Kindle App Store Finally Meets NYTimes

If you can get an app in Google Play, it's not for sure you can also get it in Amazon Kindle App Store. New York Times app is was one of them.

But now, this app finally comes to Amazon Kindle App Store and available for all Kindle Fire users, who are also the group of people like reading most in the world.

In addition, the NYTimes app has specially customized for Kindle Fire to have a better performance on the hot Android tablet. To celebrate this event, NYTimes makes all of their contents free for users until Jul.31. After that users and read 3 articles for free per day and subscribe for more readings.

Key Features about NYTimes for Kindle Fire:

• Create a customized library of Times content. Save an article on your Kindle Fire then access it later from any computer or any device.
• Quickly search favorite articles to read, save and share.
• Read more comfortably in low-light situations with "Night Mode."
• Sit back and have your articles read aloud with text to speech.
• Join the conversation. View, add as well as speak your comments to articles and blogs.
• Quickly navigate, share and enjoy The Times's world-renowned journalism and multimedia.

So you have got a Kindle Fire or Kindle Fire HD, what the hell are you waiting for?

How to make your Kindle Fire HD faster

When we first got the Kindle Fire HD in hand, it ran fast and swiftly. But with more apps installed, it becomes laggy and laggy. Even when there is only the built-in reading app running, it may not respond in time at times. In this case, you can follow steps below to force stop the useless apps running in the background insidiously.

1. Slide down from the top of Kindle Fire HD and select "More...". For Kindle Fire users, tap the top right-hand corner of the display and select "More...".

2. Select "Applications", then "Installed Applications".

3. Go to "Filter by" and set it as "Running Applications". All running apps will display.

Select and tap an app that you don't want to run, tap "Force stop", then tap "OK" to stop running the app in the background. Likewise, manually stop all the apps that you don't want to run. Note that apps with "Kindle" icon are not allowed to be stopped manually.

Once the apps running in the background get cleared, you will find the device running much faster.

However, these apps will keep running in the background again the next time you start them. A recommended solution is that remove all the unpractical apps from the device and only leave the ones that you mostly use. Make sure to fully quit an app every time you finish the use (Go to "Options" or "Settings" to select "Quit" when you want to end an app).

Nevertheless, if your Kindle Fire HD device gets crashed on a frequent base, you may have to do the factory reset. You will lose everything sideloaded after a hard reset, but all stuff purchased from Amazon store will stay under your account. What's more, your device will really get faster.

Sony PRS-T3 is coming

In last year's FCC (Federal Communications Commission), Sony PRS-T2 showed up and just one week later, they officially introduced PRS-T2 to market. And in this year, we saw PRS-T3, we guess it is T3 from the appearance, there is not a formal confirmation yet.

And at the moment, we just know it equipes a 3.6Wh battery and 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, from the image we can get the size will be similar to T2.

According to some rumors, PRS-T3 uses the same HD e-ink screen as Sony's 13.3-inch Mobius, and will continually integrate Overdrive app.

And Sony will release PRS-T3 and the 13.3-inch HD reader in September, can't wait to see them.

Dim Kindle Fire Screen Beyond System Setting

Last night my Kindle Paperwhite was charging, so I use my old Kindle Fire to past the bed time.

After 15 minutes reading, my eyes felt tired by the bright Kindle Fire screen, then I drop down the menu bar and change the brightness. Then comes the annoying part, even if I turn down the brightness to the minimum level, the screen is still too bright in a total dark night.

Kept reading another 10 minutes, I gave up and went to sleep. My eyes were just feeling pretty uncomfortable.

So finding a solution for the screen brightness problem became my first job this morning, until I get an app called "ScreenDim" in Amazon App Store.

This app has got 3 main features:

• Dim your screen beyond device's normal settings;
• Create 5 presets (Night 1-3, Day 1-2);
• Adjust both backlight brightness and contrast.

Paying $0.99 you can get the full version. Then run the app to make some simple settings.

In this page you can set 5 presets to handle different situation to make the app pretty easy to use. And after my tests, 32% of the brightness in ScreenDim equals the minimum system brightness volume.

Which means, with this app you can get the brightness range at least 30% wider than system defaults. By wake up the notification list you can enter the app's setting screen.

