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Kindle Fire Update Adds Battery % Meter and Breaks Wallpapers on Alt Launchers

May 31, 2013 by Nathan Groezinger

While Barnes and Noble is making their Nook HD tablets more appealing by adding support for Google Play, Amazon is taking the opposite approach by locking down their Kindle Fire tablets even more from outside influences and forcing people to use the custom Kindle interface to keep the cycle of spending more money at Amazon […]

Waterproof Kindle Paperwhite Now Available in Time for Summer

May 28, 2013 by Nathan Groezinger

Waterproof Kindle

I’ve seen waterproof cases for the Kindle and other ebook readers and tablets before, and I’ve even heard of people putting their Kindle in a Ziploc bag to keep out moisture in watery venues, but now there is a company called Waterfi that is selling fully waterproofed Kindle Paperwhites out of the box. A waterproof […]

Strange Kindle Happenings: Kindle Keyboard Disappears, Kindle DX Back From the Dead

May 26, 2013 by Nathan Groezinger

Here lately some weird things have been happening to the older Kindle models listed over at Amazon.com. In recent weeks the Kindle Keyboard, previously known as the Kindle 3, has seemingly been discontinued. Even though the Kindle Keyboard was several generations old, Amazon continued to sell it up until recently because of its unique accessibility […]

Amazon Appstore and Kindle Fire HD Tablets Now Available Globally

May 23, 2013 by Nathan Groezinger

Amazon announced today that they have opened the doors of their Android appstore to nearly 200 countries worldwide. Previously it had only been accessible to those in the United States since launching in early 2011, and Japan and parts of Europe since fall 2012. This is good news for international tablet users because Amazon’s appstore […]

Amazon Buys Color Screen Tech Company – Color Kindles in The Near Future?

May 15, 2013 by Nathan Groezinger

This past week Amazon purchased a company called Liquavista that specializes in an alternative type of display technology called electrowetting. Electrowetting displays are similar to E Ink displays used on current Kindles (Kindle ebook readers, not Kindle tablets) in that they are more energy efficient than traditional LCD displays and unlike LCD they are readable […]

Kindle Paperwhite vs Kobo Aura HD Comparison Review (Video)

May 13, 2013 by Nathan Groezinger

Kindle Paperwhite vs Kobo Aura HD Comparison Review

The Kobo Aura HD is the newest ebook reader to hit the market, and it comes with a unique screen that is larger than typical E Ink ereaders, plus the resolution is higher. But is the screen good enough to win over would be Kindle Paperwhite buyers? Is the bigger screen size and better resolution […]

Kindle Paperwhite Update 5.3.5 Brings Dictionary and Search Enhancements

April 25, 2013 by Nathan Groezinger

Amazon has issued another firmware update for the Kindle Paperwhite. This new version goes by the number 5.3.5. It includes the usual “general improvements” as well as a couple of new features. The first feature enhancement improves dictionary usage by showing the full definition of a looked-up word in the dictionary window instead of just […]

7″ Kindle Fire HD Gets Android 4.2 Jelly Bean via Alpha Release of CM 10.1

April 22, 2013 by Nathan Groezinger

The 7″ Kindle Fire HD just got a lot cooler today thanks to Android developers over at XDA, especially Hashcode, who has just posted an Alpha release of CyanogenMod 10.1 for the 7″ Kindle Fire HD, which brings Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and all of its Google-infested glory to Amazon’s most popular tablet. CM10 has […]

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