If you’ve seen my ASUS Transformer review, you know that I’ve had trouble getting a Transformer without defects. The first one I bought had excessive screen bleeding and other hardware problems, and the one I received as a replacement was even worse. Long story short, I decided to try my luck again (after all, the […]
Amazon’s Tablet Will Cost $229 and Won’t Officially Support Android Market
That’s my prediction. What’s yours? Every single week there are more unsubstantiated Amazon tablet rumors, so why not add some good old-fashioned speculation to the mix? If Amazon is indeed going to release an Android tablet in the next month or so, I believe that it will most certainly undercut the price of the Nook […]
Pandigital Nova, Planet, and Star Now Official, SuperNova Not
Today Pandigital formally announced the release of a new line of Android tablets: the Pandigital Planet, Pandigital Nova, Pandigital Star, and a fourth mystery “flagship” device that will be released in September, likely the 8″ SuperNova that passed through the FCC recently. The Pandigital Nova and Pandigital Planet are both available now. In fact I […]
Free Kindle Sub to Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine; Kindle 3 Refurbs $99
To the delight of speculative fiction fans, Amazon announced yesterday a new Kindle exclusive offer for a free subscription to the Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine. The offer isn’t for the Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine in its entirety, instead the free subscription is a shortened version that offers one short story per issue and […]
Firmware Update for Nook Touch, Doesn’t Seem to Work Rooted
Barnes and Noble has released a firmware update for the “All-New NOOK”, or is it the “Nook Simple Touch Reader”, B&N’s marketing department can’t seem to make up their mind what to call it :). Who knows why they can’t just go with something simple like “Nook Touch”. Calling something “All-New” is going to become […]
Nook Color Refurbs on Sale Again – Good Deal for a Budget Tablet/eReader
Refurbished Nook Colors are on sale yet again, this time for one day only at 1saleaday.com. They are selling them for $179. However, that website is known to take their sweet time shipping products so if you are in a hurry to get it (let’s face it, who wouldn’t be) Buy.com is selling them for […]
Pandigital Nova Digital Reader Android Tablet
Pandigital has another new ereader on the loose, this one is called the Pandigital Nova. It is nearly identical to the Pandigital Planet that was also recently introduced, but there are a few subtle differences. For one, the Pandigital Nova comes with 2x more internal memory, 4GB, and it runs Android 2.3 instead of 2.2. […]
Review: Kobo Touch Newspaper Subscriptions via Kobo and Calibre (Video)
When doing the review for the Kobo Touch last month, I had attempted to test various periodicals but they would not download to the device. Apparently there was an issue with the servers that deliver periodicals, but that issue has since been resolved and now newspaper and magazine subscriptions automatically download to the Kobo Touch […]