Amazon is running a 99 cent sale on a dozen Kindle Games. Lots of good ones too, including Scrabble, Slingo, EA Sudoku, Triple Town, and Panda Poet. The sale ends September 12th. Aside from the sale, there seems to an influx of new Kindle Games and Active Content hitting the Kindle Store. Below is a […]
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Amazon Giving Away 29 Free Vook Books in Kindle Store
It looks like Amazon has a bunch of free Vook books again, mostly how to guides and tutorials on various subjects. There are even guides for video games like Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja. I’m not sure how long these will stay free so make sure to check the price before clicking the buy button. […]
New Amazon Kindle Tablet More Like Nook Color Than iPad
Amazon is finishing up the software on their 7″ Kindle tablet that is getting set to be released in November. The new Kindle tablet looks and feels a lot like the Blackberry PlayBook and runs a modified version of Android. It will sell for $250 and will come with a free subscription to Amazon Prime. […]
The Frankenkindle: A Kindle Prototype for the Physically Disabled
Below is a video of a Kindle, dubbed the Frankenkindle, that an electrical engineer modified to make it easier for his sister with cerebral palsy to use. The Kindle 3 is mounted to a wooden stand with a substitute keypad mapped to the Kindle’s 5-way nav controller and Home button. A control board is attached […]
Jigsaw Words: A New Free Word Game for Kindle
Amazon released another free game for the Kindle yesterday called Jigsaw Words, making it the eleventh free game that Amazon has made specifically for the Kindle (sorry, it won’t work with the Kindle apps, just Kindle devices). Jigsaw words is a word game with some twists. It’s kind of a mix between a crossword puzzle […]
Kindle Daily Deal: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
It looks like Amazon is starting up with the Kindle Daily Deals again. This morning they tweeted about offering The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo for $1.39. This is a one day only sale; the price will back up to $5.59 tomorrow. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a very highly […]
Amazon Launches Kindle Cloud Reader, Here’s a Look on the iPad 2 (Video)
Today Amazon introduced a new HTML5 Kindle app designed for use with web browsers, which is optimized for the Apple iPad, and provides a workaround for Amazon to continue to offer Kindle shopping from within the app on the iPad. A couple of weeks ago, Apple started enforcing a rule that requires anyone who offers […]
Amazon’s Tablet Will Cost $229 and Won’t Officially Support Android Market
That’s my prediction. What’s yours? Every single week there are more unsubstantiated Amazon tablet rumors, so why not add some good old-fashioned speculation to the mix? If Amazon is indeed going to release an Android tablet in the next month or so, I believe that it will most certainly undercut the price of the Nook […]