![]() The Kindle Scribe is actually very unlike any Kindle that we have seen before. In terms of change, this is perhaps the most radical makeover of the Kindle since it introduced touch more than a decade ago, with the Kindle Touch in 2011. That changed a few days ago when Amazon launched the Kindle Scribe. In fact, the Kindle's inability to do anything else is a bit of an asset as when you are reading on Kindle, you are not disturbed by notifications or calls, as can happen if you try to read on a tablet or a phone.Īmazon has made a few experiments with the form factor of the Kindle and has regularly improved the hardware but has by and large not touched the basic functionality of the device (apart from switching from type to touch a few years ago). It is the one thing that it is designed to do, and it does so magnificently as we explained in an earlier article. A Kindle ebook reader is primarily designed for reading books. #BEFORE YOU GO INSTALL#You cannot install any third-party apps on it and while it does have a very basic browser of sorts on board, its utility is limited. It is a touchscreen, but cannot play videos or animations of any kind and is not even the easiest to type on, as e-ink displays respond comparatively slightly slowly to touch than LCD or AMOLED ones. In an era where gadgets talk of having AMOLED displays with 10-bit colours and high refresh rate, it seems right out of the nineties with its greyscale e-ink display. ![]() One of the reasons for the success of the Kindle has been its sheer simplicity. So much so that for many people ebooks are synonymous with the Kindle. While efforts have been made by a number of companies to come out with gadgets to serve ebookworms their literary diet, none has been as successful as Amazon's Kindle series. ![]() When it comes to ebook readers, one brand rules the roost. ![]()
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