It’s been a busy week of updates for Kobo. They issued firmware updates for the Kobo Vox, Kobo Touch, and their desktop software too. Kobo is one of those companies that continues to build on their products after release. This is at least the 6th update for the Kobo Touch, with each one adding some […]
A Charlie Brown Christmas Interactive Book is Amazon’s Free App Today
Amazon is giving away A Charlie Brown Christmas today in the Amazon Appstore as the free Android app of the day. This is an interactive book narrated by Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown, and includes digitally remastered illustrations, animation, music, and the original dialog and voices from the cartoon version of A […]
Get a Refurbished Kindle DX for $199 Today Only
If you are in the market for a large ebook reader, the Kindle DX is on sale today only at Woot.com for $199 plus $5 for shipping. This is the lowest price on the Kindle DX yet. Amazon ran a sale over Black Friday weekend for the Kindle DX, selling it for $279 new. But […]
How to Restore Nook Tablet to 1.4.0 and Block OTA Firmware Updates
Since Barnes and Noble decided to issue a firmware update for the Nook Tablet, version 1.4.1, that disables the ability to install non-B&N apps from 3rd party sources and kills root, here’s how to revert the Nook Tablet back to the original 1.4.0 firmware and block the firmware update from happening. Unfortunately firmware updates install […]
Nook Tablet Firmware Update 1.4.1 Closes Loophole to Install 3rd Party Apps
Barnes and Noble suck. They just issued an update for the Nook Tablet that effectively turns it from a full-blown Android tablet into a glorified color ereader with benefits. The firmware update, version 1.4.1, closes the Nook Tablet off from installing Android apps from non-B&N sources. So now instead of having tens of thousands if […]
Sales and Deals: eReaders, Tablets, Kindle eBooks and Apps (12-19-11)
Christmas is just around the corner and there are still plenty of sales and deals to be had. Here’s a list of ebook readers and tablets currently on sale from various retailers, followed by a list of Kindle eBooks and apps on sale.
How To Install an Alternate Homescreen on Sony Reader PRS-T1
One of the annoying things about the Sony PRS-T1 is the homescreen isn’t customizable. It always insists on showing the last three ebooks you added to the Reader. Who cares about recently added titles? A list of recently read titles would make more sense. Luckily, there’s a fix for that. A crafty developer named “mrspaceman” […]
Nook Tablet vs Nook Color Comparison Review (Video too)
Now is a good time for a Nook Tablet vs Nook Color comparison review since Barnes and Noble issued a firmware update for the Nook Color to add some new features earlier in the week. Even before the new firmware it was pretty hard to tell the Nook Tablet and Nook Color apart, and now […]