Today Amazon demonstrated once again that publishers aren’t the gatekeepers anymore; they can be reduced to subcontractors by a wily negotiator. They’ve just signed another deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Amazon Expands Partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
January 24th, 2012 · Android, publishing news
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Ubuntu Now Running on the Nook Tablet
December 22nd, 2011 · Android, hardware news
It’s been just over a month since the Nook Tablet shipped and not a whole lot has happened it after that first few weeks. It got rooted fairly quickly, with a full Android market coming soon after. And we discovered that you can install apps, but a few days ago B&N took that away. Well, today I have something new.
This week the Nook Tablet got its first taste of Ubuntu.
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Kindle for Android Now Supports PDF
December 7th, 2011 · Amazon, Android, software news
So it looks like the Amazon-Foxit deal was announced yesterday for a specific reason; the Kindle for Android app can now read PDFs. The update showed up in the Android Market a couple days ago, but it’s not being pushed out as a recommended update. I didn’t know it was available until I got a tip on Twitter.
There’s not much to the update. Along with basic PDF support and bug fixes, the update also adds better support for Android v4.0 ICS smartphones. I suppose that would include tablets except there aren’t all that many Android tablets running the latest version of Android.
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New App brings calibre support to Android
August 18th, 2011 · Android, apps
I came across an Android app a few days ago that is so useful and such a great idea that I’m surprised I hadn’t seen it before.
It’s called Calibre Library. The app isn’t officially associated with calibre but it was made to work with calibre’s content server feature. This app has been around since January, and I’m really surprised that it hasn’t crossed my desk before.
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Cyanogen Mod now running on 500k Android devices
July 17th, 2011 · Android, statistics
One of the developers with the open source Android firmware project tweeted the news yesterday. According to the project’s stats page there are now 504, 372 Android devices running CM7, with not quite 4 thousand new ones since yesterday.
CyanogenMod is a customized aftermarket firmware for Android devices (around a couple dozen are now supported, including the NookColor).The current version is based on Android 2.3.3 and it includes a lot of features not found in some (most?) official firmwares. It’s intended to increase performance and reliability over the stock firmwares released by vendors and carriers such as Google, T-Mobile, HTC, etc.
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Sungale Cyberus 10″ Android tablet now available on Buy.com
June 15th, 2011 · Android, hardware news
One of the Sungale tablets I saw at CES has just shown up online.
The Cyberus 10.1 is a budget tablet running Android 2.2 on a single core 1GHz CPU. It has a resistive touchscreen (1024×600), 2GB Flash, a microSD card slot, Wifi, a pair of cameras (VGA & 2MP). You can get it now for $149.99 on Buy.com.
I don’t recall this tablet from CES, so I cannot give any real recommendation. It’s a budget tablet, so keep that in mind if you buy it. But I have to say that it’s kinda tempting. I know performance will be lacking, but it’s cheap. How can I resist?
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In search of an Android Firewall app
April 12th, 2011 · Android
My experiences with the Amazon Appstore have brought home the fact that Android leaks like a sieve. We have no idea which app is doing what. It’s high time that I added a firewall to my Android tablets.
But it’s easier said than done. I’ve found a bunch of firewall apps, but there’s a problem. I’m not sure I want to trust my security to an app developed by some no name company. I don’t really know that I can trust them, so I am hesitant to rely on their products.
BTW, if you know of a trustworthy firewall app for android, please let me know in the comments.
How to read a PDF on an Android tablet
December 19th, 2010 · Android, tips and tricks
If you are reading this then you have probably found yourself in need of a PDR reading app. (If you’re in a hurry, scroll down to the end.)
So did I, and after looking here and there I found a number of free PDF readers. In order to save myself some trouble next time around, I pulled together a list of 7 apps. All are free and can be downloaded from your web browser.
Is this every PDF reader? No. Just the ones I could find easily and link to. [Read more →]
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How to get full screen (reading) apps on your Android tablet
December 19th, 2010 · Android, tips and tricks
Some time back I heard about an app that would let you trick apps into working full screen on large Android tablets. It’s called Spare Parts, and what it does is give you access to some of the concealed settings menu options.
Update: This post is slightly out of date. Most large tablets now ship with this problem already fixed. But I’m leaving this post up just in case someone needs it.
Why hasn’t Xournal been ported to Android?
November 30th, 2010 · Android
There’s this one Linux app that I love called Xournal. It is the best tool for taking notes on a PDF that I’ve found anywhere. With this app you can type note on the PDF, highlight the existing content, and cut & paste. You can also draw on the PDF in 11 colors and 6 thicknesses.
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