Amazon introduced a new Echo device today called the Echo Show that has a 7-inch screen to add video content to the usual Echo and Alexa assistant features. It’s another example of how Amazon keeps evolving their Echo line of products, unlike Kindles that always seem to stay the same. When I saw the news […]
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Amazon Free Shipping Now Only Requires $25 on Orders; $28 Fire HD 6 Deal
Back in February of this year Amazon lowered their free shipping minimum from $49 to $35, and now they’ve just lowered it again. Now they only require spending a minimum of $25 to get free shipping on Amazon orders for non-Prime members. There hasn’t been any official announcement about the change, but it just happened […]
Kindles and Fire Tablets on Sale: $50 off Oasis, $20 off Kindles
With Mother’s Day one week away, Amazon is having another sale on Kindle ereaders and Fire tablets. For the first time ever they’ve got the Kindle Oasis on sale, but only the more expensive 3G model, not the Wi-Fi model. It’s $50 off so that puts it at $309. All the other Kindles are $20 […]
What is Your Favorite Kindle Font Type?
Amazon has improved the fonts on Kindle ereaders over the years, optimizing them for E Ink screens, and they’ve added a few new font choices in recent years. Still, one of the biggest complaints about Kindles is the lack of advanced font options. For instance, Kobo ereaders allow you to fine tune the thickness of […]
Amazon FreeTime Lands on Android; Kindle App Updates
Amazon has been busy with their apps lately. They just announced the addition of the FreeTime app in the Google Play appstore, making it compatible with most Android tablets and phones, ending its exclusivity to Amazon’s devices. They also just updated their Android and iOS Kindle reading apps to add some new features. The Android […]
Kindle Manga Review and Video Demo – Best Manga eReader?
A couple weeks ago Amazon started rolling out a new software update for Kindle ereaders that added some new manga features, among other things. I don’t read manga usually but I wanted to see how the Kindle handles things like manga and graphic novels since I already posted a manga review for the Kobo Aura […]
Kindle for Kids Bundle Clearly Not Selling Well
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 […]