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08.12.24. Kindle Scribe adds new annotation features



Amazon has released a software update 5.17.2 for the first Kindle Scribe that introduces the new software features they’re promoting for the Scribe 2. It includes the capability to write notes directly on ebooks. You can write notes anywhere on the page and it will automatically reformat the page to wrap the text around your handwritten annotations. The sticky note option is still present as well to place handwritten notes outside of the page. If you don’t want to write directly over the text, you can also use the writing toolbar to add a blank section of space, which Amazon calls Canvas, to the page for writing notes between lines of text. They also made it possible to transform freehand highlights into neat, straightened highlights and you can now use underlines instead of highlights if that’s your preference. New enhancements were also added to the Notebook app, including an AI feature that can summarize your notes and help refine your writing.


2024. New Kindle Scribe includes AI-powered notebook



The all-new Kindle Scribe 2024 merges all the advantages of Kindle with a robust note-taking gadget. It will feature mostly the same software interface existing Scribe users are familiar with but with a few notable differences. The new integrated AI-powered notebook (English-only) enables you to quickly summarize pages and notes into precise bullet points in a handwritten-style font that can be shared from the notebook section. You can also enhance your notes in a handwritten-style font so they’re clear while preserving the appearance and feel of handwriting. You can jot your thoughts directly into the book when inspiration strikes. Your note becomes part of the page and the book’s text dynamically adjusts around it—whether you increase the font size, modify the font style, or alter the book layout, the note remains visible precisely where you want it, so you never lose any meaning or context. The new stylus feels like a real pen and the new soft-tip eraser feels just like a pencil.


2024. New PocketBook Color Note features 10-inch E Ink Kaleido 3 screen



PocketBook has released new e-note device PocketBook Color Note with 10.3-inch Kaleido 3 display priced at $599. It uses the Mobius display technology that uses a plastic-based thin film transistor (TFT) - it's an older E Ink display technology that is rarely in use now even though it has its own advantages. Also it has reduced screen resolution. It stands at 227 PPI for B/W displays and drops down to a quite dismal 76 PPI when viewing color content (most color e-notes featuring Kaleido 3 come with 300 PPI B/W and 150 PPI for color). The new device includes mono speaker, an integrated mic and display rotation sensor. It supports text-to-speech and can recognize 6 audiobook formats and 24 e-books, comics and manga formats. It also comes with a slightly less capable 1.5 GHz quad-core CPU compared to the 2.3 GHz octa-core CPU that renders service in the InkPad Eo and has 4000 mAh battery.


2023. Onyx Boox Note Air3 is now available



Onyx BOOX has released the Note Air3, an exceptional black and white E-Ink notepad designed for distraction-free note-taking. The Note Air3 series offers users a choice between the Note Air3 and Note Air3 C, offering a monochrome screen or a colour screen, respectively. The Note Air3 is available with a free magnetic case and the Boox Pen 2 Plus stylus for $399.99 The Note Air3 boasts a 10.3-inch E Ink Carta 1200 screen offering a crisp reading experience while minimizing eye strain. There is WIFI to connect to the internet and it has a USB-C port for transferring data or charging. It is powered by a 3700 mAh battery. Running on the Android 12 OS, the Note Air3 gives access to numerous apps for note-taking and reading. Equipped with the latest firmware, the Note Air3 comes preloaded with the game-changing Smart Scribe feature, empowering users to refine their note-taking skills effortlessly. With this innovative addition, users can annotate books with handwritten notes and seamlessly transform them into perfect shapes, highlights, underlines, or even easily erase their handwriting. Furthermore, the Note Air3 features a more realistic handwriting experience. It also offers comprehensive note-taking tools, including keyword search to find relevant notes instantly, converting handwritten notes into editable text and seamless integration with related files or websites for quick reference.


