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 […]
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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 […]
Free Kindle Sub to Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine; Kindle 3 Refurbs $99
To the delight of speculative fiction fans, Amazon announced yesterday a new Kindle exclusive offer for a free subscription to the Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine. The offer isn’t for the Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine in its entirety, instead the free subscription is a shortened version that offers one short story per issue and […]
Kindle Textbook Rentals Now Available at Amazon
Today Amazon announced the launch of their new Kindle Textbook Rental service, where students can rent textbooks to read on Kindle apps and Kindle devices. The Kindle Textbook Rental service allows students to choose exactly how long they want to rent a textbook, anywhere from 30 days to 1 year. And students can choose to […]
Two New Kindles and an Amazon Tablet by October
The Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday that confidently proclaims the upcoming release of an Amazon tablet and two new Kindles by October. The news is based off of what “people familiar with the matter” said. Of course the article talks mostly about the tablet and how it will compete with the iPad (that’s […]