Late last year E Ink announced that they would be releasing a new Print Color screen technology designed for ereaders and other portable devices. Surprisingly, a few companies have already released ebook readers that use E Ink’s new Kaleido color screens. A couple were released in China earlier this year, and now Onyx has released […]
Sales Alert: Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kids Kindle
Once again Amazon has put their lineup of Kindles on sale for a limited time, all except the Kindle Oasis, which rarely goes on sale. This time the sale prices take up to $35 off the regular price of the Kindle Paperwhite, and $20 off the entry-level Kindle and Kindle Kids Edition. Amazon also has […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks and $35 Kindle Deal
Here’s a list of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks for the weekend. Update: On Sunday Amazon put the Kindle lineup on sale (links below), and they also have a list of science fiction and fantasy ebooks on sale for one of their main Deals of the Day, but only for Sunday the 16th. Plus Woot […]
Kindles Now Display Different Screensavers in Kid’s Mode
One of the main changes with the latest 5.13.1 software update for Kindles was the addition of some new features for kids when using a child’s profile. It wasn’t specifically mentioned in the release notes, but one of the changes is the addition of whimsical kid-friendly screensavers that display on the lockscreen. These unique screensavers […]
Why Don’t Kindles and Newer eReaders Have Flexible E Ink Screens?
This year color E Ink has made a resurgence with the recent release of the Poke2 Color and PocketBook Color, but whatever happened to the advancement of flexible E Ink screens? The Kobo Forma was the first and only ebook reader under 10-inches to feature a flexible E Ink Mobius screen, and it was released […]
New Kobo Software Update 4.23 Released with Design Changes
Kobo has been releasing software updates just about every month lately for their line of Kobo ebook readers, and they’ve just released another new update for August 2020. The new firmware update, version 4.23.15505, is now available for all Kobo models released since 2011 (except the poor ostracized Kobo Mini). It’s a fairly major update, […]
Onyx Poke2 Color With Color E Ink Screen Now Available
Today Onyx has officially released their first ebook reader that uses E Ink’s new color Kaleido screen technology. Like the PocketBook Color that was just released, the Poke2 Color has a 6-inch E Ink screen that can display 4096 colors. Text renders at 300 ppi, but because of the way the color filter works color […]
Reasons to Upgrade From a Kindle App to a Kindle eReader
Many people read Kindle ebooks on a tablet or phone using a Kindle app, but some choose to read on a Kindle e-reader instead. If you’ve only ever read Kindle ebooks using a tablet or phone you might wonder why anyone would bother with buying another device when you can use something you already own. […]