Today Kobo announced that they are bringing their ebookstore and Kobo Touch ereader to Japan on July 19th. This is no big surprise considering Kobo was purchased by Rakuten earlier this year, a Japanese online retailer. The bigger surprise is that Kobo beat Amazon to the punch, who is also expected to launch an ebookstore […]
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Watching Cartoons on a Kindle Touch and Nook Touch (Videos)
In the past I’ve posted about how hackers have figured out how to play videos on a Nook Touch and Kindle Touch, so this isn’t anything new exactly, but I’ve recently come across a couple of new videos and they are too strange to pass up. This time around we’ve got a couple of cartoons […]
Who Will be the Next to Release a Lighted eBook Reader?
Now that Barnes and Noble has released the Nook Touch with GlowLight, which appears to be relatively successful given the fact B&N couldn’t keep them in stock for the first several weeks, the big question is who will be the next to release a similar E Ink ebook reader with a built-in front light? Amazon […]
Turn a Nook Touch into a Classic Macintosh with Mini vMac for Android (Video)
The Nook Touch can do a lot of strange unexpected things with various hacks and mods, like playing videos, but this one takes the cake. Just when you think you’ve seen everything, it turns out the Nook Touch can be turned into a Classic Macintosh. Yep. Flying toasters and all. This was achieved by installing […]
A Roundup of eReader and eBook News Stories for This Week
Once again I find myself way behind in posting about ereader and ebook-related news so I’ve decided to do a roundup post with a bunch of different news stories from this past week instead of writing a separate post for each one. So here it goes….
‘Tis the Season to Buy a Nook
Barnes and Noble is a day late for the Sales and Deals article I posted yesterday, but this is worth mentioning so here it goes… Barnes and Noble is currently running two separate Nook promotions for record low prices on the Nook Touch and/or Nook Color. If you’ve been debating whether or not to buy […]
New Onyx Boox i62 eBook Reader Has HD Pearl Screen and IR Touch
Yesterday I came across a new ebook reader from Onyx that is loaded with cool features. Unfortunately it isn’t available in the United States but it is available in different parts of Europe and probably Asia too. As you can tell from the picture above, it looks a lot like the Nook Touch, and it […]
Software Update v4.1 for $79 Kindle Adds New Features
Amazon has issued a software update version 4.1.0 for the Kindle 4, the non-touchscreen Kindle that sells for $79 with ads and $109 without ads. As usual, you can download and install the update manually now, or wait for the update to be automatically pushed to your Kindle over WiFi in the coming weeks.