But I prefer to use the Apple Pencil stylus (sold separately for $129), as the narrow tip (about the width of a felt-tip pen) is much easier to write with than the chubby pad of my finger. It lets you doodle, highlight, and eviscerate any document sent your way with the tip of a finger. The 8.3-inch display (measured diagonally) is plenty big for most note-taking. This makes it easy to hold in one hand and take notes with the other. While any new iPad will work for reading and note-taking-my sister, a graduate student, uses her standard iPad extensively to read and grade papers-the iPad Mini, which measures 7.69 inches by 5.3 inches, is closer to the size of your typical book. (The Kindle Scribe, introduced in 2022, comes with a stylus and allows for note-taking, but because it’s still an e-ink tablet, many of these same issues apply.) That slow e-ink-inherent response time reminds me of what it was like to type back when I was in second grade and first learning how to use a keyboard. And, on the Paperwhite model specifically, taking notes is a punishing task. The Kindle’s e-ink comes in grayscale, so if you have color illustrations or photos in your book, you can forget about viewing those in any way that resembles the original. I read up to 80 books a year, and review about eight of them, so I don’t have a ton of time or patience for the Kindle’s sluggish software and sluggish page-turning. And, according to Amazon, the Kindle’s battery lasts up to a generous 10 weeks per charge.īut for a heavy-duty user, the device can be frustrating. The muted off-white color of the screen is genuinely reminiscent of the pages of a book, too. E-ink is easier to read in bright sunlight than the LED-backlit display on the iPad.
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