Seeing as how I’ve been using it every day for the past 2 and a half weeks, I guess it’s about time I post my Kindle Fire HD Review. As usual the review includes a few ridiculously amateur photos, an 18 minute video walkthrough, several screenshots, and some stuff you won’t find mentioned in other […]
OverDrive App Arrives in Nook Appstore for Access to Library eBooks
If you own a Nook Color, a Nook Tablet, or plan on getting one of the new Nook HD tablets, Barnes and Noble recently added the OverDrive Media Console app to the Nook Appstore to make borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from public libraries a lot easier and more convenient. Previously if you wanted to get […]
The 3G Kindle Paperwhite is Too Expensive and is Pretty Much Pointless
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 […]