I’ve spent the past couple of days experimenting with rooting the Pandigital Nova and installing Google apps for Android Market access. The good news is that I succeeded, and even put together these two tutorials: how to root the Pandigital Nova, and how to install the Android Market. I followed various sets of directions over […]
Nook Color N2A Review: Turning the Nook into an Android Tablet the Easy Way
So I’ve been trying out an N2A card on my Nook Color for the past couple of weeks and I’ve gone from being somewhat skeptical at first to considering starting my own line of Nook Color ROMs (just kidding, there’s too much technical work and red tape involved). For those of you unfamiliar with N2A […]
New Sony Reader PRS-T1 Specs and Pictures Revealed!
Someone over at MobileRead happened across a listing of the new Sony Reader PRS-T1 on a Dutch retail website, complete with pictures and specs. Not surprisingly, the PRS-T1 features a 6 inch E Ink Pearl display, very much like the Sony PRS-650. The screen supports 16 levels of gray and packs a resolution of 800 […]
Sales and Deals: eReaders, Kindle Lighted Cover, Kobo eBook Codes, and More
As August winds to a close, there are a number of ebook readers and related items on sale, so I decided to put them all together in one long list instead of doing separate posts for each offer. Note: These prices are current as of this post; obviously they will change as time goes by. […]
Fuji Labs MM3280 7-inch Color eReader and Multimedia Player
I found a new color ereader from Fuji Labs, the MM3280, listed on OverStock.com yesterday, making it the third Fuji Labs ereader I’ve found to date. The other two Fuji Lab devices where spotted way back in December; both are still showing up but are priced lower now. The new Fuji Labs MM3280 is selling […]
Free Nook Books: $79 Worth of Barnes and Noble Classics
Barnes and Noble has twenty of their classic ebooks available for free that normally cost $3.99 each (these aren’t run-of-the-mill public domain ebooks; these are nicely formatted and include introductions, endnotes, footnotes, notes about the author, etc). In fact all of them are double-listed and are still selling for $3.99 on other pages. It appears […]
Kobo WiFi Refurbs are $65; Kobo Touch Officially Launches at Best Buy
While checking into an announcement that Kobo has officially launched their new touchscreen ebook reader at Best Buy, I happened to notice what is one of the lowest priced E Ink ebook reader to date. Best Buy is selling the Kobo Wifi (refurbished) for just $64.99. The only E Ink ereader I’ve ever seen priced […]
The Frankenkindle: A Kindle Prototype for the Physically Disabled
Below is a video of a Kindle, dubbed the Frankenkindle, that an electrical engineer modified to make it easier for his sister with cerebral palsy to use. The Kindle 3 is mounted to a wooden stand with a substitute keypad mapped to the Kindle’s 5-way nav controller and Home button. A control board is attached […]