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Kindle Touch Still Available for Purchase

Juli Monroe — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:30:15 +0000

Hat tip to an alert reader on The Digital Reader for this one. As far as we knew, when the Kindle Paperwhite came out last year, Amazon retired the Kindle Touch. But now it looks like they plan to continue selling it, at least for a while. You can only find it through a search. [...]

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Why I’m giving up on the iBooks App

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:00:37 +0000

This has been a year of tech experimentation for me. I gave up my clunky-but-serviceable Kindle Touch in favor of a slick, front-lit Kobo. I relegated my iPad 2 to work functions, and picked up a more ergonomic iPad Mini for home use. And I experimented with various apps in search of a perfect reading [...]

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Review: Amazon Lighted Kindle Cover

Juli Monroe — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:30:17 +0000

Are you envying the light on the Kindle Paperwhite, but you’re not quite ready to give up your Kindle Touch or basic Kindle? Consider the Amazon Lighted Kindle Cover. I have one for my Kindle Touch, and it’s an excellent case. At a $59.99, it’s expensive, but it’s worth it. Mine is black, and I [...]

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Why “Send To Kindle” makes Amazon better than Barnes & Noble and others

Aggregated Content — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:54:02 +0000

By Juli Monroe Last week I wrote an article for one of our sister sites, GadgeTell, on ways Barnes & Noble could remain relevant with the Nook line. While I stand by everything I wrote in that article, I missed an important point. One of the reasons I stay with Amazon and my Kindle Touch [...]

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Hands on with the Kindle Touch update

Aggregated Content — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:07:16 +0000

By Juli Monroe | for Technology Tell Amazon released a software update for the Kindle Touch yesterday—Wednesday, January 10—and I’ve been trying it out. (Click here for software updating instructions.) My verdict? I really like it. There had been concern that Amazon would abandon the Touch when the Paperwhite came out, and I was glad [...]

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Review: Kobo Glo with SleepCover

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:26:05 +0000

There’s a new e-reader in the house! I had been eying the Kobo Glo with some envy ever since it came out. It seemed like Amazon’s readers kept getting thicker and chunkier-looking, while Kobo’s kept getting smaller and cuter and faster. The glow light was what really sold me, though. I read in bed a [...]

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E-Book Ergonomics: Best Practices?

Joanna Cabot — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:29:23 +0000

I was working only part-time over the summer, and had a lot more time for reading than I usually do. I found, to my dismay, that about halfway through July, I started getting wrist issues: pain when I typed for long periods, numbness and tingling at night and other troublesome symptoms. What was the culprit, [...]

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REVIEW: Kindle Touch E-Reader

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:00:01 +0000

This is my fourth Kindle reader, so I’m an old hat by now. Most of the others have gone to family over the years. My most recent Kindle was the Kindle 4, which I sold on Craigslist in a pique of decluttering after spending most of the school year snatching short little reading breaks on [...]

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Kobo seeks to beat Amazon to Japanese marketplace with Kobo Touch

Chris Meadows — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:15:00 +0000

The Japanese paper Asahi Shimbun reports that Rakuten, the Japanese company that bought Canadian outfit Kobo, is going to try to beat Amazon to market in Japan by introducing the Kobo Touch there in July before Amazon is able to bring out its Kindle Touch there later this year. "As a Japanese company, we cannot [...]

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New game for Kindle Touch, Throw in the Vowel, and a look at new Kindle software coming soon

Gary Price, Editor of InfoDocket.com — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:42:58 +0000

From the Me and My Kindle blog. Some neat stuff coming for the Kindle Touch: If you own a Kindle Touch, here’s two very important announcements. First, Amazon’s Kindle Store finally got a Kindle Touch version of a new word game this week. It’s called “Throw in the Vowel” — I’m the game’s co-author — [...]

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Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight vs. the Kindle Touch

Paul Biba — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:22:50 +0000

This isn’t a full review. but consists of my thoughts on the two devices when used side-by-side. B&N provided me with a GlowLight loaner and I’ve owned a Kindle Touch (3G) since it came out. Bottom line: if I were buying a non-3G e-ink ereader today I’d get the GlowLight. After using the GlowLight for [...]

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Help for email on Kindles

Paul Biba — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:59:56 +0000

From A Kindle World Blog. More at the site: I’ve noticed that E-Ink-Ereader and Kindle Fire owners have reported problems accessing Gmail lately. One aspect is that few settle for “mobile” version on the larger mobile devices and choose ‘desktop’ mode. I’m one of them. The one mode that always works for me on either [...]

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How-to: Use Instant Translations in Kindle Touch [Screenshots]

Piotr Kowalczyk — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:10:32 +0000

A new software for Kindle Touch (5.1.0 update) offers many great features and one of the most important ones, especially for international users, is a possibility to instantly translate the text you read. Instant translations are powered by Bing Translator. The web tool supports 38 languages, but not all of them are offered in Kindle. [...]

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How-to: Take Screenshots in Kindle Touch

Piotr Kowalczyk — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:47:44 +0000

If you frequently visit Ebook Friendly for Kindle tips, you must have seen beautiful screenshots on how-to posts about the Kindle Touch. Some time ago the eBook Reader Blog shared a genuinely simple trick on how to make screenshots on Kindle Touch, and if you’re blogger who wants to show screen actions/content from this specific [...]

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E-reader accessory review: Flygrip one-handed device grip

Chris Meadows — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:26:03 +0000

A few days ago, I was contacted by Chih-Chin Sun of Flygrip, an iPhone/e-reader handgrip accessory made by a company that began selling its products in February of this year. Ms. Sun had read my post about seeking a one-handed e-reading solution for my mother, who had her right arm amputated on New Year’s Eve, [...]

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