or hold out for a Remarkable 2. I hate to chase the technology - but that I feel that is what is missing for me with the IPAD? I know first world problems - but as long as we are looking at options.
I have a quick question about the kickstand cover you have in this video. At one point, you mention that it goes into and can be removed from that cover fairly easily, but you say that you wouldn’t try to do it too much though. Did you mean that more in the sense that you would worry it might damage that cover, or that it might damage your Scribe?
Hey Harris. First time on your channel due to the Kindle Scribe. Man hope I will get answer from you or anybody else who has a Scribe and can compare with my experience. I got a problem of the display on the right edge of the screen (anywhere between 5 - 0mm) not registering properly the pen interaction - like writing in those areas or tapping on the toolbar. There is definite difference with how the screen recognises the pen strokes on the left edge of the screen, where works with no problem. So in order to get the right edge work properly I am forced to apply more pressure on the display with the pen. Kinda gets really annoying when you use the toolbar a lot or you see your pen skipping. The problem was worse in the third party case where probably the magnets messed things up even more. But even outside the case the problem persists, albeit in a smaller degree. Could you guys please check how its on your Scribes?
Are you using a 3rd party cover? I noticed an issue with the magnets on a third party cover similar to what you're describing. In the end I went back to the Amazon cover.
I don't have any issues with the right edge of my device, so perhaps it's a hardware issue. Have you tried moving the toolbar to the left side of the screen?
Hey, i've got the same problem with my Kindle scribe. Have you found a solution to fix this problem?
How quickly does the battery minimise if you use it for notetaking a couple of pages per day more than reading?
Question: Can you transfer files via USB as for the old kindle models?
so for a student would you recommend this or an iPad for note taking? and in terms of reading and taking notes on pdf, that is really all i care about lol
He's back ! Yay !
Question: How are audio books supported?
Great review mate, thanks
Nice to see you again
when you are jsut writing your thoughts down...like a dary or brainstorming etc., what format are these digital pages in?
Do you have a suggestion: I am brand new to the IPad (10th Generation). I'm looking for an App (I guess) that would be good for making up documents, like one would proof-read a paper. I nomrally would use Word, print out my sermon, then work through it with a pen. I'd like to do that with an Ipad. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I use GoodNotes on my iPad, which can import pdf files for markup and has a pretty good writing experience (for an iPad). I also have Documents by Readdle, which was free for the basic functionality and has some good file-management features. You can print or export your sermon to pdf and then markup in either of these apps (or others).
@@stephaneenglish4661 Thank you!
Do we have to change the tip on the Staedler like the one on the amazon pen?
Is there a way that you can email a copy of your notes or does it have to stay on the device?
Good review!!
Yup, you can convert your handwriting to text and send it to yourself via email in a few taps of the stylus. Easy peasy.
Can you read and highlight pdf?
Is it true that the S pen that comes with the S24 ultra works on the Kindle?
Yes. It does. It has the same Wacom tech.
I really tried to like this scribe, but, it’s too limited for me. The iPad really solves all of my issues…it’s color, I can split the screen to have a book on one side, Goodnotes on the other. I was disappointed.
I use the Staedler Jumbo pencil with my Samsung Tab S9 Ultra... when I'm not using the Bluetooth functions.
what about the screen ? I use wacom tablets and a pen, and over time as I've been using the tablet got scratched. And as far as I knowm the screen is using a plastic surface. How about the durability while using the pen?
the surface is near identical to a wacom tablet. Don't use harder tips than the original
@@idontwantcorporateretaliat6301 I use the original ones yet got scratched of daily use. If that so is normal and natural that this screen will have this issue, too. Can it be used with some glass protection ( for the screen )
Max uoload file size is 200MB ! So not able read pdfs above 200mb. Without sd card, all personal pdfs must be uploaded ... only personal drive is 5 Gb for those documents?
Would it be good for reading computer programming books
Harris Craycraft Thank you very much!
Thanks for watching!
Does it sync notes across devices, i.e. from the Scribe to your phone app, etc.? You can only write it marginalia on some texts, correct?
Thx for the tip! I have an s pen from my fold 4. :) just got the sale for 239 on amazon. Could make a vid on it... cheers!
Thank U for your video do I have to put paperlike on tne kindlescibe to a better writing experience ?
Nope
Thank U ☺@@HarrisCraycraft
Hope you have been well brother
I bought it. I hate it. Nobody is mentioning an importatnt thing: everytime I turn the page, the screen takes a long time (thinking?) then it flashes and goes completely black, and only then does it show the next page. You can't search inside the book or flip through it. It's a disaster.
you have a bad unit.
Has the side by side comparison been updated yet or auto-rotate as of July 2024? Thanks
Thank you!
I have been thinking about start using a smart notebook but my handwriting is very small... Any consideration about this issue?
you should review the remarkable!
yeah...maybe one of these days!
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hey, can you flip pages when you've written notes on this ? So if Ive got 5 pages of notes, can it flip to the next note page with a click of a button ?
Are the notes searchable?
Hi, how quickly does it swipe between pages?
Please lower the background music. It s too loud
Does it fit a standard full page of two-column research article paper?
Is it possible to write in the margins of PDFs?
Hi can you send the link for your Kindle case (the starry night one) (I live in india so said specific case isn't available)
Does anybody know of a small device? That is great for Microsoft Word. And I mean, downloading Microsoft Word instead of using it online? All I want is to write. That's it? I don't wanna watch videos. I don't wanna play video games. I thought this would be good, but the problem is my writing sucks and if it doesn't turn my hand writing into something I can read this isn't what I want.
I truly do appreciate you. Making this because it did help me tremendously. To stay away from this which is too bad. I hate that my writing sucks so bad
Wacom one pen works better for sketching with pencil also magnetic cover mess the pen up.
Apart from that I really like it.
Is there palm rejection on this device? Every video I see it looks like the hand is hovering.
Probably. Haven't used a scribe but have remarkable 2 (better IMO) and can rest palm on it while writing.
What do you think of Kindle Scribe at $240 with premium pen? They are having a pretty big sale right now. I was thinking of getting one.
Great deal.
Can you print the notes/journals you write?
Does it come with a pen ?
I put a popsocket on the back of mine which has a clear case on it, the socket is on the case not my actual device for holding it. It is bigger than the typical e-reader but, I use for work notes and to have a book access for when I want to read.
Ah, nice solution for holding it!
We have the same van Gogh case 😮
Thanks for this
great vid
What storage did you get? Do you think it is enough for you?
I got the base storage, which is fine for me
great review
how do you add send to kindle to your amazon bar
Go to www.amazon.com/sendtokindle and then add a bookmark, which looks different depending on the web browser
"Is there a function to view PDF pages in full?"
I love ❤️ the way you edit ✍🏾 your videos I love 💗 watching your videos I’m your biggest fan you make awesome 🤩 😎 👏🏾 videos
Thanks!
How did you dent it?
It is very hard to hold, I had to use the case as well.
Yep...which case did you get?
is this the 2022 or 2023 version?
First gen
One thing I have yet to see covered in a review with the Scribe. I know you can use the software to transfer documents to the Scribe for mark up, but what about transferring hand written notes from a meeting to your computer (not using any document mark up)? Does it convert your notes to text or is an image?
You can convert handwriting to text or you can export your notes to your computer (I believe as a pdf)
I don't like it is too square-ish, a little bit larger would be great
i set the side button to be the eraser, painful without it
If only this integrated with onenote
I bet it last a long time with only black n white colors