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packetlost ◴[] No.41860400[source]
The new Kindle Scribe looks kinda lame compared to the new reMarkable Pro, though significantly cheaper. Maybe the colored ePaper isn't that great, but at least you get some color for highlighting, which is probably a non-insignificant use of these types of devices.

Either way, sad there's no Oasis refresh. I'm not super attached to the physical buttons, but I'd prefer it to not. Oh well.

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criddell ◴[] No.41860923[source]
The Scribe is neat, but it's too small (same goes for the Remarkable devices).

It wish it was A4/Letter size to read PDFs at full size. There are a few devices like that out there (I've heard the Fujitsu Quaderno is nice), but none of them can be used with books purchased at Amazon.

And yes, I know about Calibre and the DeDRM tools. They don't work on KFX files and the workarounds degrade the book (you lose typography improvements that are only in KFX).

I'm also disappointed by the Oasis being discontinued. I wanted to trade mine in for a USB-C version.

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1. mariusor ◴[] No.41862176[source]
The current 10inch devices are quite expensive, you can imagine what a 14inch color e-ink screen would be at almost twice the surface size.
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2. criddell ◴[] No.41862296[source]
The Quaderno is monochrome, not color. You can buy them for $600 right now. If it worked with Amazon and had a USB-C port, I'd order one today.