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Apple iPad Air with Apple Pencil Pro

By Apple.

Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

A glass slab that takes notes between emails, messages and a quick look at the news. If you must go digital, the reMarkable Paper Pro is the calm compromise: no apps, no feeds, though it still syncs to its maker’s cloud.

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Wi-Fi, Ethernet or cellular. An attacker can be anywhere, and it can collect data.

Buy the dumb one instead

• Moleskine Classic notebookLevel 0 · No electricity · Dumb as a rock $25View
• Boogie Board JotLevel 2 · A quiet chip · Dependable doofus $34View

We do not link to the smart one. You can find it.