Last year, Amazon launched the Kindle Colorsoft, its first e-reader with a color E Ink display, alongside refreshes for the Kindle Scribe, basic Kindle, and Kindle Paperwhite. It was a decent reboot to the Kindle lineup, but all of BookTok (that’s book fans on TikTok for you boomers) was pretty upset that the Kindle Scribe—Amazon’s most expensive e-reader that supports a stylus—didn’t get the color screen upgrade. Well, today might as well be Christmas because Amazon just announced the 11-inch Kindle Scribe Colorsoft.
“Until now, this couldn’t be done on an E Ink device,†said Amazon hardware chief Panos Panay. He said Amazon reengineered everything, from the display digitizer to the stylus to allow for colors that look accurate.
Amazon showed off a new home screen and a “Quick Notes†feature that puts notes front and center. A new “Workspace†stack brings books, files, and notes into one folder. You can also sync documents and files from Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive. Handwritten notes can be searched used Alexa+.
The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft doesn’t come cheap, though: $630! That’s even more expensive than the previous model. It does come with the stylus for free. Preorders start today and availability won’t be until “later this year.â€
New 2025 Kindle Scribe (without color)
The new Kindle Scribe is 5.4mm and weighs 400 grams. Panay described it with his signature descriptions, calling it perfectly balanced, and saying it helps you “stay in your flow,†a phrase he’s used many times over the past decade to describe Microsoft Surface products, which he spearheaded.
“It just feels like you’re writing on paper,†Panay effused. Panos said the latency from the “ink†of the stylus is only 12ms. “It’s 40% faster on the things that really matter, like page turns and writing.â€
The new 2025 Kindle Scribe without a color screen, comes in two models: $430 without a front light and $500 with one. Preorders start today. The Kindle Scribe without a front light will be available “later this year†and the version without it will come “early next year,†according to Amazon.
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Original Source: https://gizmodo.com/we-successfully-bullied-amazon-into-making-a-kindle-scribe-with-colorsoft-2000665402
Original Source: https://gizmodo.com/we-successfully-bullied-amazon-into-making-a-kindle-scribe-with-colorsoft-2000665402
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