The site – http://ereadplus.com offers free apps for your Kindle and is being modified and added to all the time. It already has several fully functioning apps.
Currently there are:
Kobo have just announced their new Android tablet on twitter. It is alread up for pre-order on their website.
The Kobo Vox is a 7″ Android tablet with a capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1024×600. It is running Android v2.3 on an 800MHz CPU. The internal Storage is 8GB and expandable by SD card. It also has a speaker, and a headphone jack.
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Whispersync works with personal documents now. If you mail any personal documents to your Kindles email adress, these docs are saved on amazons servers, so you can re-download them to your Kindle anytime.
With the new software for the Kindle 3 you can manage these personal docs right from your Kindle.
Sadly users, like me, with a Kindle DXG are left out again. No update so far. As a Kindle DX/DXG user you are also able to send documents wireless to your device for a charge of 19 to 99 cents per MB (depending on where you are). You can and also send docs for free to your free.kindle.com address and on arrival transfer these docs via USB to your Kindle DXG. Your docs will be stored in the cloud as well, but you can not access them directly from your Kindle DXG. What is new is the fact, that suddenly there is a “Send to” button right to your docs. I’ve tried this button several times and was able to send any personal document free of charge to my Kindle DXG via 3G.
This even works outside the US, if you are a US citizen travelling abroad. If this is not a mistake by Amazon I can live very well without a software update for my Kindle DXG. Although I would advise not to over-stress this new function.
The cloud storage so far is 5GB for each account. That is a nice addition to the 3.3GB memory in your Kindle.
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Amazons newest top-seller (Amazon sells about 2000 pieces per hour) comes on November 15, 2011 and costs just about U$199.
The Kindle Fire will come with 100 DC Comics’ titles, including a new digital edition of the 400+ page Watchmen graphic novel. Kindle Fire consumers will receive a pre-installed copy as part of their purchase.
The Kindle Fire is a decent piece of Hardware, running on Android. But it is also as close tied to the World as Amazon as the iPad is to the world of Apple.
May be that is the real price for such a device. You will lose your privacy to Amazon – the Silk browser uses the power of the Amazon cloud services to render your web pages, so Amazon will know about every step you make anywhere in the internet. The only app store you get access to is the Amazon app store. You can not read DRMed EPUBs with the Fire, same will go for DRMed Audio and Video if not bought from Amazon. And you will not even be able to expand the devices memory. If you need more memory you have to put your stuff into the Amazon cloud again – at least for no extra cost – as long as it was bought at Amazon.
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The Kindle Basic got the same 6″ screen as all the other Kindles (Peral E-Ink), but does not have touch or keyboard. The only buttons are the page flipping buttons and the five button at the bottom of the case (including one four way button). Because of this the device is both very compact and inexpensive. It is both smaller and lighter than Kindle 3. The price starts at only $79 for the Special Offers version and $109 without ads. The device is actually called just “Kindle”, with Kindle 3 being renamed into “Kindle Keyboard”.
The Kindle 4 without touch is mainly a reading device. All other activities, like making annotations ore shopping in the amazon store are not as comfortable as with Kindle Keyboard or Kindle Touch. But if you are just looking for a small and inexpensive e-Reader with all the Amazon-Power behind, you should definitely give it a try. I for myself am considering buying one as a cheap companion for places I do not take my Kindle DXG to, like the gym for example.
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Business Insider’s Steve Kovach writes that Amazon will hold a press conference on September 28, at 10AM Eastern, it will be at the Stage 37 in NYC.
The last large press conference of this type was for the Kindle 2 which was then released February 2009.
May be Amazon will unveiling the rumored tablet. Maybe a Kindle 4 e-Ink? May be both?
The Android ViewBook tablet from ViewSonic can make for a decent buy.
The ViewBook runs Android 2.2 Froyo and has a 1 GHz Cortex-A8 processor at its core. It also comes pre-loaded with stuff like the Amazon Kindle or the Amazon Mp3. The tablet also includes the Amazon app store app while connectivity options with the ViewBook includes 802.11b/g networking and Bluetooth.
Besides this, the ViewBook comes with the usual tablet features such a built-in G-sensor and an accelerometer, along with a camera integrated at the front. As an Android Froyo device it is compatible with Flash 10.1. The 8 GB of on-board storage are decent. The memory can be further expanded by 32 GB via a micro SD card slot. With its weight of just 0.95 lbs. and an overall thickness of only 0.55 inches the device is quite handy.
The ViewBook is right now available from Amazon for an affordable $229.99.
KINDLE-3 3G (3G/WiFi) now available as Special Offers Kindle also, at $164for web access from almost anywhere.
It comes with Special Offers and Ads as with the Kindle Special Offers WiFi-Only at $114.
The only ads that show up are on the ’screensavers’ when you’re not reading and one line on the bottom of the home screen.
Special offers that will be available in the coming weeks include:
- $10 for a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card – customers loved this offer, so we’re making it available again in time for Father’s Day
- Save up to $500 off Amazon’s already low prices on HDTVs with a unique 20% discount on 200 HDTVs from brands including Sony, Panasonic, LG, and VIZIO
- $1 for a Kindle book, choose from thousands of books including Water for Elephants and the Hunger Games trilogy
- Spend $10 on Kindle books and get a free $10 Amazon.com Gift Card
Well, the best news is, e-readers constantly are getting cheaper at a increasing speed.
The new Kobo e-reader with touchscreen costs about $129, the older Kobo Wireless drops to $99.
Kobo is introducing a new model touchscreen e-reader priced at $129, dropping the price of its earlier model to $99. The new Kobo has the same ultra-sharp Pearl e-ink display as the Kindle 3 / DXG. It also comes with a better processor than in the older Kobo, a touch-sensitive screen (with gestures such as swiping and zooming), and a built-in dictionary. The touchscreen uses zForce infrared and thus will not interfere with the sharpness of the screen.
Still, in my opinion touchscreens on e-readers are a bad idea! First you will have a lot of finger prints and worse stuff on your screen, which will hinder your sight in bright light, second because of this effect you will constantly try to clean it by wiping it with some tissue and finally will end up with scratches, you will see.
Besides this, the Kobo is still at a bit of a disadvantage compared to the Kindle or Nook given the trouble its chain retail store partner Borders is having. But it is a decent e-reading device and the price drop will put new pressure on Amazon and B&N.
Woot have the previous gen Kindle on sale today for merely $90. But be aware that this is the one with the older Vizplex screen, which has not the high contrast of the new Pearl screen of the Kindle 3. Nevertheless it is a real good reading device as long as it does not get too dark around you and of today only the Kindle 3, the DX Graphite and the newer Sony readers have better screens. For only $90 it also provides free 3G. The units are refurbished, but have Amazon’s guarentee.
The Kindle 2 has only 1.4GB of storage, and I’m not sure that wbut I guess it will be enough for most users.
