What’s up with the Amazon Kindle Scribe 2 and other ereaders, with guest Alex Cranz

Our review-in-progress of the Kindle Scribe 2 is live, and this week on the Engadget Podcast our host Cherlynn Low talks about Amazon’s latest writing tablet with noted ereader aficionado Alex Cranz. The pair are joined by Engadget’s own ereader expert Valentina Palladino, and they all get deep on the state of reading on books, tablets and phones. Our hosts also dive into what’s happening at Intel, as well as modern cars and personal listening habits.

 

Kindle Scribe 2, Kobo, Boox and more: the state of ereaders in 2024 – 2:12

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires – 45:13

Intel claims its $250 Battlemage Arc GPU can top the NVIDIA RTX 4060  – 50:57

MSI’s upcoming Claw 8 AI+ and 7 AI+ are faster than ever, but you still need to navigate Windows with joysticks – 52:18

Jaguar’s strange concept EV doesn’t even have a rear window – 57:26

It’s music streaming recap season! How do you feel about yours? – 1:04:33

Working on / Around Engadget – 1:09:13

Pop culture picks – 1:11:20