Amazon Unveiled New Large Kindle Scribe Reader
Today, during the September hardware event, Amazon announced that it will be bringing some tablet capabilities to its Kindle e-reader portfolio. And by tablet entertainment, we mean the ability to draw gibberish on the screen with a stylus.
According to Amazon vice president of products and marketing Kevin Keith (Kevin Keith), the model was the first option with a resolution of 300 ppi, with a customizable “warm” backlight. You can purchase a version with a “basic” stylus Basic Pen or Premium Pen for $30 more. A more expensive stylus has a programmable button and a special sensor – an “eraser”. Both styluses use Wacom EMR technology and do not need to be charged.
The model has an integrated ability to leave notes or just draw in the margins – all notes and drawings will be saved in the device’s memory. PDF is supported, you can view saved web pages. Amazon even agreed with Microsoft to integrate a special button into Word that allows you to export a document directly to Kindle.
With its asymmetrical design, Scribe is similar to the Kindle Oasis. The new model is 5.8mm thick and weighs 430g. Although the device is somewhat lighter and thinner than the latest iPad Air, Apple’s tablet is much more feature rich.
The battery life largely depends on the activity of using the stylus. According to Amazon, Scribe will last 12 weeks if you read for 30 minutes a day, or three weeks if you use the stylus for half an hour a day, because in this case you have to update the image on the screen much more often.
