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Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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572 points bookofjoe | 2 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bloopernova ◴[16 Oct 24 18:07 UTC] No.41861914[source]▶
Kindle Scribe should show your calendar, news, weather, etc when it's plugged in.

I hope Scribe note sharing is improved from "email yourself a PDF".

And come on, still no physical page turn buttons?

I also want a Kindle Scribe with a scroll display: a high-refresh-rate LCD touchscreen that sits just below the bottom of the eink screen. Use case being: swipe to a bookmark or page very quickly. It would stay off until touched and would be about 2cm tall, with the same width as the eink screen.

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OnionBlender ◴[16 Oct 24 18:26 UTC] No.41862132[source]▶
The "email yourself a PDF" note taking issue made the Scribe a no-go for me. Basically, if you transfer your PDF over USB, it wouldn't allow you to use certain note taking features. You had to email the PDF to yourself through Amazon's servers.

I hope Kobo releases a new Elipsa. I waited for the new reMarkable, but it is full of subscription garbage.

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1. bloopernova ◴[16 Oct 24 20:26 UTC] No.41863493[source]▶
I hadn't looked at the Elipsa before. It looks very much like the 1st gen Scribe, did Amazon simply buy that hardware?
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2. OnionBlender ◴[16 Oct 24 23:45 UTC] No.41865033[source]▶
All of the e-ink displays are made by the same company. That's why they're all so similar.