A few years ago there used to be a variety of word games like Scrabble and apps like notepads available for E Ink Kindles that Amazon called Kindle Active Content. Unfortunately they decided to discontinue offering active content titles on Kindles back in late 2014 when the Kindle Voyage was first released. All new Kindles […]
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Top 10 Paid and Free Games for Kindle Fire HDX
I’m trying to use my Kindle Fire HDX more so that I can write more articles about it. I thought I would check out the games section specifically for the HDX at the Amazon appstore to see what’s popular. I find it interesting that Amazon advertises the Kindle Fire HDX as being “built for the […]
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 […]
Kindle 4 Working Games and Active Content List
If you saw my Kindle 4 video review and first impressions, you know that not all Kindle apps work on a Kindle 4. The fact that it lacks a physical keyboard and has less RAM than the Kindle 3 leaves a good share of the Active Content out. Purchased apps for earlier Kindles—Kindle Keyboard, Kindle […]
12 Kindle Games on Sale for $0.99; Plus Lots of New Active Content
Amazon is running a 99 cent sale on a dozen Kindle Games. Lots of good ones too, including Scrabble, Slingo, EA Sudoku, Triple Town, and Panda Poet. The sale ends September 12th. Aside from the sale, there seems to an influx of new Kindle Games and Active Content hitting the Kindle Store. Below is a […]
Jigsaw Words: A New Free Word Game for Kindle
Amazon released another free game for the Kindle yesterday called Jigsaw Words, making it the eleventh free game that Amazon has made specifically for the Kindle (sorry, it won’t work with the Kindle apps, just Kindle devices). Jigsaw words is a word game with some twists. It’s kind of a mix between a crossword puzzle […]
16 Free Kindle Books and 12 Kindle Games on Sale for $1
Amazon is running a sale until March 27th on twelve Kindle games and crosswords, including SCRABBLE, EA Solitaire, Triple Town, EA Texas Hold’em, Mahjong Solitaire, NY Times Crosswords, and others. They cost $0.99 each. The regular prices are between $1.99 and $4.99. Below is a list of free ebooks from Amazon for the Kindle and […]
New Educational Kindle Active Content for Kids
Earlier today an email appeared in my inbox regarding a press release for a couple of new educational Kindle apps designed for kids, apparently the first of their kind released for the Kindle. The apps are from a company called Digi Ronin Games. There’s Flash Cards: Basic Math for Kids and Flash Cards: Fractions for […]