Today Amazon started shipping both models of the Kindle Paperwhite, the Wi-Fi version and the 3G/Wi-Fi version. Mine will be arriving shortly, and I promise I’ll post a video and first impressions review on Wednesday. I was thinking about it the other day and it occurred to me that the 3G model is way overpriced […]
GlowLight Nook Touch Gets $20 Price Drop – Now $119
Witnessing the back and forth between Amazon and Barnes and Noble can be quite entertaining. This time around B&N is dropping the price of their GlowLight Nook Touch by $20, making it the same price as the Kindle Paperwhite. B&N also likes to point out in bold script that a power adapter is included at […]
Kindle Paperwhite User Guide and New Video Surface
The Kindle Paperwhite is going to start shipping this upcoming week, and a bunch of reviews from major tech websites will likely start flooding the net all at once on Monday. Until then all we’ve got to sate our curiosity is a couple of new items that have surfaced this week. First, Amazon has posted […]
Nook Touch and GlowLight Nook Now For Sale in the UK
Barnes and Noble is finally starting to roll out their expansion plans in the United Kingdom (better late than never). The Nook Touch and GlowLight Nook are both available for pre-order from several UK retailers, including Argos, Currys, Blackwell’s, and Foyles, among others. The Nook Touch sells for £79 and the GlowLight Nook sells for […]
Kindle Fire HD vs Google Nexus 7 (Video)
For this comparison review I’m pitting the 7" Kindle Fire HD against the Google Nexus 7 to outline the main advantages and disadvantages of two of the most popular 7-inch tablets on the market. I’ve also included a list of similarities between the two, a spec sheet comparison, and a video review showing the Kindle […]
Barnes & Noble Unveils New Tablets: Nook HD and Nook HD+
Today Barnes and Noble pulled the wraps off two new Nook tablets, a 7-inch model and a 9-inch model, both with an emphasis on “HD”. They are already up for pre-order in the United States from Barnes and Noble.com, and will also be available in the UK in early November. The big news with Barnes […]
Review: Google Play Books for Android (Video)
Yesterday Google issued an update for their ebook app to add a number of new features so I figured now would be a good time to put together a review of the Google Play Books app for Android. Up until now Google’s ebook app has been pretty lackluster when compared to all the other ebook […]
It Doesn’t Look Like the Sony PRS-T2 Will Get Hacked Anytime Soon
One of the reasons the Sony PRS-T1 was so popular was the fact that the underlying Android operating system could be hacked to run Android applications to bring a number of additional features to the Reader. It could install several different ereading apps, alternate homescreens for a different look and feel, support for additional languages, […]