2023. Bigme introduced its first 7-inch e-note - B751



The B751 from Bigme is, one might say, the sort of device you’d get if a highly intelligent yet slightly eccentric alien decided to make note-taking fun and multilingual. It sports a delightfully compact 7-inch E Ink display, which, in the way of all excellent gadgets, does its best to look as clever as it actually is. Underneath its understated exterior hums an AI so smart it could probably write its own product review—boasting speech-to-text accuracy of over 98%, dabbling confidently in 36 languages and 27 dialects. It doesn’t just stop there: translation, transcription, summarization, chat, smart drawing, and even intelligent creation (whatever that may involve) are all in its bag of tricks. A 4096-level pressure-sensitive stylus and a battery robust enough to outlast even the most verbose user at 3000 mAh make it all the more irresistible. Topping things off, it supports physical page-turning buttons (because simplicity is bliss), OTG expansion for accessories galore, and runs Android 11, offering cloud-based wizardry. And at $240 USD, you might wonder if the folks at Bigme are just trying to show off—or trying to save the universe one stylish e-note at a time.


2023. Onyx Boox firmware update adds note-taking functionality



The Onyx Boox Firmware V3.5, in a remarkably uncharacteristic burst of cosmic inspiration, now offers a veritable arsenal of cunningly advanced tools, undoubtedly designed to make you feel both highly efficient and faintly more productive as you navigate the infinite mysteries of your BOOX device. This perplexing yet exciting update has graciously descended upon various models, including—but not limited to—the Onyx Boox Max Lumi 2, Note Air 2 Plus, Note Air 2, Palma, Page, Note 5, Note 5+, and the Nova Air C. Within this swirling, improbable medley of new features, you’ll find the rather novel ability to append blank pages in PDFs (for those of you whose ideas refuse to be contained), a nifty AI Read function that conjures book summaries, author trivia, and literary recommendations in under two minutes, and an improved scrolling view option for the chronically impatient. But that’s not all: your note-taking arsenal has been enhanced with upgraded hyperlinks for seamlessly hopping between sections, a lasso tool for wrangling snippets of text, and a fill tool for the artistic amongst you who wish to color within (or outside of) the lines. Rounding off this dizzying upgrade are a calendar screensaver, adjustable split-screen dimensions, a spectrum of customizable system fonts, and even personalized mouse settings, all thoughtfully engineered to let you boldly tailor your BOOX experience as you drift through the absurdity of existence.


2023. Onyx Boox Note Air 3C is released



Picture, if you will, the Onyx Boox Note Air 3C, a device so marvelously over-engineered it might just wink at you if you look too closely. With a vast 10.3" screen—a space generously capable of displaying A5 documents, mind you—it lets you dive into a reading and writing experience that manages to be both technologically dazzling and unfathomably gentle on the eyes. It features the latest E INK Kaleido 3 color e-paper, an invention that blends contemporary "electric" sorcery with the humble comforts of traditional paper, much like hitchhiking through a book and a spaceship simultaneously. Running on Android 12, it gives you unfettered access to the *Google Play Store*—all for the mere sum of $499.99, and it even throws in a magnetic case and stylus, free of charge. There's a fingerprint sensor hidden in the power button, WiFi connectivity (dual-band, no less), and a USB-C port that whispers "plug me in." With a battery the size of a small moon at 3,700 mAh and a featherweight build of 430g, it promises to last you through untold adventures. And for those who love a smooth read, the Boox Super Refresh technology optimizes every page, and it even speaks all Android languages, welcoming readers from across the galaxy with ease.


