The eBook Reader Blog

Yesterday I posted a review of the new Fire HD 10 so I figured I’d post a quick comparison between it and the Fire HD 8 today. Both tablets are the new models for 2017, officially 7th gen Fires, and both share most of the same features, but the HD 10 has a nicer higher-resolution […]

Review Date: October 2017 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview Amazon released the Fire HD 10 in October 2017. It’s the 2nd generation HD 10, and it features a higher resolution full HD 1080p display, yet it’s much cheaper than the previous version, a full $110 less for the model with the same storage […]

Earlier this week the 10.1-inch Lenovo Tab 3 Plus was selling for $199, and then Amazon announced the new Fire HD 10 on Tuesday for $149, and now suddenly the Lenovo Tab 3 Plus is selling for $149 too. Interesting timing… Lenovo might have lowered the price to better compete with the new Fire HD […]

Today Amazon announced the upcoming release of a new 10-inch tablet to add to their lineup, and it actually looks like a pretty nice tablet for the price. They managed to shave a sizeable chunk off the price tag while still upgrading the specs—nice! The new Fire HD 10 gets released on October 11th, 2017. […]

Over the past few years there have been a number of dual-screen smartphones with an E Ink screen on one side of the device and an LCD screen on the other. The most prominent model is the Yotaphone, and the 3rd generation model was recently unveiled. There’s also the new dual-screen Hisense A2 Pro that […]

Lenovo has a couple of new budget tablets for 2017 that look promising. They are among the first tablets to come with the latest Android Nougat 7.1 operating system. There’s an 8-inch model and a 10.1-inch model, the Lenovo Tab 4 8 and Tab 4 10, and both are inexpensive enough to compete with Amazon’s […]

Review Date: July 2017 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview In June 2017 Amazon released two new updated tablets, a 7-inch Fire, I reviewed it a couple weeks ago, and the 8-inch Fire HD 8. Both offer the same general features and the specs are somewhat similar, but the Fire HD 8 is the […]

One of the unique features with Fire tablets is the ability to use text-to-speech to read Kindle ebooks aloud. Not all Kindle books support TTS but most do. There’s a note on the product details page for each Kindle book that says if it supports text-to-speech or not. TTS also works on sideloaded books and […]