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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 →

The Kindle Paperwhite is an awesome, awesome e-reader. But it’s not without problems! Users have been complaining about uneven lighting in the Paperwhite and other issues and it’s gotten so loud that Amazon has decided to respond. In a statement, Amazon talked about three problems people are complaining about with the Paperwhite: the lack of Continue Reading →

On Saturday, Amazon started e-mailing its Kindle customers, alerting them to a possible credit coming their way courtesy of Hachette, Harper Collins, and Simon & Schuster. The three publishers were pulled into an antitrust suit in April by the Department of Justice, along with two other e-book publishers (Penguin and Macmillan) and Apple, as part Continue Reading →

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos doesn’t like to reveal much about the Kindle hardware business. When he was asked in an interview with All Things D whether Amazon made money on the new Kindle hardware, ranging from $69 to $499, introduced September 6, he responded, “We don’t disclose the exact bill and materials, so I can’t answer Continue Reading →

Apple has placed orders for roughly 10 million iPad mini units for the fourth quarter of 2012, unnamed sources have told the Wall Street Journal. The Journal also notes that Asian component suppliers say the volume of iPad mini orders they’ve received for Q4 is “roughly double the order that were placed for Amazon’s Kindle Continue Reading →

Yep. Angry Birds + Star Wars. Just announced by the Angry Birds folks at Rovio. The game will be out for iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, Mac, PC, Windows Phone and Windows 8. Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing man at Angry Birds studio Rovio calls the game “the best Angry Birds game we’ve ever done. It’s Continue Reading →

We may soon see a Google Nexus 7 that will compete with its tablet rivals on the storage front, according to an alleged screenshot of Carphone Warehouse’s stock system posted at Droid-Life. Storage is one of the points where the Nexus 7 fails to match up to the recently released Kindle Fire HD, but it Continue Reading →

Amazon’s new front-lit e-reader, the Kindle Paperwhite (our review here), only started shipping on Monday to those who’d pre-ordered it, but it’s already sold out. If you order a Kindle Paperwhite today, it won’t ship for four to six weeks. The delay appears to apply to both Wi-Fi and 3G models of the Kindle Paperwhite, Continue Reading →

The Nook’s $20 price drop is more than the whim of a few major retailers — it’s Barnes & Noble’s new MSRP. Following Walmart and Target’s recent discounts, the company’s own website is now listing the glowing e-reader at its new $119 price. The reduction is almost assuredly in preparation for Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite, as Continue Reading →