Following the unveiling of the newest Kindle Scribe and the first color Kindle Scribe in SeptemberAmazon announced Thursday that the devices will be available for purchase starting December 10.
The new Kindle Scribe has a larger 11-inch non-glare screen, is just 5.4mm thick and weighs just 400g. It’s also 40% faster when typing or turning pages. Amazon says it has a new textured molded glass to improve friction when the pen slides across the screen to make it feel like you’re writing on paper.
The device also comes with a new quad-core chip, more memory and the company’s latest Oxide display technology to make everything smoother.
There are two versions of the Kindle Scribe, one with a front light system and one without. The front-lit Kindle Scribe will be available on December 10 starting at $499.99. The version without a front light will be available early next year for $429.99.
As for the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, Amazon says it has display technology that creates colors that are soft and don’t hurt your eyes like an LCD screen. The company also developed a new rendering engine that improves color and ensures that writing is fast and natural. Additionally, the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft provides weeks of battery life, Amazon notes.
The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft will be available on December 10 starting at $629.99.
The devices feature a new home experience that lets users jot down something and open recently opened and added books, documents, and notebooks. Amazon expects both devices to be used for handwritten notes, and the devices include significant product integrations to enhance that experience. One feature will allow users to search their notes in their notebooks and receive simple AI summaries. Next year, users will be able to send their notes and documents to Alexa+ and have a more in-depth conversation about them.
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In addition, Colorsoft allows artists to create smooth gradients and subtle tones with a new shading tool. Users can write, draw and annotate in one of 10 pen colors or highlight in one of five highlighter colors.
The devices will also feature new AI reading capabilities. A new “Story so Far” feature will allow users to be informed about the book they are currently reading up to where they have read it. The Ask This Book feature will allow users to highlight any passage of text while reading a book and get spoiler-free answers to questions about things like a character’s motivation or the meaning of a scene.
