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Originally Posted by jhowell
I have not seen this yet. What version of the app? How does it work? Do you need a stylus?
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I also do not understand what the the post is referring to.
As you know, the latest updates let you view Notebooks created on Scribe, and presumably also allows you to view Sticky Notes created for books on Scribe, but it definitely does not let you create Sticky Notes. I've seen nothing to indicate that it (ever) will. You can, of course use Pencil or some other stylus to highlight or create text annotations (with iOS native handwriting recognition).
I'm still unclear about what Kindle app will let you do with a PDF with annotations and sticky notes created on Scribe. Currently you cannot view annotations or create them with the Kindle apps, only with Kindle devices.
I also have not seen anything to indicate if other Kindles (running latest firmware) will be able to view Sticky Notes.
To the extent that I'm interested in using a stylus to create annotations (not very), I find it a weak point that you can only create and edit these on a Kindle Scribe. I'd want this feature on at least one other platform before I'd 'invest' in making a lot of scribbles or documents ('notebooks') that are effectively tied to one device. Is there a way to export, if only to an image file?
You cannot get a Scribe
without a stylus, and if you want more than 16GB storage, you also have to pay ($30) more for the included 'deluxe' stylus, whether you have any use for it or not.
As a first-generation 'concept', there are bound to be feature gaps. These are a few of them:
No support for external keyboard
No support for Print Replica (fixed layout textbooks)
No ability to create or modify (or delete?) sticky notes except on Scribe
Mismatch between PDF annotation features for Kindle vs Kindle apps (which have none)
No handwriting recognition ('maybe next year')
(AFAICT) no two column view in Landscape orientation. With a screen this large, it is sort of expected.
Given this, I'm surprised to find myself thinking about getting one.