Kindle DX

Like audiobooks? There’s a way to get $100 off a Kindle through Audible

Those $99 refurbished Kindles are nice, but if you want a really cheap Kindle, and you’re thinking about joining Audible, the best combo offer is one that isn’t that easy to find these days: sign up for a year of Audible Gold at $14.95 a month, and get a $100 code that you can use [...]

Change the font on your Kindle without hacking it

I finally updated my installation of Calibre the other day and started playing around with the plugin manager under Preferences, and I found out that the Kindle Collections Manager plugin has a secret power: it can let you add a new font to your Kindle without requiring any sort of hack or jailbreak. If you [...]

Calendar Pro turns Kindle into a basic appointment book

Calendar Pro turns Kindle into a basic appointment book

Although I don’t write about Kindle Apps Active Content much anymore, I’ve read enough requests from people for a calendar app that I thought this new title was worth sharing. Calendar Pro is a pretty basic scheduling tool. You won’t find any syncing capabilities or reminders to set, and the first (and otherwise positive) reviewer [...]

Check out Kindle App News for the best Kindle app coverage

For several months now I’ve been trying to keep track of new apps as they’re released on the Kindle Store. It was manageable at first, but now that the number of titles is approaching 50, the task has grown beyond my resources and attention level. That’s where Kindle App News comes in. The blog was [...]

More Kindle apps released: yoga, trivia, word puzzles and flash cards

Here are the latest games and apps released for the Kindle in the past few weeks. We’re inching close to 50 titles now, but still there’s no sign of an organized Active Content Store on Amazon (just this page of highlights). Until then, or until the burden grows too tedious for me to keep up [...]

“Slingo” 75% off through March 13th

Just a quick note: for the next couple of weeks, you can buy Slingo for $0.99 instead of the usual $3.99. I’ve always thought four dollars was far too high a price for the game, which is a mixture of bingo and slots. A dollar sounds about right.

Kindle 3 has free Wi-Fi access at AT&T hotspots

Hmm, this feature may have been around for a while and I’m just now noticing it, in which case I feel like an idiot. At any rate, did you know that your Kindle can connect for free to AT&T wireless hotspots without requring any logins, checkboxes or agreement buttons? You have to manually select the [...]

Kindle 3.1 software update prevents jailbreaking

Update: The new jailbreak for 3.1 has already been released, so you can disregard the warning below. (Thanks to Jordi for the tip!) Original post: If you wanted to use custom fonts or screensaver images on your Kindle but haven’t yet applied the jailbreak hack, make sure you do it before you update to the [...]

New Kindle apps help you learn Spanish or test your movie knowledge

Amazon has slipped three more Active Content titles onto the store. I swear, it’s like the company is embarrassed by these things — it’s almost impossible to find out about new releases unless you randomly search for them. At any rate, the new apps include a trivia game and, in a nice change of pace, [...]

Three online notepads that work with the Kindle

Three online notepads that work with the Kindle

Here’s a quick review of three free notepad services that work fairly well with the Kindle 3′s web browser. Why would you want a notepad service? I get to that below, after the quick reviews. Jottit.com Features: 9 Kindle Web Display: 6 Kindle Article Display: 9 Click image to view more screens. My favorite service, [...]

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