Books

It appears that Amazon is no longer selling the Kindle Touch, the touchscreen e-reader that preceded the front-lit Kindle Paperwhite. Amazon also seems to have discontinued the large-screen Kindle DX last week. I’ve asked the company for comment, but the Kindle Touch’s product page lists it as “currently unavailable,” and a link points to “a Continue Reading →

After months of leaked rumors and speculation, Apple will officially unveil the iPad mini on Tuesday, October 23rd. In terms of price, rumors have persisted that the tablet would go head-to-head with competing 7-inch tablets such as the Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD, selling for between $249 and $399. But according to Continue Reading →

It’s not just know-nothing bloggers who think Microsoft’s Surface is overpriced — some tech industry analysts think so as well. Per Business Insider, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu sent a note to investors on Thursday saying that the Surface’s “high pricing could prove to be a fatal mistake and relegate it to be a niche Continue Reading →

As the jostling and jockeying for position in the tablet market gets ever more frenzied, Amazon is hoping for a slice of the education market. Yesterday it unveiled Whispercast, a service that allows organizations such as businesses and schools to manage numerous Kindles from one online location. The benefits are two-way, says Jay Marine, VP Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121018_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Back in January, Apple unveiled iPad textbooks, which they said would revolutionize classrooms and be what students of the future would use to learn. Fast forward nine months, and Apple’s dream hasn’t taken off. On Wednesday, Amazon unveiled Whispercast, which lets organizations like schools easily deploy Kindle Continue Reading →

On a freezing, cloudless day last January in New York, Apple presented to the world its vision for the future of education. It was a clear-eyed argument for bringing tablets into classrooms, a blueprint for fusing cutting-edge technology with advanced learning techniques. But the future doesn’t get built on no-bid contracts. And slowly, steadily—especially after Continue Reading →

On Wednesday, Amazon unveiled its new Whispercast for Kindle service, which provides businesses and other organizations like schools a way to easily deploy Kindle content to members, students and employees across not only Amazon hardware, but also Kindle apps for iOS and Android devices. Right now, it allows administrators to buy Kindle books and documents Continue Reading →

Apple has the iPad, Amazon has the Kindle Fire HD and Barnes & Noble has the Nook HD+. Clearly feeling left out, Best Buy is going to enter the tablet fray with its own device, the Insignia Flex. According to Reuters, the tablet will sell for between $239 and $259. Best Buy released the specs Continue Reading →

Apple already has the masses clamoring for an iPad mini and the latest round of rumors suggest it could hit the sweet spot in terms of price, color and release date. According to AppleInsider, Apple might sell the iPad mini with an 8GB of internal storage in order to bring pricing down to $249. Since Continue Reading →

The Kindle DX, Amazon’s 10-inch offering to the academic set, has been discontinued on the site and is only available from used dealers. Although there has been no official word concerning the DX, the product was reduced from $379 to $299 and the DX is currently out of stock on Amazon. Amazon designed the 9.7-inch Continue Reading →