Amazon today announced the Kindle Scribe, the company’s largest Kindle to date and the first to include pen input for reading and writing on the go.
The Kindle Scribe has a large 10.2-inch matte Paperwhite touchscreen. The device includes a standard pin, which attaches magnetically to the side of the device when not in use. You can also choose an optional Premium Pen, which on the other side has an eraser and a hotkey to switch between pen, highlighter, and more.
The Kindle Scribe supports adding handwritten notes to books using the sticky notes feature. Sticky notes are automatically arranged by book and also synced across devices. The device also includes note-taking and journaling features, with templates such as lined paper, blank paper, to-do lists, and more. Notes can be organized and searched by folder, and can also be synced.
You can also send PDF files to the device for marking or signing, and insert sticky notes into Microsoft Word documents. An option to send documents directly to the Kindle Scribe via Word is coming in 2023.
Other than that, the Kindle Scribe is more or less a big Kindle Oasis, the only differences being the lack of page-turn buttons and water resistance.
The Kindle Scribe is available in 16/32/64 GB variants and starts at $339 with the stock pen.