2013 looks like it’s going to be the year of the E Ink smartphone. In earlier posts we’ve seen prototypes of E Ink covers for the iPhone, Android-powered E Ink phones, and dual-screen phones. A Russian company called Yota Devices aims to be one of the first companies to release a dual-screen phone that has […]
Kindle Touch Gets Lots of New Features with Firmware Update 5.3.2
Amazon has just issued a major firmware update for the Kindle Touch that adds a ton of new features. Amazon has basically turned it into the Kindle Paperwhite minus the high-res screen and frontlight. Plus the Kindle Touch has speakers and an audio jack so it gets Amazon’s new Whispersync for Voice feature as well […]
eReader Sales Slow: Are You Upgrading?
“The eReader era just arrived, but now it may be ending” declares technology reporter Greg Bensinger in a recent Wall Street Journal article. To support this claim, Bensinger cites two market research studies which show that the eReader boom might have plateaued. Market ‘intelligence’ firm IDC estimates that the sale of dedicated reading devices has dropped from 27.7 […]
How to Easily Add Custom Fonts to Kindle Paperwhite – No Hacks
So I was doing some reading on my Kindle Paperwhite last night and started to wonder if there was an easy way to add additional font choices to the list without jailbreaking and hacking. As it turns out, there is an easy way to add custom fonts to the Kindle Paperwhite. Basically all you need […]
GlowNooter Updated to Root GlowLight Nook Touch with 1.2 Firmware
I noticed over at XDA this morning that the GlowNooter rooting package for the GlowLight Nook Touch was updated last week to work with the new 1.2.x firmware update that Barnes and Noble issued back in November. Ever since the 1.2 firmware update, GlowNooter would freeze up and not complete the rooting process. This is […]
Nexus 10 Will Be Back In Stock Soon
If you have been waiting to burn your holiday bonus on a new Google Nexus 10 tablet, with no indication as to when the device would be back in stock, fear no more. I just checked the 10-inch tablet’s product listing on Google Play, and, according to it, resupply units will be shipping out “in […]
Is the Barnes and Noble Nook an Endangered Species?
So the big news yesterday is that things are not going well for Barnes and Noble. They reported weak holiday sales and it’s not just hardcovers and paperbacks that aren’t selling well, it’s Nook devices and Nook ebooks. In fact Nook revenues fell 12.6% from last year’s holiday sales period. As if that’s not bad […]
The iriver Story HD: A Look Back
A ‘retro-review’ written by Andrew. When iriver (a South Korean company that made its mark developing MP3 players) decided to get into the eReader business a few years back, many early reviewers weren’t too sure how things would turn out. Their first model, the iriver Story, was ostensibly marketed as a combination eReader/MP3 player, but, […]