The eBook Reader Blog

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 […]

Review Date: June 2017 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview Amazon released an updated $49 Fire tablet in June 2017 to replace the original $49 Fire tablet that was released back in 2015. I already posted a comparison review between the new Fire and old Fire but not a lot has changed. The new […]

So I’ve been testing the new $49 Fire tablet (7th gen) to see how it compares with the previous $49 Fire tablet (5th gen) that was released back in 2015. It turns out there aren’t very many differences between them. There are a few upgrades but nothing major. The screen is the main improvement but […]

Amazon released two new Fire tablets this week, the Fire HD 8 and Fire 7, and it turns out it’s the same simple process to add the Google Play Store and Google apps to them as previous Fire tablets. Both new tablets are considered 7th generation models, but the software is the same as the […]

Today Amazon announced the upcoming release of new Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 tablets, along with Kids Editions for each. The new Fire tablets are up for pre-order right now and they officially get released on June 7th. The Fire 7 remains $49 and the Fire HD 8 starts at $79. The Kids Editions […]

Earlier this week Apple unveiled a new 9.7-inch iPad that started going on sale today. One of the most intriguing things about the new iPad is it comes at a much lower price than previous models, especially considering it has 32GB of storage space (or 128GB if you want more) instead of the usual 16GB. […]