A chinese company called Bigme recently released a couple of Android-powered E Ink phones, one with a color screen and one with a black and white screen. They started selling the color version on Amazon last month. Now the BW version of the Bigme Hibreak phone is also available on Amazon. At $269, it’s only […]
Kindle Unlimited 3 Months Free for Prime Members
Amazon has brought back their Kindle Unlimited deal where Prime members can get 3 months for free. It’s been 3 months since the last time they did this deal so if you claimed that offer then this one is probably coming along just at the right time. Like usual, this deal does not apply to […]
New Kindle for 2024 Leaked, and It’s a Big Disappointment
The good news is we now have confirmation that Amazon is about to release a new basic Kindle for 2024; the bad news is they’re basically just re-releasing the 2022 version with a few minor changes—typical Amazon. The new Kindle turned up for sale on a Spanish website last night and someone posted a screenshot […]
New 10.3″ Penstar eNote has 9 Physical Buttons and Runs Android
The Penstar eNote is a new E Ink notetaking device that doubles as an ereader, and it has some unique features that set it apart from other eNotes. The first thing that jumps out about the Penstar eNote is the fact that it has nine physical buttons along the side of the screen, which can […]
2 New Kindles Getting Released Soon, According to FCC Filings
It looks like we now have confirmation that Amazon is about to release a couple of new Kindles for 2024. What appears to be two new Kindle models turned up on the FCC website earlier this week, product ID number 5698 and 5688. The FCC paperwork reveals very little information about the upcoming devices, but […]
Software Update Now Available for Kindle Scribe
Amazon has finally released the latest software update (well, the second latest, technically) for the Kindle Scribe, so now it’s running the same software version as other recent Kindles (except the 10th generation Kindle Oasis). The new software version is 5.16.21. About a month ago Amazon released the 5.16.21 software update for all 10th and […]
Amazon No Longer Removing Ads on Kindles for Free
For many years now it’s been known that you can get the advertisements removed for free on ad-supported Kindles simply by asking Amazon’s customer support to get rid of them, or complaining about the types of ads that are shown. But it looks like Amazon has changed their policy and they’re no longer removing ads […]
Kindle Scribe Requires 3rd Party Software to Transfer Files on Macs
Around this time last year Amazon updated the software on the Kindle Scribe, and they changed the USB protocol from USB mass storage to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), which works fine with Windows computers but Mac computers don’t support MTP without using 3rd-party software. I often see people complaining about having problems with the Kindle […]