Last week Barnes and Noble added a new device to their lineup of Nook-branded Samsung tablets. It’s called the Samsung Galaxy Tab E Nook. It’s a 9.6-inch Android tablet with a 1280 x 800 resolution screen (157 ppi). Basically it’s B&N’s answer to the Fire HD 10, and it sells for $249. The interesting thing […]
5 Cheap Alternative Android Tablets to the $49 Fire
One thing that Amazon is really good at is marketing. The new $49 Fire tablet is a great example of this. Just about everyone is impressed with the price of the $49 Fire tablet, so much so that it’s the #1 bestseller in electronics on Amazon’s website. It’s so popular that Amazon can’t even keep […]
Kindle Word Runner Review and Video Demo
With the release of the 5th generation Fire tablets—the $49 Fire, the Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10—Amazon has introduced a new speed reading feature called Kindle Word Runner. I don’t think that most people will be interested in using the new feature much, mainly because it’s a completely new way of reading. It […]
What is Wrong with Kobo’s Translation Dictionaries?
Something that has been bugging me for a long time now is the fact that the translation dictionaries on Kobo’s ebook readers don’t work very well. It seems like half the time I select a word to be translated it just says, “No definition found. Try another dictionary.” So basically what Kobo is telling me […]
Fire Tablets MicroSD Card How To Guide – Everything You Need to Know
This year’s lineup of Fire tablets come with microSD card slots to expand available storage space. This is a pretty big deal because it’s the first time that Amazon has included a memory card slot on a Kindle Fire tablet. There are a number of questions about how microSD cards work with Fire tablets: what […]
$49 Fire Tablet Only Comes with 90 Day Warranty
Here’s something that a lot of people didn’t notice, myself included, about the new $49 Fire tablet that Amazon has just released. It turns out that it only comes with a 90 day warranty instead of the usual 1 year warranty. Amazon’s Kindle ereaders and Fire tablets have always come with a 1 year warranty […]
$49 Fire Tablet First Impressions Review (Video)
Amazon’s new $49 Fire tablet was officially released on September 30th. I’ve been giving it a workout the past couple of days to see how well it performs. Amazon clearly had to cut some corners to get the price down to $50, but the fact of the matter is it’s a pretty decent tablet for […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks and eBook Deals – September 30th
Amazon’s new lineup of Fire tablets officially get released today, with the first wave of orders arriving at customers’ doors. So there’s no better time for a roundup of free Kindle ebooks to help load up on some content for these new devices. And don’t forget about Amazon Underground for a ton of free apps. […]