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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Sorry about that. I should have mentioned the US.
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Haha no worries at all, I was prepared anyway to buy it at full retail price so it’s no biggie, and it’s a really good deal for those who can take advantage of it
At any rate it seems the Spring Sale is coming next week on Amazon.de; if they do discount the Scribe I might reach out to Amazon and kindly ask them to knock a few euros off my bill.
As for the device itself I’m still learning my way around it (which is not very difficult as it’s basically a big kindle), and so far I’m quite liking it, it’s great for fixed layout PDFs and images in general, and it much snappier than my other kindles. Unfortunately I do find the screen lighting rather uneven; the side with the wider bezel is noticeably darker and yellower than the other side. It’s a bit less annoying than on the Oasis, as the eyes have to travel a longer distance before reaching the end of the line, but I was hoping for a more uniform screen. Then again, I’ve never seen a kindle screen lit evenly enough to my taste, and I also recognize the challenge in uniformly lighting a 10 inch screen with miniature LEDs located somewhere between the screen and the digitizer layer while keeping the distance between those as small as possible.
The writing is phenomenal. The input delay is so small as to be negligible, and the various pen types add a lot of flexibility and plain fun to the writing experience. Note taking was not my main reason to get the scribe, but I can see myself using that feature much more than I initially intended. From the various reviews, I was however hoping for an even better “paper” feel. I have an iPad with a paper-like screen protector, and in my opinion it feels more natural than the scribe. The drawback is that it does make the screen look grainier; I guess it’s again a question of finding the right balance, I would certainly not want my Scribe to look grainier.
All right, back to playing with my new toy now!
