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Kindle Scribe 2 review: Is slightly useful AI worth the extra cash?

Testing Amazon's Kindle Scribe (2024) brought on an analog ache and a longing for days unmarred by today's AI fever.

As I pushed myself to handwrite large parts of this review to spend more time with the 2024 Kindle Scribe’s stylus and note-taking tools, I started to feel a sensation I hadn’t remembered since my teens. Similar products from companies like Kobo already offer better support for writing on books, where you can circle specific words and the drawing will stay in place (though this is wonky if you resize the text afterwards). I’d much rather see the company focus its efforts on improving its Notebook syncing and mobile editing software, as well as investing in innovating on the write-on book format, than chase the generative AI trend.

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