As part of today’s live event in NYC, the all-new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft has been revealed. This new reader-meets-tablet takes on all of the stylus action of the existing Kindle Scribe, but as the name suggests also delivers a full color screen like that of the existing Kindle Colorsoft. There’s some other new models too.
Amazon says the new Kindle Scribe has a design “just like paper” coming in at 5.4mm in thickness and 400g in weight. It is apparently “40% faster for writing and page turns” and sports a larger 11-inch glare-free display that “mirrors the proportions of a sheet of paper and feels just like you’re writing on one.”
Here some additional details on the new features/specs:
- A new front light system with miniaturized LEDs that fit tightly against the display to create a narrower bezel and uniform lighting.
- A new texture-molded glass to improve the friction when the pen glides across the screen—unlike tablets that often feel slippery or glassy.
- A rearchitected display stack to shrink the parallax to virtually nothing, so it feels like writing directly on the page.
- A new quad-core chip, more memory, and our latest Oxide display technology to make everything feel snappier.
Introducing Kindle Scribe Colorsoft – the “same new design” as the model detailed above but with a “fluid color writing experience.” Amazon says it used its custom-built Colorsoft display technology that delivers a “a color filter and light guide with nitride LEDs to enhance color without washing out the details.”
You can expect weeks of battery life here too.
Early fall Prime Day Kindle Scribe deals
- Kindle Scribe 16GB $300 (Reg. $400)
- Kindle Scribe 32GB $315 (Reg. $420)
- Kindle Scribe 64GB $340 (Reg. $450)
Aside from the new color screen, Amazon says the whole experience is a much snappier one while also delivering some new functionality with the Kindle Scribe’s Workspace app – you can import and export content with OneDrive and Google Drive alongside the ability to beam out handwritten notes to Alexa+.
Here’s some additional details from Amazon:
- All-new Home: From our all-new Home, we’ve added Quick Notes so you can easily jot something down whenever inspiration strikes. You can also open recently opened and added books, documents, and notebooks.
- Access all your docs: With support for Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, it’s easy to import documents for mark-up and export annotated PDFs.
- AI-powered search: Search your notes naturally across your notebooks and you’ll get simple AI summaries. You can also dig deeper with follow-up questions.
- Send to Alexa+: Early next year, you’ll be able to send your notes and documents from Kindle Scribe to Alexa+ and have a conversation about them.
- Share notebooks with OneNote: Export your notes as converted text or as an embedded image to OneNote so you can keep them all in one place and keep editing from your laptop.
- Color pens and highlights: Write, draw, and annotate in one of 10 pen colors or highlight in one of 5 highlighter colors.
- Shading: Artists and creators can create smooth gradients and subtle tones with our new shader tool, giving you even more control over the depth and richness of your art.
- Workspace: Organize your documents, notebooks, books, and more in the same folder.
Starting later this year, Kindle Scribe will be available starting at $499.99 and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft will be available from $629.99. Kindle Scribe without a front light will be available early next year for $429.99.
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