Review Date: July 2017 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview In June 2017 Amazon released two new updated tablets, a 7-inch Fire, I reviewed it a couple weeks ago, and the 8-inch Fire HD 8. Both offer the same general features and the specs are somewhat similar, but the Fire HD 8 is the […]
More Videos Showing 10.3-inch reMarkable E Ink Tablet
The reMarkable paper tablet is a new 10.3-inch E Ink ereader and notepad that is getting set to launch in the next couple of months. It supports PDF and ePub files, and it doubles as an electronic notebook and sketchpad, as it comes with a stylus pen that supports 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity. They’ve […]
Fire HD 8 Tablet Text-to-Speech Demo (Video)
One of the unique features with Fire tablets is the ability to use text-to-speech to read Kindle ebooks aloud. Not all Kindle books support TTS but most do. There’s a note on the product details page for each Kindle book that says if it supports text-to-speech or not. TTS also works on sideloaded books and […]
Prime Day Deals Start Now – Up to 40% off Kindle Unlimited and Audible
Today Amazon announced that Prime Day, their biggest sales event of the year for Prime members, will fall on July 11th this year, with sales starting at 9pm ET on July 10th. They’ve already started rolling out some early deals starting today. I remember reading last year that Prime Day was the bigger sales day […]
Oaxis InkCase with 5.2″ E Ink Screen for iPhone 7 Plus
Oaxis has launched a new crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for a new InkCase that fits the iPhone 7 Plus. Oaxis sells a number of different products, including several smartphone cases with E Ink screens built into the back. Their latest new InkCase for the iPhone 7 Plus features a sizeable 5.2-inch E Ink screen. It […]
KOReader on Kobo Aura One Looks Interesting for PDFs (Video)
I came across a video on YouTube that shows an example of KOReader running on the Kobo Aura One. It’s the first video I’ve ever seen that actually shows KOReader, an alternative open-source reading app, on a Kobo ereader. I tried installing it on a Kobo Touch once but it wouldn’t work so I didn’t […]
New 7.8-inch Icarus Illumina XL HD Pre-Orders on Indiegogo
Last week a couple videos of a new 7.8-inch 300 ppi ereader called the Icarus Illumina XL HD started showing up on YouTube. A few days later it turned up on Indiegogo for pre-order. The early bird packages are already sold out, but they’re still taking pre-orders for $199 USD plus shipping. Icarus is based […]
Up to 80% off NYT Best Sellers and Kindle Unlimited Bundle Deal
Amazon is having another 1-day sale on select Kindle ebooks for one of their main Deals of the Day. This time the deal takes up to 80% off a list of New York Times best sellers. There are 41 books on the list, with lots of highly-rated, popular titles. Most are only $1.99 to $2.99, […]