One of the biggest problems with E Ink ebook readers is the fact that they are somewhat fragile, especially when not using a case to keep them protected. If you accidentally drop your ebook reader, sit on it, or stick it in a bag with a bunch of other stuff, there’s a good chance the […]
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Rooted Nook Touch Gets Multi-touch Support (Videos)
The developers over at XDA have figured out how to enable multi-touch on the rooted Nook Touch. One of the main benefits of multi-touch on the Nook Touch, along with the No Refresh App, is improved usability for PDF apps. You can easily zoom in and out using pinch-zooming and the No Refresh App keeps […]
New Nook Touch to Have LED Flex Lighting for Night Reading?
Last week an anonymous person left a comment on this blog saying that Barnes and Noble will be releasing a new Nook Touch soon and that it will use Flex Lighting. Thinking on it, given the timing and the circumstances, I would say the chances of Barnes and Noble releasing a new Nook Touch with […]
New NextBook 8″ Android 4.0 Tablet – The NextBook Premium8se
NextBook has released a new 8″ Android 4.0 tablet called the Premium8se. The “se” stands for “Special Edition”. What makes it special, apparently, is the Android 4.0 operating system since all the other non-special NextBooks run Android 2.3 and older. Aside from coming with the latest version of Android, the Premium8se has a front-facing camera, […]
Kindle Touch Can Play Videos Now (Video)
The Nook Touch isn’t the only E Ink ereader that can play videos. Developers over at MobileRead have figured out how to get videos to play on the Kindle Touch now too. It’s like watching on an old school black and white TV, and the sound even works. That’s plus one for the Kindle because […]
Kindle Touch 3G Launches Internationally to Over 175 Countries
The Kindle Touch launched in the United States over four months ago. Then at the beginning of February it went international, but only the Wi-Fi model. Now Amazon is finally rolling out the 3G model of the Kindle Touch internationally, and they’ve also added it to their regional stores so not everyone has to buy […]
Tetris Ported to the Kobo Touch (Video)
It turns out the Nook Touch and Sony PRS-T1 aren’t the only E Ink ereaders to get hacked to run video games, among other things. Now someone has managed to port Tetris to the Kobo Touch, and it looks like the old school Pong game works as well. Doing so requires rooting the Kobo Touch […]
Watching Videos on a Nook Simple Touch – Seriously
I just stumbled across something so odd that I couldn’t help but share it with you. For a long time I’ve been saying how cool a rooted Nook Touch is, and today the folks at XDA took it to a new level. In the past I’ve shown the Nook Touch running live wallpapers and even […]