Overview Amazon’s $69 Kindle is the latest basic model and replaces the Kindle 4 from last year. I’m inclined to call it the Kindle 5, but some people refer to the Kindle Touch as the Kindle 5, so to make things less confusing I’m just going to call it the $69 Kindle from here on […]
Rooting Package for Sony Reader PRS-T2 Now Available
A couple of weeks ago I penned an article about how it didn’t look like the Sony PRS-T2 would get hacked to run Android apps anytime soon. Luckily, a lot can change in two weeks. The savvy developers, especially Boroda, over at MobileRead and The eBook have successfully managed to unlock the Sony PRS-T2 and […]
Txtr Beagle eBook Reader Aims to Become Cell Phone Accessory for 10 Euros ($13)
Txtr, a German ebook company, has come up with an innovative premise to get ebook readers into the hands of cell phone users by offering a really cheap and basic ebook reader subsidized by wireless carriers. It is called the txtr beagle and is one of the world’s smallest, lightest, and feature-deficient ebook readers. The […]
Bookeen Launching New Cybook Odyssey HD eBook Reader with Frontlight
The year of the lighted ebook reader is in full swing, so it comes as no big surprise that one of the oldest ebook reader companies, Bookeen, just announced the frontlight-equipped Cybook Odyssey HD that is coming to Europe in November. As the name suggests, the Cybook Odyssey HD uses the higher resolution 6-inch 758 […]
Kobo Glo and Kobo Mini Now Available in Select Regions
Kobo’s latest E Ink ebook readers, the Kobo Glo and Kobo Mini, are now available from certain retailers in Canada and the United Kingdom, and possibly some other European countries will be getting them soon too. Neither of Kobo’s new ereaders have reached the United States yet, however. Best Buy has them listed but they […]
Kindle Paperwhite Tips: How to Take Screenshots and Remove Recommended eBooks
I learned a couple of nifty tips for the Kindle Paperwhite over the weekend, including how to capture screenshots and how to remove the annoying recommended titles that appear on the first page of the homescreen. Mastering how to snap screenshots takes a little practice, but once you get it down it works well. All […]
Kobo Touch Firmware Update 2.1.4
If you own a Kobo Touch ebook reader you can expect it to get a firmware update this week, firmware version 2.1.4. Hopefully this update goes a lot smoother than the 2.0 update that gave many Kobo Touch owners problems over the summer. This isn’t a major update by any means, but it does add […]
Kindle DX Price Cut; Is There a Paperwhite DX in the Future?
I was doing some browsing at Amazon when I noticed that the Kindle DX has been added to the Kindle family box at the top of Kindle pages, with a new lower price of $299. Previously it sold for $379. And it looks like the price drop is permanent because on the product page for […]