This year was absolutely the year of the tablet. As such, expect family wish lists to be full of the things. Here’s a selection of tablets covering two pages that we think your loved ones (or blog writers hint hint) may like. The 10” Tablet They All Want Let’s be honest, when the average […]
Amazon’s highly anticipated Kindle Fire begins shipping this week, and that means discussion in the tech world can turn to only one thing: comic books. Fine, maybe not just one thing, but Amazon has already dramatically changed the landscape of the comic book industry without even shipping its outrageously low-priced tablet. The Fire was announced […]
Amazon charges a mere $79 for their new budget model Kindle, but according to a recent analysis from IHS iSupply, the e-reader costs approximately $84 to manufacture. Yes, that makes this Kindle $5 more to make than it costs for you to own it. Before you go wondering if Amazon’s marketing department has gone batty, remember […]
First free video, now free books. Amazon has launched their Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, available to Amazon Prime members, at no additional cost. Users may borrow select titles for an unlimited time, without due dates or extra fees. There are 5,000 available titles, and the selection seems reasonably wide, including titles from the New York Times […]
The long-awaited Amazon Tablet is here, and it was outed by Bloomberg a good five minutes before the actual event started. At just 7″, the Android-based dual core tablet lacks cameras and 3G connectivity (there’s Wi-fi though). The Fire resembles RIM’s Playbook (there’s allegedly a reason for that) and is a smart looking piece of […]
Oh Google, come on. I have to say, I’m a bit disappointed in your behavior. I know it’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission, but I have a hard time picturing a group of Google executives sitting in a meeting and saying, “We’ll just do it, and see if they notice”, […]
You know what I just cannot stand? Apps that are just shortcuts to a company’s mobile site. For every site that makes an app that brings something even slightly different to the table, you have a dozen that are basically glorified browser shortcuts. I think a lot of this stems from the old days of […]
This was a pretty big week for tablets, as every company under the sun seems to be rushing to exploit the market. While it may seem like their fighting for Apple’s table scraps, there are a huge number of potential tablet users out there, and everyone seems to be trying to grab them. The most […]
Guest article by Joan Weiner For fans of Google’s ebook site (are there any of you out there?), Google announced yesterday their release of an ebook reader device designed specifically to link to the Google eBookstore. Similar to the way Kindle owners have to buy books from Amazon, owners of the iRiver Story HD will […]
