Amazon sells inexpensive eReaders and tablets under the Kindle brand as a way to encourage customers to spend money on eBooks, apps, music, movies, and other content. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Amazon plans to take a similar approach toward the living room by launching a Kindle set-top-box this fall. Here’s how it would work. Plug […]
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4 Comments on Amazon updates Kindle Touch firmware, brings Paperwhite-style UI to discontinued eReader
Amazon updates Kindle Touch firmware, brings Paperwhite-style UI to discontinued eReader
4 Comments on Amazon updates Kindle Touch firmware, brings Paperwhite-style UI to discontinued eReaderAmazon has rolled out a software update for the Kindle Touch, bringing some of the features from the Kindle Paperwhite to folks still using Amazon’s first touchscreen Kindle eReader. Clearly the software update won’t bring a front-lit screen to the Kindle Touch, but it does give users new ways to navigate the home screen, book […]
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Kindleberry Wireless: Using a Raspberry Pi and Kindle Paperwhite as a portable workstation
8 Comments on Kindleberry Wireless: Using a Raspberry Pi and Kindle Paperwhite as a portable workstationA Rasberry Pi is a $35, hackable  mini-computer. An Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is a $119 eReader with long battery life and an outdoor viewable display. And if you poke around a bit, you’ll find it’s fairly hackable too. So when developer Max Ogden was looking for a portable workstation that he could use outdoors, he […]
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Will Amazon buy Liquavista, and would that lead to color Kindles?
Amazon currently offers two types of Kindle devices. You can pick up an inexpensive Kindle with a black and white E Ink display designed primarily for reading eBooks. Or you can buy a Kindle Fire tablet which can also run apps, play movies, and do much more. Maybe one day there will be another option: […]
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Is a $99 Kindle Fire HD on the way?
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets are already among the most affordable Android tablets on the market in the US, with prices for a new Kindle Fire 2 starting at $159. But TechCrunch is reporting that prices could drop a whole lot lower. According to TechCrunch, a $99 Kindle Fire HD could be on the way. Update: […]
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Amazon updates Kindle app for iOS, tells users not to install it
Amazon rolled out an updated version of the Kindle app for iOS this week… and then promptly updated the description to tell users not to install Kindle version 3.6.1 on an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. That’s because the update that was supposed to fix bugs actually added a major one: It deletes user’s books […]
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Turn subtitled videos into eBooks with StoryBoard
Want to read TV shows or movies on your eReader? StoryBoard is a utility that lets you do that. Yep, you read that right: Storyboard takes a video file and turns it into a PDF featuring still images and text from a movie or TV show. Here’s  how it works: Storyboard detects scene changes in […]
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Would you rent an eBook from Amazon?
If you bargain hunt, you can often find great price son eBooks — but many digital books sell for $9.99 or up and often cost nearly as much as print editions. If you plan to keep your eBooks around for a long time and read a book more than once, that price might seem reasonable. […]
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Pick up a refurbished Kindle for as little as $25
In the market for a new, old eReader? It looks like someone is holding a liquidation sale on refurbished Amazon Kindle products. You can pick up the original Kindle Fire for $120, the Kindle 4 for $55, or if you’re really cheap, a 1st-generation Kindle for just $25. You won’t get some of the latest […]
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Amazon sold a lot of Kindles this weekend, still won’t say just how many
Amazon had a good weekend. The company says Cyber Monday 2012 was the best day ever for Kindle sales around the world, fueled by the company’s offer of a Kindle Fire 2. In fact, Amazon says it sold twice as many Kindles this weekend as it did between Black Friday and Cyber Monday last year. […]
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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 start shipping
Amazon is now shipping its 8.9 inch Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. You know, the one with the 1920 x 1200 pixel display, 1.5 GHz TI OMAP 4470 dual core processor, and a starting price of $299. If you’ve already pre-ordered, your tablet should arrive soon. On the other hand if you haven’t yet placed an […]
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Kindle, Kobo, and NOOK apps for Windows RT, Windows 8
Want to turn your Windows RT or Windows 8 tablet into a giant, overpriced eReader? Amazon and Kobo have already released digital book apps optimized for Microsoft’s new touch-friendly operating systems. Now Barnes & Noble has followed suit by releasing a NOOK app into the Windows Store. All three apps are optimized for Windows 8, […]