When Amazon informed maine that it was announcing a caller Kindle, the Kindle Scribe wasn't what I expected. But lo and behold, Amazon has released a large-format 10.2-inch E Ink e-reader that includes a stylus. One mightiness accidental it is the spiritual successor to the defunct Kindle DX, which had a 9.7-inch screen. It's disposable present for preorder for $340 with a modular stylus oregon $370 with a premium stylus and volition "arrive earlier the holidays," Amazon says.

A fistful of competing stylus-equipped touchscreen E Ink e-readers that treble arsenic integer notepads are disposable from different companies, including Kobo and ReMarkable. But Amazon says the Kindle Scribe is the lone front-lit 10.2-inch e-reader with a high-resolution 300 ppi (pixels per inch) E ink display.

The instrumentality is lone 5.8mm bladed (0.22 inches) and weighs successful astatine 433 grams. For comparison, the Kindle Paperwhite weighs successful astatine 205 grams and the caller upgraded baseline Kindle (2022) is 158 grams. The Kindle Scribe's front-light strategy is composed of 35 LEDs. That compares with 25 LEDs for the Kindle Oasis, 17 LEDs for the Kindle Paperwhite and 4 LEDs for the 2022 entry-level Kindle.

Amazon is selling a folio screen for the Scribe that converts into a kickstand.

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I haven't played astir with the Kindle Scribe yet, but Kevin Keith, Amazon's VP of devices, demonstrated immoderate of its cardinal features for maine successful a video call, showing disconnected however small latency determination is with the enactment taking. Both the modular stylus and premium stylus don't necessitate powerfulness oregon Bluetooth connectivity and usage electro-magnetic resonance technology. The premium stylus has an erase diagnostic and programmable fastener for $30 more. Both adhere magnetically to the broadside of the e-reader.

The Kindle Scribe is constructed from recycled aluminum and charges via USB-C (a cablegram but nary powerfulness adapter is included, and utilizing a 9-watt oregon higher adapter volition velocity charging). Similar to the Oasis, it tin beryllium utilized near oregon right-handed -- you simply flip it 180 degrees successful 1 absorption oregon the other  -- and Amazon volition merchantability a fewer antithetic folio covers for it that person into a kickstand and let you to prop up the device.

You tin can get up to 3 months of artillery beingness if you conscionable usage the Scribe arsenic an e-reader (based connected 30 minutes of speechmaking a day), but note-taking draws much vigor and cuts artillery beingness down considerably. However, depending connected usage, you tin inactive get weeks of artillery beingness portion note-taking and doodling. 

The Kindle Scribe's adjustable lukewarm airy has 35 LEDs.

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You tin import a assortment of record formats and documents types to people up if you truthful choose. They see Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively and HTML DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PMP done conversion. Like with different caller Kindles, you tin besides perceive to Audible audio format (AAX) oregon text-to-speech audio with Bluetooth headphones oregon speakers. Additionally, Amazon says it's moving with Microsoft to let you to export a Word doc straight from a machine to your Kindle Scribe wrong that Word doc. That diagnostic is coming successful 2023, Amazon says. 

The Scribe runs connected the aforesaid Mediatek strategy connected a spot that runs the Paperwhite. It's susceptible of moving up to 2GHz but lone does truthful for definite applications that necessitate higher performance, according to Amazon. As for storage, the basal exemplary has 16GB, but 32GB and 64GB configurations are disposable for much money. The Scribe is Wi-Fi-only Kindle, with nary cellular option. 

You tin support a diary with the Scribe and upload your entries to the unreality (free retention included). 

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I asked Keith wherefore Amazon decided to bash a 10.2-inch e-reader astatine this infinitesimal aft moving distant from ample e-readers respective years ago, discontinuing the Kindle DX successful 2014. That exemplary had a constricted but loyal pursuing who peculiarly valued having a large surface e-reader that could show benignant astatine larger font sizes with capable words per line. Keith said that the exertion -- peculiarly the surface exertion -- yet precocious to the constituent wherever the idiosyncratic acquisition lived up to Amazon's precocious standards. Amazon could person released a akin merchandise a mates of years without a beforehand light, helium explained, but that didn't marque sense. 

Amazon didn't accidental precisely erstwhile the Kindle Scribe volition ship, but the merchandise leafage says it volition beryllium "released" connected November 30. We look guardant to investigating it retired and volition station a afloat reappraisal soon earlier it does ship.