So I’m sitting on the Reunification Express on my way to Hue from Hanoi in Vietnam. It’s a 13 hour trip and I need something to while away the time. This is the third overseas trip I’ve done with my Kindle and figured why not write a quick review of how useful the Amazon Kindle [...]
The forthcoming Amazon tablet is now officially leaked thanks to MG Siegler’s (TechCrunch) hand’s-on look at the device. It’s going to be a 7-inch color touch-screen with no physical buttons running Android…well, sort of. Amazon has elected to use a version of Android prior to 2.2 (Most new Android-based tablets are running 3.2 or the [...]
Amazon recently registered the domain names Kindlescribe.com and Kindlescribes.com. This adds to their KindleAir and KindleSocialNetwork domain names they registered earlier this month. We’ve all heard the rumours about a tablet based device but what else does Amazon have planned ? An ebook writer ? A light weight aluminum e-reader ? A competitor [...]
Over the past few years Amazon has created Kindle reading software for just about every electronic device in existence. Today, they announced they were taking the Kindle to the cloud with their HTML5 based reader. Now anyone running Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Safari on Windows or Mac OSX or Apple’s Mobile Safari on the iPad, iPod [...]
Aussie ( potential ) e-readers rejoice. No longer will you have to muck around with exchange rates and overseas freight ( albeit very fast 3-4 day turnaround from the US ) to obtain your Amazon Kindle. Both Dick Smith Electronics and Big W are showing the Kindle and accessories available on their websites. Both sites show it [...]
The NOOK Color bundle with Sullivan Easel cover and issues of 34 magazines is available at QVC as the Today’s Special Value for 8/2/11. Magazines include PC Gamer, sports magazines like ESPN, various titles from National Geographic, food/cooking magazines from Rachel Ray, Martha Stewart and more, Forbes, Readers Digest, American Photography, and more. The Sullivan [...]
I’ve been a fan of ebooks for many years, starting with Peanut Press books on my Handspring Visor Deluxe back around 1999. After writing code for 9 hours/day for many years, you can imagine my wrists were shot, and I loved ebooks because they weren’t as heavy and hard to hold as a physical book. [...]
The Amazon Kindle is a very popular ebook reading device because it’s so portable and has the ability to store 100′s of books in such a small package. It’s also very easy to use except if you happen to be a person that lacks fine motor skills. How can a person that does not have [...]
OverDrive is the service used by more than 15,000 libraries to provide digital and audiobook access to their patrons. The OverDrive Media Console is a universal app for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad that will let you locate a nearby library offering OverDrive books, let you search their offerings, and check out books using a valid [...]
Kobo now has a touch screen version of their eReader called the Kobo eReader Touch. It is very similar the Nook Touch, but has no hardware buttons, and is a little narrower. The key specs are: 6″ Pearl high contrast E Ink display Infrared touch screen 2 GB of storage Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n SD Card slot [...]
When I was a poor college student, I learned buying textbooks was a big part of my expenses. I would always buy used books whenever I could, and I would sell them back to the bookstore if they weren’t one of my chemistry books. Owners of the Amazon Kindle or reading apps are able to [...]
Dedicated eBook reading devices tend to fall in one of two categories: E-ink or Color. Examples of E-ink eBook readers are the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook (the original and new Simple Touch version) and various Sony Readers. The most popular color reader is currently the Barnes & Noble Nook Color. But today I’m [...]
I have been a long-time Sony Reader fan. I loved my PRS-500, and jumped at the chance to get a PRS-700 for its promise of a built-in light. Turns out the light was not so great a feature, but I quickly became addicted to the touch screen. I have been hoping that Sony would update [...]
Are you looking for a stylish cover to protect your 3rd generation Kindle eReader? OCTOVO recently sent me their Vintage Leather Book Cover and it’s a keeper.
Cocoon has brought their Grid-It organizational system to tablet sleeves. There is a 7″ Grid-It Wrap that fits Samsung Galaxy Tab, Nook, Nook Color, Kindle WiFi/3G, Sony Daily Edition, and most 7″ tablets. There’s also a Grid-It Wrap for iPads. The Grid-It Wrap is a neoprene sleeve that protects your device as you carry it [...]
Holding your iPad up during use takes many forms. If you’re at your desk, a full sized stand can be used. But if you’re on the go, and working from random places with your phone, other materials, maybe eating or collaborating and want to have the device at a consistent angle without having to hold [...]
With all of our MP3 music, digital pictures, digital videos, not to mention e-books, wouldn’t it be great to house all of them in one device? Oh wait, there is… Introducing the 8″ inch Cinepal Personal Media player (APMP10F) from Aluratek. This media player has the ability to play your music, show your photos, play [...]
Aluratek says they’re “cutting the cord” with these two new WiFi-enabled ebook readers. You can now download ebooks wirelessly with the new Libre Air (left) and Libre Touch (right) readers. Both readers allow you to borrow ebooks from the library, and Adobe Digital Editions software can be used to purchase, download, view and manage e-books. They’ll come [...]
Tablets are the new black this year. And that means that accessory makers are out in full force to bring us ways to integrate them into our lives. I was recently sent a brand new stand from just|mobile, the makers of such items as the Xtand, the Slide, and the AluPen for tablets, as well [...]
The Hidden Mountain Curriers shop at Etsy offers a variety of beautiful, handmade leather covers for electronics devices. Shown is a hand-tooled cover for Kindle 3. Although the covers vary in style, they all are book-style covers. They all seem to hold the device in with leather and elastic straps, and they offer a choice [...]
