Yesterday, Amazon introduced a new member of the Kindle family – Kindle with Special Offers for only $114. Kindle with Special Offers is the same #1 bestselling Kindle, plus special offers and sponsored screensavers. Kindle special offers and sponsored screensavers display on the Kindle screensaver and on the bottom of the home screen. The $114 [...]
Creating a backup of eBooks on the Kindle involves different steps depending on whether or not you originally downloaded the items from Amazon or from another website. How to Backup Amazon Kindle Edition eBooks Amazon automatically keeps an online backup of all the eBooks you purchase from the Kindle Store. This means you don’t have [...]
Kobo has just announced its second generation reading device, the Kobo WiFi. Available for $149, how does it fare against the $10-cheaper Kindle WiFi? Kobo WiFi vs Kindle WiFi: Readability The improved contrast announced by Kobo is a result of the upgrade from 8 to 16 grayscales rather than the use of the new eInk [...]
Amazon’s third generation Kindle and first with WiFi-only Internet services, the Kindle WiFi, has an average rating of 4 stars on the Amazon Kindle forum. That score is a strong intimation how well-liked the Kindle WiFi is. Let’s find out what owners like – and not like – about the device. First, some general [...]
The Kindle WiFi have nearly the same configurations as the Kindle 3G. As such, most of the trips and tricks below are also applicable to Kindle 3G. General Kindle WiFi Tips and Tricks 1. To display current time – Press Alt-T from the Home Page. An alternate way is to go to Search, and type @time [...]
Amazon announced today it has released a new software update version 3.0.2 for the Kindle 3G and the Kindle WiFi. Update is available to all US, Canadian and European users. Amazon will keep this update available online for a limited amount of time to get user feedbacks so grab it while you can: 3.0.2 update for Kindle WiFi [...]
As we reported lat week, Amazon is planning to distribute it’s new Kindle 3 and Kindle DX through Best Buy’s brick and mortar stores around the US. It seems like the first demo units arrived in Best Buy stores and should be available for purchase starting next week. All 3 Kindle models will be available including [...]
Best Buy announced today it will stock the line of Amazon Kindle Readers in it’s brick and mortar stores starting this fall. Best Buy will be the only retailer to stock all 3 leading ereaders: The Amazon Kindle, The B&N Nook and the new line of Sony Readers. This will make the decision a lot [...]
Sony may have started the eReader revolution (the Sony 505 came out before the Kindle 1), but credit for popularizing eReaders and sparking the eReader craze goes to the Amazon Kindle. Since the arrival of the Kindle, Sony has taken a backseat and is often forgotten as one of the Big 3 eReaders. Now Sony [...]
The Kindle 2 is officially out, and the Kindle 3 is in. Is the 3rd generation device really better than its predecessor? Kindle 2 vs Kindle 3: Improvements of the Kindle 3 The Kindle 3 carries a lot of the features of the Kindle 2; at the same time, it improved many of the features [...]