Amazon issued some updates for their reading apps this past week. They added some much-needed new features to the Kindle for Android app, and they also updated the Kindle for iPad app as well as the Kindle Cloud Reader, their web browser based app.
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Get a New Kindle Fire for $169 Plus a $5 Video Credit Today Only
The Kindle Fire is a 7″ tablet that runs a customized version of Android 2.3, and today only you can nab a brand new Kindle Fire for $30 off the regular price with a voucher from AmazonLocal deals. Plus it comes with a $5 credit for Amazon’s Instant Videos. This is a one day deal […]
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.
Lighted Kindle Touch Expected to Launch in July to Compete with GlowLight Nook
Now here’s a rumor that makes sense, unlike the color Kindle rumor from last week. Reuters is reporting that Amazon is likely to release a new Kindle in July with built-in front lighting similar to Barnes and Noble’s new GlowLight Nook Touch. The inside source says that Amazon has started production of the new Kindle […]
Amazon Won’t Launch a Color E Ink Kindle Later This Year
I’ve been working on this website and blog for nearly three years now, and during that time I’ve noticed a weird phenomenon. Every month or two some unreliable source from some big-name website posts a ridiculous article proclaiming the release of some future gadget from Amazon, Apple, or any other big company. And then every […]
Harry Potter eBooks Free to Read for Kindle Owners with Amazon Prime
Amazon has scored a major deal with J.K. Rowling that probably cost a truckload of Galleons to add all seven Harry Potter ebooks to the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library starting on June 19th. Basically what that means is any Kindle owner with an Amazon Prime membership will be able to download and read any Harry […]
Check out My New Black Woodgrain Kindle Touch
DecalGirl sent my a couple of skins to review, and one of them is a black woodgrain skin for the Kindle Touch. Click the picture above for a closer look. I wanted to make sure to put the skin on as straight as possible so I sat down and really took my time putting it […]
Send to Kindle for Mac Released
Earlier in the week Amazon released a program for Mac computers called Send to Kindle for Mac that allows users to easily send personal documents and DRM-free ebooks to Kindle ereaders and apps and the Kindle cloud archive from Mac computers. This is a followup to the Send to Kindle for PC that was released […]