2023. Pocketbook unveiled its first e-note - Pocketbook InkPad X Pro



Pocketbook has introduced its first e-note, the Pocketbook InkPad X Pro, specifically crafted for digital note-taking. This innovative product is tailored for note-taking, freehand drawing and PDF file editing due to its incorporation of a WACOM screen. The package includes a novel jet-black stylus with an eraser, boasting an impressive 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity. Nevertheless, the device is also compatible with third-party styluses. The highlight of the device is its 10.3-inch E INK Mobius display, which contributes to its lightweight design. Boasting a resolution of 1404×1872 pixels at 227 PPI, the screen is also capacitive, enabling users to employ finger gestures like pinch-to-zoom, tapping and page-turning swipes. Convenient manual page-turn buttons, a home button and settings button are situated at the device's bottom. Notably, this marks the company's first foray into the Android product realm, as all their previous offerings have been based on Linux. Anticipated to be released in late September, the InkPad X Pro will be priced at $420.00.


2023. Bigme released new colour e-note S6 Color+


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2023. iReader Smart 4 Pro e-note offers features for professionals



In the great swirling cosmos of e-note devices, the iReader Smart 4 Pro has emerged like a pan-dimensional creature with a penchant for stylish utility. This marvel of modern tinkering flaunts a 10.3-inch E Ink display that whispers sweet nothings of readability on one side and hides a quad-core CPU of mysterious computational prowess on the other, ensuring a user experience as smooth as Vogon poetry is, well, not. Powered by a prodigious 4000 mAh battery, this digital behemoth claims a staggering 120 hours of continuous reading joy—enough time to finish The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy thrice over, or at least pretend you have. Paired with the X-Pen 3, a stylus so sensitive it could detect a falling Babel fish, the device allows for ultra-low-latency scribbling and global writing shenanigans. Running on the whimsically intuitive SmartOS, it offers schedule management for those daring to organize their lives, and a card-style interface that navigates so effortlessly you’d think it’s powered by improbability drive. For the note-taker extraordinaire, there's a feature to assemble your ramblings into a bespoke book, neatly shelved for future perusal. And should your thumb tire of flipping pages, fret not—dedicated page-turn buttons are here to save the day. Oh, and if reading feels too much like work, the device’s AI can read your book aloud, offering companionship in a way that’s almost—but not quite—entirely unlike tea.


2023. Onyx launches Mini version of its e-Note reader Onyx Boox Tab



The new Tab Mini C by Onyx Boox showcases the latest E INK Kaleido 3 colour e-paper technology. This compact e-reader and digital note-taking device offer exceptional portability and boast contemporary hardware specifications designed to provide longevity. Running on Google Android, it grants users full access to the Google Play Store. It is priced at $449.99 and includes a complimentary case and stylus. The Onyx Boox Tab Mini C is equipped with a 7.8-inch E INK Kaleido 3 e-paper screen, which can vividly display 4096 colours. The screen is seamlessly integrated with the bezel and protected by an AG glass flat cover-lens. Additionally, magnets are placed on the right side to conveniently secure the accompanying Boox Pen 2 Plus stylus to the device.


2023. Kobo releases new update focused on note-taking



Kobo has just flung a firmware update into the digital ether, primarily aimed at the Kobo Elipsa, and it’s brimming with enough note-taking wizardry to make even a Vogon poet consider trading in their quill. Among the glittering additions are new templates for notes—because who doesn’t need musical sheets or calligraphy pages at the drop of a stylus? The update also unveils the sorcery of searchable handwritten notes within a Notebook, while in Basic Notebooks, users can indulge in the delightful illusion of geometry as their wobbly circles and squares morph into perfect shapes with a simple hold of the pen. Enter the Lasso feature, a tool of such power it allows you to lasso, delete, resize, or transmogrify your scrawl into tidy typed text. Notebooks are now ripe for organizing into folders, and with the Notebook Backup feature, they can float securely in the Kobo Cloud, ready for retrieval at kobo.com/notebooks. Advanced Notebooks, not to be outdone, now boast adjustable line spacing and a highlight function via the stylus button, because precision is paramount. Finally, a brightness icon has been added for Notebooks, ensuring your screen glows with just the right amount of radiance to match your literary aspirations.


