Today Pandigital formally announced the release of a new line of Android tablets: the Pandigital Planet, Pandigital Nova, Pandigital Star, and a fourth mystery “flagship” device that will be released in September, likely the 8″ SuperNova that passed through the FCC recently. The Pandigital Nova and Pandigital Planet are both available now. In fact I […]
Free Kindle Sub to Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine; Kindle 3 Refurbs $99
To the delight of speculative fiction fans, Amazon announced yesterday a new Kindle exclusive offer for a free subscription to the Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine. The offer isn’t for the Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine in its entirety, instead the free subscription is a shortened version that offers one short story per issue and […]
Firmware Update for Nook Touch, Doesn’t Seem to Work Rooted
Barnes and Noble has released a firmware update for the “All-New NOOK”, or is it the “Nook Simple Touch Reader”, B&N’s marketing department can’t seem to make up their mind what to call it :). Who knows why they can’t just go with something simple like “Nook Touch”. Calling something “All-New” is going to become […]
Nook Color Refurbs on Sale Again – Good Deal for a Budget Tablet/eReader
Refurbished Nook Colors are on sale yet again, this time for one day only at 1saleaday.com. They are selling them for $179. However, that website is known to take their sweet time shipping products so if you are in a hurry to get it (let’s face it, who wouldn’t be) Buy.com is selling them for […]
Pandigital Nova Digital Reader Android Tablet
Pandigital has another new ereader on the loose, this one is called the Pandigital Nova. It is nearly identical to the Pandigital Planet that was also recently introduced, but there are a few subtle differences. For one, the Pandigital Nova comes with 2x more internal memory, 4GB, and it runs Android 2.3 instead of 2.2. […]
Review: Kobo Touch Newspaper Subscriptions via Kobo and Calibre (Video)
When doing the review for the Kobo Touch last month, I had attempted to test various periodicals but they would not download to the device. Apparently there was an issue with the servers that deliver periodicals, but that issue has since been resolved and now newspaper and magazine subscriptions automatically download to the Kobo Touch […]
Nook Touch Working Apps List
The Nook Touch is the most versatile E Ink ebook reader ever created thanks to its hackable Android operating system. A surprising number of Android apps work exceptionally well on a rooted Nook Touch, including several ereading apps. Below is a list of apps that I’ve personally gotten to work on a rooted Nook Touch. […]
Did Apple Force Kobo to Remove Blog Post Regarding App Rule Changes?
Last Saturday Kobo posted on their blog about having to change their reading apps for iPad and iPhone to remove the built-in reading store and any references to Kobo’s website because of new rules instituted by Apple regarding in-app purchases. The blog post received hundreds of comments from people angry with Apple for making Kobo […]