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8510085100Amazon Kindle Scribe review: Better than pen and paper but not the competition
Amazon’s first Kindle that supports stylus input offers an excellent reading and writing experience. But don’t expect handwriting-to-text conversion or sophisticated note-taking and syncing tools.
Amazon's Kindle Scribe is a $339 e-reader you can write on
Nearly 15 years after introducing the first Kindle, Amazon is finally adding a stylus to one of its e-readers.
Adonit's $45 iPad stylus can wirelessly charge like an Apple Pencil
Adonit made the first unofficial iPad stylus that can wirelessly charge like an Apple Pencil.
TCL is jumping on the pen phone trend with the Stylus 5G
This June TCL is announcing its first-ever stylus phone with the appropriately named $258 TCL Stylus 5G.
Huawei’s MatePad Paper is half e-reader, half tablet
It's a 10.3-inch E Ink slate and it has a stylus. Is the MatePad Paper the perfect digital notepad?
The new Moto Edge+ wants to be a more affordable Galaxy Note
Featuring stylus support (but no on-board stylus storage) and a starting price of $900, the new Moto Edge+ is basically a more affordable take on Samsung's iconic Galaxy Note phones.
Kobo's new $260 Sage e-reader lets you add handwritten notes
Kobo has introduced two new e-readers including the $260 Kobo Sage that lets you take e-notes, as well as the waterproof, mid-range Libra 2.
Surface Slim Pen 2 offers paper-like haptic feedback
Microsoft has unveiled a Surface Slim Pen 2 with tactile feedback akin to writing on paper.
Samsung says an S Pen for foldables is coming at Unpacked
Samsung will be launching the third generation of its Galaxy Z series and "the first-ever S Pen designed specifically for foldable phones."
Motorola reveals yet another Moto G Stylus, this time with 5G
We weren’t quite sure to make of Motorola’s first Moto G Stylus way back in 2020, but the company was clearly onto something: the subsequent 2021 model quickly became the best-selling phone in its G-series lineup. Maybe that’s why Motorola was so keen to announce yet another new Moto G Stylus today. The new Moto G Stylus 5G will set you back $400 when it goes on sale on June 14th, and we went hands-on to see if it has the chops to compete with a new wave of affordable 5G devices.
Kobo's 10.3-inch Elipsa is the company's biggest e-reader to date
It's the largest e-reader Kobo has made to date.
Microsoft's Classroom Pen 2 is half the price of its predecessor
Modest design updates accompany the savings.
Microsoft's Journal uses AI to make a more intuitive inking app
With Journal, Microsoft's Garage team wanted to see if it could make inking apps more accessible and easier to use with the help of AI.
This $70 S Pen/case combo won't turn your S21 Ultra into a Galaxy Note
Mind you, that's not because of the S Pen itself. That comfort is all thanks to the S Pen's size. This $40 S Pen packs all of the requisite bits needed to play nice with the invisible Wacom digitizer inside the S21 Ultra's massive display.
Samsung is expanding S Pen support to more devices
Samsung’s S Pen is mostly associated with its Galaxy Note series, but that’ll most likely change in the coming years. The newly unveiled Galaxy S21 Ultra will come with S Pen support — Samsung will even make standalone S Pens for the device, including a Pro model that enables Bluetooth connection for Air Actions gestures. Based on the company’s statement to SamMobile, Samsung may be manufacturing those S Pens for other devices, as well.
This pressure-sensitive stylus lets you draw on the Switch
When the Nintendo DS came with a stylus at launch, some developers used this feature to create drawing games for the portable console. Fast forward to today, and while Nintendo sells a “dumb” stylus for the Switch separately, Andersson is taking one step further with his upcoming Colors Live, bundling it with the pressure-sensitive SonarPen.
Motorola may be working on a pen-equipped Galaxy Note rival
Motorola has tried numerous tricks over the years to stand out from the smartphone crowd, but its latest may sound familiar: offer a pen-toting phone to compete with Samsung's Galaxy Note family. Well-established leaker Evan Blass has shared a peek at what appears to be an upcoming Motorola Android phone with a stylus -- as he pointed out, the first Moto phone with pen input since the Windows Mobile days over a decade ago. He didn't provide details, but the hole-punch camera and interface show a clear connection to recent devices like the One Action. The gesture bar at the bottom hints at Android 10.
Microsoft previews transcription and expanded stylus support for Office
As with any Microsoft product launch, the company spent a good portion of its fall hardware event talking about how Office 365 integrates with its new devices. While those enhancements didn't take centerstage, Microsoft has detailed them in a separate blog post the company posted to its website.
The Surface Pro X's Slim Pen charges in your keyboard case
Microsoft's extra-slim Surface Pro X doesn't really have a place for a pen on its side, so how do you keep it with you? By tucking it into your keyboard case. The company has unveiled a Slim Pen that tucks into a space on the Type Cover for both storage and charging -- it's in a secure yet unintrusive place until you need it. And it's a fully functional pen, too, with angle recognition (you can shade an image by laying the pen almost flat) and an eraser.
Nintendo's Brain Age series is back as a Switch exclusive
Warm up your gray matter and get ready to flex your neurons, because Nintendo's beloved Brain Age (or Brain Training depending on where you live) series is coming to the Switch. The company has announced a new version of the game to be released in Japan at the end of the year.