2023. Xiaomi unveiles Moaan W8 – e-note with a 10-inch display



In the grand tradition of delightfully peculiar gadgets, Xiaomi’s Moaan W8 e-paper device lands with the grace and subtlety of a poetry-loving alien. Dubbed an “e-note device,” the W8 isn’t merely a screen to read upon; it’s a canvas for the note-taker, equipped with a Wacom layer that makes scribbling on its impressively roomy 10-inch display feel as satisfyingly tactile as jotting down your last will and testament on actual paper. Naturally, Xiaomi’s Moaan Plus Reader defaults to a somewhat shadowy background, casting a charming gloom over the text, though mercifully, the settings allow you to brighten things up if you prefer not to read in murky existential angst. Fancy something different? The W8 graciously accepts other reading apps like Kobo, Amazon Kindle, and Aldiko, opening up a universe of options for the literarily adventurous. At around $450, it’s a price one might happily pay for the sheer delight of a device that seems to know exactly how it feels to enjoy the scratch and scribble of real paper in a digital dimension.


2023. Kindle Scribe can now convert handwritten notes to text



In a move that would probably make intergalactic hitchhikers chuckle, the folks at Amazon have given the Kindle Scribe a firmware update that’s as practical as a towel, but with fewer laundering requirements. The headline feature? This update now lets users magically transform their scribbled notes into actual text, allowing them to export notebooks with a simple flick of the proverbial digital wrist. Users can now select options like “Convert to text and quick send” or “Convert to text and email” directly from the Share menu, beaming those hastily scrawled thoughts into neat, readable .txt files. With the latter option, up to five dear friends, indifferent colleagues, or even perhaps confused strangers can be gifted with your freshly edited prose via email. And just when you thought you couldn’t be more spoiled, the update also brings along a lasso select tool, which works across notebooks, sticky notes, and PDFs (uploaded by that slightly ominous “Send to Kindle” feature). To round it all off, they've boosted PDF reading powers and made even more books scribble-ready, because who wouldn’t want to make existential notes in the margins of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe?


2023. Guoyue K3 Color e-note comes with 10.3-inch Kaleido 3 display



The Guoyue K3 Color, a delightful slab of electronic wizardry, makes its grand entrance sporting a 10.3-inch E Ink Kaleido 3 display, a technological marvel capable of conjuring up 4096 colors and delivering a crisp 300 PPI resolution in good old monochromatic Black and White mode (a resolution that any self-respecting pixel would be proud of). Tucked within its sleek, metallic confines is xReader, a rather clever little engine that juggles five pen types, sixteen handwriting colors, five width settings, and four different ways to scatter your scribblings across the digital ether. For those inclined to meticulous organization, the device boasts an intimidating arsenal of over 100 note templates—enough to satisfy even the most demanding organizational whims. Security, as always, is paramount, and this cunning contraption ensures it with a fingerprint scanner neatly embedded in the Power button, as if to say, "Nothing gets past me." All of this runs on the reliable Android 11, because why not, and comes paired with a pen so precise—thanks to its 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity—it might just rival the finesse of a caffeinated artist. The price for this portable marvel? A mere $500, which is surely a small sum for a device so thoroughly steeped in the realm of improbable functionality.


2023. Bigme updates UI for its e-notes and e-readers


In a move that one might describe as ambitiously whimsical, Bigme has unleashed a firmware update for an array of its devices—Good e-Reader, Bigme Galy, and the impressively titled Bigme InkNote Color+—all of which now revel in the eye-popping brilliance of Kaleido 3 colour e-paper. The user interface has undergone a transformation so profound that it might, in dim lighting, be mistaken for an Onyx Boox. Gone is the labyrinthine jungle of techy obfuscation; in its place is a sleek, bubbly concoction that makes one feel as though they’re navigating a well-stocked vending machine rather than an existential crisis. Choices have been trimmed, redundancy increased, and the whole affair now leans towards being charmingly idiot-proof. Developers, in a fit of optimism, claim a 30% improvement in battery efficiency—though quantifying that is akin to nailing jelly to a tree. As a final flourish, ChatGPT has been smuggled into the note-taking section, alongside other fiddly tweaks that might just make your annotations feel like they were penned by a sentient starship.


