Amazon’s latest eReader – the Kindle 4 is a pared down version of the Kindle 3. The Kindle 3 is now known as the Kindle Keyboard, perhaps to emphasize its distinguishing feature from the new Kindle. Is the basic, no-frills Kindle 4 priced $79 a better choice for the money, or is the more Kindle [...]
Now that Amazon is already shipping the Kindle Fire, here are some tips and tricks that can help optimize the tablet’s features and functions. Before using your Kindle Fire for the first time: Charge your Kindle for four hours. Register the Kindle Fire to your Amazon account (if you have not done this yet) To [...]
There are only a few days left before we finally get our hands on Amazon’s highly anticipated Kindle Fire tablet. As we are aware now, the multimedia device will run every sort of Android apps, which can be availed from Amazon’s own Android app store. The Amazon App Store already boasts of over 17,000 free [...]
The Kindle 4 is a stripped down, barebones eReader. It lacks the physical keyboard of the Kindle 3 and the touch interface of the new Kindle Touch. What it has includes a Keyboard button, a 5-way controller, and page turn buttons on both sides of the screen, so here are some tips and tricks to [...]
The Kindle 3 is now called the Kindle Keyboard and it comes in two versions: a WiFi-only version that is priced $99 and a WiFi + 3G version that costs $139. The Kindle Touch, a follow-up to the Kindle 3, also comes with two communication options: the WiFi-only version costs $99, while the WiFi + [...]
The much-awaited Amazon Tablet has just made its debut, and those who have been anticipating an iPad killer will be keenly disappointed. The Amazon Kindle Fire has plenty to offer, but it lacks the range or versatility of the iPad and similar full-fledged tablets. What it brings to the table is fluid interface, a cloud-accelerated [...]
The Kindle Touch 3G, the more complete yet also more expensive companion to the Kindle Touch, continues its predecessors’ great reading tradition. If one is expecting a revolutionary device, however, the Kindle Touch 3G will disappoint. In fact, the device is more of a bandwagon-jumper: it now sports nearly the same minimalist look and infrared-based [...]
As with the previous Kindles, the new WiFi-only Kindle Touch combines simplicity, functionality, and loads of extra features. Looks-wise, the Kindle Touch is not like any of the previous Kindle models: It has no QWERTY keyboard, no physical page turn buttons. In the grand scheme of eReader things, however, the Kindle Touch does not really [...]
The Amazon Tablet finally has a form. Its arrival is imminent; word is, it will already reach consumer hands this second week of November. The tablet goes by name Kindle Fire, but will it become the trailblazer Amazon hopes? Features and Functions: 6 Things We Know about the Kindle Fire So Far It terms [...]
Today, at an Amazon event in New York City, Jeff Bezos unveiled the Kindle Fire, a new media tablet that pulls together all of Amazon’s media services from the cloud. These include 18 million digital books, movies, songs, magazines, apps, and games. The $199 Kindle Fire is designed to tap into all of the digital media [...]