Sometimes when a gadget doesn’t come with all the features you would like it to have, you have to take matters into your own hands. That’s what a member over at Mobileread did with the Kindle Paperwhite. The person known as zxczxc wanted to be able to turn pages without having to hold/touch the Kindle […]
Nook Father’s Day Sale: Nook HD+ $149, Nook HD $129
Barnes and Noble is running yet another sale on the Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets, and it’s the best deal yet, especially now that they come with access to Google Play. The Nook HD starts at only $129 for the 8GB model and the Nook HD+ is $149 for the 16GB model. Those are […]
B&N Mysteriously Removes Nook for PC and Nook for Mac for Download
Yesterday a reader tipped me about some strange goings-on at Barnes and Noble that is leaving people wondering what direction B&N is headed with their reading apps. For some reason unknown Barnes and Noble has taken down the Nook for PC and Nook for Mac ereading programs from their website. The only program that remains […]
Video of Onyx’s Android E Ink eBook Readers and Smartphone
Charbax from ARMdevices.net is at Computex 2013 this week and once again posted an interesting video that shows off some of Onyx International’s new Android-powered E Ink ebook readers as well as their 4.3″ E Ink Android smartphone. Unfortunately Onyx has virtually no presence in the United States so unless you follow the field of […]
Waterproof Kindle Paperwhite Review – Kindle Goes Swimming with the Fishes
Last week I posted about a new waterproof Kindle Paperwhite from a company called Waterfi. They were nice enough to lend me one for review, so I did some tests to see if it really is waterproof. On the surface the waterproof Kindle Paperwhite looks exactly the same as my regular Kindle Paperwhite. There’s no […]
ASUS Announces New 7″ and 10″ HD MeMo Pad Tablets
Today Asus unveiled two new Android tablets with high resolution screens ideal for ereading. There’s a 7-inch model and a 10-inch model; both are upgrades to Asus’s MeMo Pad line of tablets. The 7-inch Asus MeMo Pad HD 7 is what the original MeMo Pad 7 should have been: It has an upgraded 1280 x […]
Kindle Fire Update Adds Battery % Meter and Breaks Wallpapers on Alt Launchers
While Barnes and Noble is making their Nook HD tablets more appealing by adding support for Google Play, Amazon is taking the opposite approach by locking down their Kindle Fire tablets even more from outside influences and forcing people to use the custom Kindle interface to keep the cycle of spending more money at Amazon […]
Sales and Deals on eBook Readers, Tablets and eBooks
There are some good deals to be had on ebook readers and tablets as we approach the end of May. The Nooks are on sale again at Walmart, and you can snag an older Android tablet for as little as $55 new from eBay. And there are some discount codes if you like shopping for […]