Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview The X4 is a mini pocket-sized ereader from a new company called Xteink. It’s one of the smallest and lightest ereaders ever made at just 74 grams. It’s also one of the most basic in terms of overall features, but it’s also capable of running custom software. It has […]
Most People Unhappy With Kindles Aren’t Using Them as Intended
I recently realized the majority of people that complain about Kindles aren’t using them the way Amazon intended. They want to use them to sideload ebooks or comics obtained elsewhere, or they want to be able to backup their Kindle ebook files on a computer, for fear that Amazon is going to take them away […]
New Smart Shapes Feature Now Available on Kindle Scribe
Amazon has been adding some nifty new features to the Kindle Scribes lately, and not just the new models—the original model from 2022 has been getting some of the new features as well. The last software update added support for writing on sideloaded PDFs, and it turns out the update also added a new “smart […]
Amazon Pulling the Plug on Kindle for PC on June 30th
According to some user reports that received a new update for Kindle for PC (version 2.9.1), Amazon is going to be discontinuing the current Kindle for PC app on June 30th, but they’re releasing a “new and improved” Kindle app for Windows 11 later this month that’ll be available from the Microsoft Store so you’ll […]
Bigme Releasing Weirdest Dual Screen E Ink Phone Yet (Video)
Over the years there have been a number of dual-screen devices that have both an E Ink screen and LCD screen (like the Entourage Edge that was way ahead of its time, and the 1st gen Nook, and the Yotaphones), but I’ve never seen anything quite like the new Bigme HiBreak Dual. At first I […]
Kobo Still Supporting eReaders Released 15 Years Ago
With Amazon making news about their decision to stop supporting the first five generations of Kindles, Kobo is still supporting most of their ereaders going back 15 years. Not only is the Kobo Touch from 2011 still being supported, it’s still getting occasional software updates that add new features. In fact, Kobo just released another […]
Send-to-Kindle Won’t Work on Unsupported Kindles; Amazon Phasing Out Older Formats
Ever since Amazon started sending out emails last week about dropping support for older Kindles, I’ve been seeing some people say you’ll still be able to use Send-to-Kindle or email to send documents and non-Amazon ebooks to those Kindle devices, but unfortunately that is not the case. Moving forward, all Kindles released before 2013 will […]
Previous Gen Kindle Scribe Selling Better Than the New Scribe
It looks like Amazon seriously misjudged how much people are willing to pay for a Kindle Scribe. I was looking at the product page for the older Kindle Scribe that was released in 2024 and was surprised to see it has higher sales numbers than the new Kindle Scribe by a significant margin. The sales […]