Review Date: March 2019 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview The Likebook Muses, model number T78D, is the latest Android-powered octacore-equipped ebook reader from Boyue, an ereader company based in China. It’s a lot like the Likebook Mars that was released last fall, but with an updated design and they added a Wacom touchscreen […]
Likebook Muses PDF Review (Video)
The Likebook Muses is a new Android-powered ebook reader with an octa-core processor and a 7.8-inch E Ink screen with adjustable frontlight color. It has a Wacom touchscreen and comes with a stylus pen to write notes and drawings directly on PDFs. Boyue has added some additional features to make reading PDFs easier than when […]
Sony Digital Paper PDF Readers on Sale for $100 off
Sony is currently running a sale on their Digital Paper devices, including the 13.3-inch Sony DPT-RP1, both white and black versions, and the 10.3-inch Sony DPT-CP1. The sale price of the Sony DPT-CP1 is $499 and the sale price of the Sony DPT-RP1 is $599. Both are on sale at Amazon and other authorized resellers […]
Dasung Not-eReader has Surprisingly Fast Refresh Rate (Video)
The Dasung Not-eReader is a new 7.8-inch E Ink tablet and ereader (despite the name), and it just might be the fastest E Ink ereader yet. Dasung uploaded a brief YouTube video yesterday showing the Kindle app in action on the Not-eReader and the app appears to work surprisingly well. It reacts faster than it […]
Kindle on Sale for $49, Kindle Paperwhite $99
Amazon is having another round of Kindle sales, and this time they’ve got the entry-level Kindle on sale for the first time in several months. Plus at $49 it ties the lowest sale price ever, and it also comes with 3 months of Kindle Unlimited for free. Kindle Unlimited subscriptions normally sell for $9.99 per […]
Walmart Now Charging More for eBook Gift Cards Than They’re Worth
Here’s yet another example of how the Walmart Kobo partnership has gotten off to a questionable start. To begin with the in-store Kobo displays turned out to be a joke. Walmart only stocked the entry-level model in a few stores and they haven’t had any of the higher up models on display at all. Then […]
Amazon Experimenting with Kindle Prices Again
At some point recently Amazon quietly changed the price of the entry-level Kindle without ads to $89, including both the US version and the international version. Normally it sells for $99 without ads and $79 with ads. The $89 price isn’t being advertised as a sale, and the Special Offers version is still $79. Generally […]
Likebook Muses vs Likebook Mars Comparison Review (Video)
Boyue released the Likebook Muses last week. It’s a lot like the Likebook Mars that I reviewed last fall, but there are a few differences worth noting. Both devices run the same Android-based software that offers the same features for the most part, and both have the same general specs with a 1.5GHz octa-core CPU […]