The Amazon Kindle is a great way to keep your reading list in one place, and Kindle Scribe takes it a step further by letting you annotate and take notes directly on the paper-like display. For a limited time on Prime Day, readers who love to take notes and scribble can get Kindle Scribe for free. New low of just $235That’s down from the regular price of $340.
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CNET’s David Carnoy said in his testing that the Kindle Scribe “strikes a very good balance between a large format e-reader and an E Ink note-taking tablet.” It has a 300 pixel-per-inch, front-lit, 10.2-inch, E Ink touchscreen with adjustable warm light and weeks of battery life on a single charge. It’s the largest Kindle ever, but it weighs just under a pound. It’s certainly portable, but you’ll want to invest in a cover that doubles as a stand. Purchased separately.
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Depending on which model you buy, your Scribe will come with either a standard or premium stylus. Each stylus attaches magnetically to the side of your Scribe and requires no power or Bluetooth connection, so you never have to charge it. Higher-end pens essentially work like a regular pencil (with a built-in eraser) and even have programmable buttons. You can use the stylus to mark up a PDF, and it’s easy to send that document to the device itself. Note, however, that you can’t mark up Kindle eBooks or DRM-free ePub eBooks. You’re essentially adding “sticky notes” to something other than a PDF.
If you want to buy this device at the lowest price, Basic PenIt costs $235 (a savings of $105) and comes with 16GB of storage. Premium Pen Options are available in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB configurations.
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