About 2 years ago Amazon started selling a Kindle for Kids bundle, and it sounded like a good idea on the surface, but up to this point it appears to be a total flop. A few months after it was first released I posted about how the Kindle for Kids bundle wasn’t getting much attention, […]
Does Anyone Miss Having Word Games and Apps on Kindles?
A few years ago there used to be a variety of word games like Scrabble and apps like notepads available for E Ink Kindles that Amazon called Kindle Active Content. Unfortunately they decided to discontinue offering active content titles on Kindles back in late 2014 when the Kindle Voyage was first released. All new Kindles […]
New 9.7-inch Onyx Boox N96C Coming Soon, 4th N96 Model
Onyx has been very busy coming out with alternate versions of their Android-powered E Ink ereaders for 2017. Now there’s a forth variation of the 9.7-inch Onyx Boox N96 up for pre-order at Banggood, the Boox N96C, that’s expected to get released the middle of May. The price is currently listed at $307 USD. That’s […]
InkBook Classic 2 Review and Video Walkthrough
Review Date: April 2017 – Review unit provided by Arta Tech Overview The InkBook Classic 2 is the latest entry-level ebook reader from Arta Tech, a small ereader company based in Poland that ships their ebook readers worldwide. The device is very similar to the InkBook Prime that I reviewed last week. Both have the […]
The Nook GlowLight Plus Gets No Respect, Not Even From B&N
There’s no denying the fact the popularity of Nook ereaders has been on the decline for several years now. It’s gotten to the point where Barnes and Noble barely even bothers acknowledging the existence of their last remaining E Ink Nook anymore. I find it interesting that B&N has removed the Nook GlowLight Plus from […]
Has the Kobo Touch 2.0 Been Discontinued?
Kobo’s entry-level ebook reader, the Kobo Touch 2.0, has been out of stock for at least the past two months now (probably longer) from Kobo’s website. It’s no longer available from Chapters.Indigo either, one of Kobo’s retailers in Canada. In fact the page for the Kobo Touch 2.0 has been removed entirely and just directs […]
Is This a Leaked Photo of a New Kindle for 2017?
Someone over at MobileRead posted a mysterious picture of what could be the next new Kindle for 2017. The image is posted above (click to enlarge). The leaked photo was posted in a Chinese forum supposedly from a retailer in China. As far as leaked photos go, this is about as uninteresting as it gets, […]
Videos Showing New Onyx eReaders and E Ink Laptop
Onyx is showing off some of their new E Ink devices for 2017 at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair. Among their latest products is a laptop with a 9.7-inch E Ink screen. It’s the first device of its kind and it definitely looks interesting. It has much longer battery life than a regular laptop and […]