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Rooted Nook Touch with GlowLight Review, Plus Tips and Tricks (Video)

Nathan — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:43:14 +0000

This review includes a video review of a rooted Nook Glow showing what operations can be performed and some different Android apps that can be installed, including Kindle, Kobo, Aldiko, Cool Reader, ezPDF, and others. This review also includes some tips and tricks for getting started with a rooted Nook Glow, along with links to [...]

Amazon Won’t Launch a Color E Ink Kindle Later This Year

Nathan — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:58:27 +0000

I’ve been working on this website and blog for nearly three years now, and during that time I’ve noticed a weird phenomenon. Every month or two some unreliable source from some big-name website posts a ridiculous article proclaiming the release of some future gadget from Amazon, Apple, or any other big company. And then every [...]

How to Root GlowLight Nook Touch with TinyNoot (Video)

Nathan — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:37:37 +0000

The Nook Touch with GlowLight has been out for a little over two weeks now. The first week a few developers that knew what they were doing were able to root their Nook Glow with a manual rooting method, but that is a little advanced for most people, including myself (Windows doesn’t make it easy). [...]

Ematic eGlide Prima and eGlide Pro III – Cheap Android 4.0 Tablets

Nathan — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:53:52 +0000

I was doing some research yesterday and came across a couple of new cheap Android 4.0 tablets, the Ematic eGlide Prima and the eGlide Pro III. Both tablets are similar yet different, and they sell for under $120, sometimes as low as $99. Both have 7″ capacitive touchscreens and come with 4GB of memory, 5GB [...]

Harry Potter eBooks Free to Read for Kindle Owners with Amazon Prime

Nathan — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:43:56 +0000

Amazon has scored a major deal with J.K. Rowling that probably cost a truckload of Galleons to add all seven Harry Potter ebooks to the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library starting on June 19th. Basically what that means is any Kindle owner with an Amazon Prime membership will be able to download and read any Harry [...]

Toshiba Excite 10 Android 4.0 Tablet Now Shipping

Nathan — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:56:21 +0000

As summer approaches, new tablets are starting to crop up all over the place. Toshiba has three new Android 4.0 tablets set for release. There’s a 7.7-inch model, a 10-inch model, and a giant one with a 13-inch display. The first to hit retailer’s shelves is the 10-inch model, the Toshiba Excite 10. It is [...]

Custom ROM for Novo 7 Paladin Adds Google Play and Root Access

Nathan — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:58:25 +0000

A while back I reviewed the Novo 7 Paladin, a cheap Android tablet from China that sells for around $100 on Amazon. Out of the box it came with Android 4.0.1 and included a watered-down version of the Android Market (not very many apps showed up). As mentioned in the review, I found an official [...]

10″ Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Incoming for $399, But Why?

Nathan — Sun, 06 May 2012 14:54:21 +0000

Later this week Samsung is going to release a new 10-inch Android tablet, dubbed the Galaxy Tab 2, a somewhat confusing moniker to pair with their other new 7″ tablet also called the Galaxy Tab 2. Both show a new direction for Samsung’s tablets. The focus seems to be mainly on lowering the price. The [...]

New Nook Touch with GlowLight Already Rooted

Nathan — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:26:53 +0000

A few people over at XDA have already managed to root the new Nook Touch with GlowLight. There are a couple of ongoing threads on the subject: Nook ST GlowLight – ready to root? and New Nook GL rooting. And there are detailed directions for manual rooting at Nookdevs. The process is different than rooting [...]

Review: iPad 3 DecalGirl Skin – Plus Matte vs Glossy

Nathan — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:20:12 +0000

Earlier in the week I posted a review for a woodgrain DecalGirl skin for the Kindle Touch, and this time around I’ve got a review for a Tropical Moon skin from DecalGirl for the iPad 3. The iPad 3 skin is a lot bigger than the Kindle skin. It was a little intimidating so I [...]

Nextbook Next 7S Android 4.0 Tablet Released for $129

Nathan — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:07:23 +0000

E FUN has been churning out Android tablets under the Nextbook brand at a steady rate since Android tablets first started coming out. Yesterday E FUN announced another new tablet, the Nextbook Next 7S. The Next 7S runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and ties-in with the Barnes & Noble NOOK store for ebooks and [...]

How to Backup and Restore Nook Glow and Nook Simple Touch

Nathan — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:48:17 +0000

Now that the Nook Glow has been released, development is already underway to get it rooted just like the original Nook Simple Touch. But the #1 most important thing to do before rooting or experimenting with any hacking is to create a backup so that you can restore your Nook Glow or Nook Touch to [...]

Review: 7″ Coby Kyros MID7042 Android 4.0 Tablet (Video)

Nathan — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:42:56 +0000

Here’s the link to the Coby Kyros MID7042 review and video review. It is a 7-inch budget tablet that runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. In case you’re wondering, I had mentioned getting the cheaper 7″ Coby Kyros MID7035 model to review on the earlier post about the Coby Android 4.0 tablets showing up for [...]

Check out My New Black Woodgrain Kindle Touch

Nathan — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:20:07 +0000

DecalGirl sent my a couple of skins to review, and one of them is a black woodgrain skin for the Kindle Touch. Click the picture above for a closer look. I wanted to make sure to put the skin on as straight as possible so I sat down and really took my time putting it [...]

Nook Touch with GlowLight Review Part 1 – Plus Video Review and Photo Gallery

Nathan — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:03:02 +0000

Since my Nook Touch with GlowLight arrived from Barnes and Noble I’ve been spending a lot of time playing with it and testing out the new GlowLight. I decided I would go ahead and put together this initial review along with a video review and a photo gallery showing the new Nook in action and [...]