Amazon’s Prime Day sales are now live, and the deals on Kindles are the worst I’ve ever seen, with the exception of the Kindle Scribe. My Prime Day predictions were way off because I was using last year’s sales as a starting point, and the deals aren’t nearly as good this year. Prime Day used […]
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Kindle Scribe Now on Sale for $235 for Prime Members
Amazon has rolled out an early Prime Day deal on the Kindle Scribe, and it’s at the lowest sale price ever since it was released in November of 2022. Unfortunately only the 16GB model is on sale currently, so if you want one of the higher capacity models you’ll have to wait a bit longer. […]
Prime Day Predictions for Sales on Kindle eReaders
Prime Day is coming up later this month on July 16th and 17th, and that’s usually the best time of year to buy Kindles at the lowest sale prices. Sometimes Amazon rolls out Kindle deals early so keep an eye on the Prime Day deals page. I like to try to predict the sale prices […]
Testing Different Ways to Break Kindles at Amazon Lab126
Last week an article was posted on the About Amazon website written by one of Amazon’s hardware engineers that works at Lab126 and does stress tests on new products, including Kindles, and she describes 10 different ways Kindles are tested before a new device gets released, and it’s an interesting read (there are pictures of […]
Boox Go Color 7 Kindle App Test – Color Kindle Alternative?
Onyx recently released a new Android-powered ereader with a 7″ color E Ink screen called the Boox Go Color 7. It’s another Kindle Oasis clone that adds color to the mix, but it’s a lot more advanced than a Kindle, and since it runs Android you can install the Kindle app on it to get […]
Kindle Scribe Bundles On Sale – Early Prime Day Deals
If you’re thinking about getting a Kindle Scribe, Amazon has some early Prime Day deals on Kindle Scribe bundles, and an Amazon Prime membership is not required to get the discount. The prices of the bundle packages are much lower than the price of just buying a Kindle Scribe on its own, so it makes […]
Free 3 Months Kindle Unlimited Offer is Back
Last month Amazon had a deal where new and returning subscribers could get 3 months of Kindle Unlimited for free, and now the deal is back again so you might want to check it out if you missed the last one. Just head over to the main Kindle Unlimited landing page at Amazon to see […]
Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite Need Larger User Interface Settings
One thing that’s weird about Kindles is the fact that different models have different settings when it comes to displaying the size of user interface icons and text. Both the Kindle Scribe and Kindle Oasis have a setting to increase the size of all the menus and text for the overall interface, not just text […]