2023. Onyx Boox is launching the Tab Ultra C with Kaleido 3 color e-paper



Onyx Boox has announced Tab Ultra C, a new 10.3-inch digital note-taking device and e-book reader. It features the latest generation of color e-paper, E INK Kaleido 3, with a flush bezel and a protective layer of glass. The warm and cool light system allows users to read in low-light environments or at night and the 6,300mAh Li-ion Polymer battery provides power for several weeks. Measuring at 225 x 184.5 x 6.7 mm and weighing 480g, the Onyx Boox Tab Ultra C is equipped with Google Android 11 and preloaded with the Google Play Store. This feature enables users to access millions of free and paid apps by signing into their accounts. Additionally, the device comes with a free Pen 2 Pro stylus that has an eraser and a magnetic sleep cover case, available for $600. An optional case with a full keyboard can be purchased for an additional $110.


2023. Bigme S6 - e-note with built-in ChatGPT



The Bigme S6, a device that looks suspiciously like it could be plotting the downfall of humanity one exceptionally useful feature at a time, is the latest shiny thing from the tech tinkerers at Bigme. Chief among its “Oh, that’s clever” updates is the inclusion of built-in ChatGPT support, making it the first e-note device to boldly go where no e-note has gone before. (Apparently, all Bigme devices now come with this AI-powered wizardry, but the S6 gets to wear the trailblazer badge.) The display, previously rocking the colorful E Ink Kaleido Plus, has been swapped for a more demure monochrome E Ink affair, still measuring a very respectable 7.8 inches. But let’s not beat around the binary bush—the real headliner here is the S6’s generative AI. This thing can whip up meeting minutes, essays, scripts, emails, translations, and code like some caffeinated ghostwriter from the future. It edits notes, too, presumably while whispering, “Relax, I’ve got this.” If ever there were a device to make you feel both obsolete and strangely comforted, this might just be it.


2023. iReader Smart4 - e-note with 10.3-inch E Ink display



The iReader Smart4 e-note tablet, a contraption of great ingenuity and mild bewilderment, has burst onto the scene like a particularly self-assured toaster, boasting the ability to read books, listen to audiobooks, and generally behave as though paper was some ancient myth. At its heart lies a 10.3-inch E Ink display, powered by a dual-core MT8113T processor (cleverly clocked at 2.0 GHz, just fast enough to sound impressive without frightening anyone). With 1 GB of memory and 64 GB of storage, it’s clearly been designed for the millennial user who would much rather synchronize data across every conceivable device than admit they’ve misplaced a file. There’s a bundled pen for scribbling with the tactile authenticity of actual paper—though presumably, without the ink stains. Smart Assistant 3.0, an entity probably more patient than your average assistant, offers the kind of convenience that makes you wonder why you’re even needed. The 4000 mAh battery holds 120 hours of bookish bliss, a number that seems as arbitrary as it is comforting. And for those who find proofreading their own voice and manuscripts a task too fraught with peril, the device helpfully steps in. At a price of $275, it’s either a bargain or an extravagant paper substitute, depending on how you feel about advanced E Ink tablets with opinions.


2023. Hanvon AI - e-note reader for students



Chinese manufacturer Hanvon unveiled its latest product, e-paper learning notebook Hanvon AI e-note. This new e-note is specifically designed for students aged 5 to 18 years old, boasting a 10.3-inch E Ink display that provides convenience and eye safety for studying. With a slim profile of just 6.8 mm thickness and a weight of 390 grams, the e-note is easy to carry around. Hanvon's proprietary screen reducing layer ensures a flicker-free and blue light-free experience. The e-note also comes with 4 GB of memory, 64 GB of storage, a pair of microphones and speakers and a large 6000 mAh battery that can comfortably last for weeks.