4 ms·

alternative: get an Amazon Scribe, surf the web

aliasxneo 2y ago
This is currently at the top of my list of next purchases. Out of curiosity, has your experience using it this way been good? Also curious if you've tried using Oreilly's web platform on it for consuming technical material.
- TechDebtDevin 2y ago
  So many better e readers at that price point that also function as actual phones or tablets and run Android.
  - aliasxneo 2y ago
    Sure, it's no longer a super niche field. I don't really want a smart e-ink tablet, though. Just something to read technical books and occasionally browse the web (for the same content, basically).
    - crimsontech 2y ago
      I got one but ended up returning it. My use case was for reading technical books, PDFs and taking notes. I went back to using an iPad when I realised the scribe was heavier. I read normal books on the kindle, PDFs on the iPad.
- presbyterian 2y ago
  If it's for reading only, it's fine, but if you plan on doing a lot of writing and markup, skip it. The handwriting features are very limited, and you can't write on the actual pages or write margin notes at all, you can only write on virtual post-it notes that are kept separate from the book.
fbrchps 2y ago
As a Scribe owner, let me say that using the web on there is far from pleasant. Yes it has the most RAM of a Kindle ever, but 1GB is not much unfortunately. Also the biggest bottleneck is honestly the web browser itself. It _technically_ works, but it's super stripped down and JS-heavy sites especially struggle.
- zipping1549 2y ago
  Yet another excuse for me to write my own e-reader friendly webapp
relyks 2y ago
Do other Kindles allow web browsing?
- wkat4242 2y ago
  Yes every kindle since the very first one had an "experimental" web browser in various stages of usability. All currently supported kindles have a web browser that is fairly usable though very slow.
- RattlesnakeJake 2y ago
  They have for years, but the browser was historically very stripped down and didn't get get certificate or SSL/TLS algorithm updates, leaving parts of the web inaccessible as time went on. I only ever use it to hit Project Gutenberg for public-domain ebooks (though their redesign a few years ago made that a lot harder)

This is currently at the top of my list of next purchases. Out of curiosity, has your experience using it this way been good? Also curious if you've tried using Oreilly's web platform on it for consuming technical material.

TechDebtDevin 2y ago
So many better e readers at that price point that also function as actual phones or tablets and run Android.
- aliasxneo 2y ago
  Sure, it's no longer a super niche field. I don't really want a smart e-ink tablet, though. Just something to read technical books and occasionally browse the web (for the same content, basically).
  - crimsontech 2y ago
    I got one but ended up returning it. My use case was for reading technical books, PDFs and taking notes. I went back to using an iPad when I realised the scribe was heavier. I read normal books on the kindle, PDFs on the iPad.
presbyterian 2y ago
If it's for reading only, it's fine, but if you plan on doing a lot of writing and markup, skip it. The handwriting features are very limited, and you can't write on the actual pages or write margin notes at all, you can only write on virtual post-it notes that are kept separate from the book.

fbrchps 2y ago

As a Scribe owner, let me say that using the web on there is far from pleasant. Yes it has the most RAM of a Kindle ever, but 1GB is not much unfortunately. Also the biggest bottleneck is honestly the web browser itself. It _technically_ works, but it's super stripped down and JS-heavy sites especially struggle.

zipping1549 2y ago
Yet another excuse for me to write my own e-reader friendly webapp

relyks 2y ago

Do other Kindles allow web browsing?

wkat4242 2y ago
Yes every kindle since the very first one had an "experimental" web browser in various stages of usability. All currently supported kindles have a web browser that is fairly usable though very slow.
RattlesnakeJake 2y ago
They have for years, but the browser was historically very stripped down and didn't get get certificate or SSL/TLS algorithm updates, leaving parts of the web inaccessible as time went on. I only ever use it to hit Project Gutenberg for public-domain ebooks (though their redesign a few years ago made that a lot harder)