Category Archives: mobile

Kobo’s new web app is good for Kobo, but not for readers

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Chris Walters

Kobo’s new web app, released earlier this week, is a great first move at breaking free from Apple’s App Store extortion. Good for Kobo, I say. Unfortunately, it keeps the same design and user experience as the official Kobo app, which means it’s designed to be a storefront first, and a reading app second. Unless you’re stuck with Kobo, there are better options out there. Continue reading →

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New Kindle weather website launches, competes with other browser utilities

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Chris Walters

I got an email from Kindle Weather Station this morning, a new service in beta that offers a full screen weather report (via the experimental browser) for your neighborhood. The good news is the weather is presented in a huge, … Continue reading →

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Stanza updated! Now works on iOS 5

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Chris Walters

Clearly I was too pessimistic last week when I wrote about the death of Stanza, the ebook reader app that stopped working on Apple devices with the release of iOS 5. Earlier today an updated version of Stanza was released, … Continue reading →

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Alternatives to Stanza on iOS

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Chris Walters

Update: Forget all of this! Stanza delivered a surprise update to the Apple app store on November 10th, 2011, that restored functionality on iOS 5. But only update if you need to: this latest version breaks the app if you’re … Continue reading →

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Amazon Silk, or Amazon Browses the Web So You Don’t Have To

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Chris Walters

The Kindle Fire doesn’t come with a normal web browser, but with something Amazon is calling Amazon Silk, which is Amazon’s attempt at improving page rendering speed, browser responsiveness, and hardware limitations. Amazon has launched a blog about Amazon Silk, … Continue reading →

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Turn your Kindle into a universal translator with Kindlefish

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Chris Walters

Visiting another country anytime soon? Bring your Kindle — a new website lets you use the Kindle’s free 3G connection to quickly translate phrases into over 50 different languages. Continue reading →

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An overview of Kindle Twitter solutions from The Digital Reader

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Chris Walters

The Digital Reader has put together a short list of Twitter clients that play well with the Kindle. If you’re a Kindle owner and a tweet-addicted Twitterer, you might find them helpful. “Kindle Twitter client round up” [The Digital Reader] … Continue reading →

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Amazon and Barnes & Noble push apps to more device platforms

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Chris Walters

Both companies have been rolling out or announcing new versions of their reading apps over the past several days. First, Amazon promised that it plans to release Kindle apps for future Android and Windows tablets that come to market (this … Continue reading →

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