Battery life for ereaders and tablets is a big selling point. The longer a battery can last without needing to be charged the better. In fact, that’s one of the reasons E Ink ereaders are so popular: their battery only needs to be charged about once every two to eight weeks, even if you use […]
Kindle Touch Now Available Internationally; Kindle Fire Refurbs $179
There’s some good Kindle news to report this morning. First, Amazon has finally started rolling out the Kindle Touch to countries outside the US. Second, Amazon has started selling refurbished Kindle Fires for $179. Despite the lack of an official announcement, the product page for the WiFi Kindle Touch now has the option to select […]
Progress Being Made on CM7 for Nook Tablet (Video)
Good news for Nook Tablet owners. A lot of progress is being made on getting custom ROMs up and running on the Nook Tablet ever since devs cracked the Nook Tablet’s locked bootloader. The devs at XDA have even managed to get CM7 to run on the Nook Tablet, although there are still a few […]
A Look at A Game of Thrones, the Enhanced eBook Edition
As ebooks continue to evolve, publishers and authors are coming up with new ways to add enhanced content to them, such as audio and video and other potentially distracting goodies. A Game of Thrones, the first book in George Martin’s epic A Song of Fire and Ice series, is now available as an enhanced ebook, […]
Sales and Deals: Tablets and eReaders (1/31/12)
It’s been a while since I’ve done a sales and deals post. Aside from a few deals here and there, since Christmas there really hasn’t been very many sales on ereaders and tablets. Today there seems to be enough going on to scrape out a daily deals post. If you happen to find a good […]
Some New Games and Active Content for Kindle eBook Readers
Perusing the Kindle store this morning, I noticed several new Kindle games and active content available for Kindle E Ink ereaders. I also noticed some of the older games have been updated to support the Kindle 4 and Kindle Touch. So if you have either of the new Kindles, now would be a good time […]
GelaSkins Now Sells Matte-Finish Skins for eReaders
I received an email from GelaSkins the other day about how they now sell all their ereader skins with a velvety matte finish instead of the usual gloss finish. The matte finish helps to eliminate glare, of course, an always important factor with ebook readers. The change only affects ereader skins; all the other skins […]
Another New Firmware Update for Sony Reader PRS-T1
Sony has issued another firmware update for the Sony PRS-T1 that enhances performance and addresses an issue that some folks have when turning pages using the touchscreen and having it mysteriously activate the dictionary instead. This update is the second in the past two months. In the past Sony was notorious for seldom releasing firmware […]