We Efficiently Bullied Amazon Into Making a Kindle Scribe With Coloration

Last yr, Amazon launched the Kindle Colorsoft, its first e-reader with a colour E Ink show, alongside refreshes for the Kindle Scribe, fundamental Kindle, and Kindle Paperwhite. It was an honest reboot to the Kindle lineup, however all of BookTok (that’s e book followers on TikTok for you boomers) was fairly upset that the Kindle Scribe—Amazon’s most costly e-reader that helps a stylus—didn’t get the colour display improve. Well, right now would possibly as effectively be Christmas as a result of Amazon simply introduced the 11-inch Kindle Scribe Colorsoft.

“Until now, this couldn’t be done on an E Ink device,” mentioned Amazon {hardware} chief Panos Panay. He mentioned Amazon reengineered all the things, from the show digitizer to the stylus to permit for colours that look correct.

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Amazon confirmed off a brand new residence display and a “Quick Notes” characteristic that places notes entrance and heart. A brand new “Workspace” stack brings books, information, and notes into one folder. You may sync paperwork and information from Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive. Handwritten notes will be searched used Alexa+.

The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft doesn’t come low-cost, although: $630! That’s much more costly than the earlier mannequin. It does include the stylus at no cost. Preorders begin right now and availability gained’t be till “later this year.”

New 2025 Kindle Scribe (with out colour)

The new Kindle Scribe is 5.4mm and weighs 400 grams. Panay described it together with his signature descriptions, calling it completely balanced, and saying it helps you “stay in your flow,” a phrase he’s used many occasions over the previous decade to explain Microsoft Surface merchandise, which he spearheaded.

“It just feels like you’re writing on paper,” Panay effused. Panos mentioned the latency from the “ink” of the stylus is just 12ms. “It’s 40% faster on the things that really matter, like page turns and writing.”

The new 2025 Kindle Scribe with no colour display, is available in two fashions: $430 with no entrance mild and $500 with one. Preorders begin right now. The Kindle Scribe with no entrance mild will probably be out there “later this year” and the model with out it’s going to come “early next year,” in keeping with Amazon.

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