ScreenDim is the first dimmer that can both adjust backlight brightness below what the system normally permits and dim the contrast. Some dimmers only lower the contrast, which keeps the black areas unchanged and glowing gray on LCD devices when in the dark, or only change the backlight within the range normally allowed by the OS.

In the image below you can see how the customer are saying about this app:

This is the full, paid version ($0.99) of this app. A trial version is also available for testing on your device. 

5 must-have apps for Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire is not only an e-book reader but also an Android tablet. We can install many apps on it to have more fun. For some newbies who haven’t used Android before, it’s confused about choosing suitable apps as there are so many useless and boring ones, some are even malware. So here comes this article – it introduces 5 must-have apps for Kindle Fire. They are very useful and highly praised. These 5 apps can all be purchased at Amazon store.

1. ES File Explorer

We all know that Android is an open system. It’s easy to custom our own system on an Android device. You may always need to modify some system files or crack apps so a file manager is necessary. ES File Explorer is just an excellent file manager. It gives you total control of your phone’s file management. This handy utility lets you cut and copy, rename, search, delete, and explore the properties of your phone’s files and folders.

2. Winamp

The original Kindle Fire’s music player has very limited features. So you need a professional music player. Winamp is a good choice. This famous music player have launched Android version. With it you can really whip the llama, and your music collection, into shape with this full-featured app. Winamp let you control your music library, listen to your favorite tunes, and even stream live radio programs. In addition, you can experience variable equalizer options which make the sound effect better.

3. Maxthon Mobile

Amazon claims that Kindle Fire use a “silk browser”, which means it runs very smoothly. But in fact the original browser is not as good as it advertised. It respond slowly and often stucks. You need to change a browser. I recommend the Maxthon Mobile. This fast, secure, smart and fun web browser app is packed with features, including Download Manager, Speed Dial, Super Gesture. It also performances good in HTML5 so you can experience some fantastic web page effect on your tablet.

4. USA TODAY

We live in an information age. It’s necessary for us to know the latest news and events quickly. USA Today is the very app for doing this job. The nation’s news from USA TODAY is accessible 24/7 on your tablet. Staying informed has never been this quick, easy or enjoyable. It has seven columns: Headlines, Scores, Weather, Photos, Snapshots, Offline Reading and Breaking news. Now you can know what are happening in the outside world just when lying in sofa comfortably with a Kindle Fire at hand!

5. Netflix

Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies on your phone. This Netflix mobile application delivers the best experience anywhere, anytime. Get the free app as a part of your Netflix membership and you can instantly watch thousands of TV episodes & movies on your phone. If you are not a Netflix member sign up for Netflix and start enjoying immediately on your phone with our one-month free trial.

Convert e-book online

People who love reading e-book may always meet the problem of converting e-book files. This is due to the fact that different e-book readers support different e-book formats. Generally we can use the professional e-book converter like Epubor eBook Converter or Calibre. This is a good method indeed. But someone just think it’s not easy enough. So today I’ll introduce you a simple way of converting e-books – converting online.

There are some website provide the converting features. They allow you to upload your file to convert and the converted files will be sent to your email or you can download directly. Here we take two websites for example. Just see the steps below. It’s very easy.

1. ZAMZAR

Step1 Add e-books and set output format

Click “Choose Files” to add e-books from your PC. You can select multiple files a time (Press “Ctrl” and “A” together). Make sure the e-books are non-DRM. The added e-books will display in the list.
ZAMZAR support some mainstream document formats. Here I choose epub. You don’t need to set any options.

Step2 Fill in email address and convert

ZAMZAR will send the converted files to email. So you need to fill the blank with your email address. Click “Convert” and your e-book will upload to the server. This will take some time. It depends on your file size and network. ZAMZAR will email you after uploading finished.

Step3 Download converted files

Check the email from ZAMZAR and click the download link. A new window will pop up in your browser. Click “Download Now” button and your download will start several seconds later.

2. Online ebook converter

Step1 Set output format and upload file

 Click the left tab to set an output format then add e-books from your PC.

Step2 Set options and convert e-books

You can set some options for you e-books. If you don’t want to set anything, just click “Convert file” to start converting. Your e-books will be uploaded.

Step3 Get converted e-books

Once uploading finishes, the converting begin. This won’t take so long. When conversion complete, a download window will pop up. If you close the window carelessly, don't worry, just click “direct download link” to download file again. Remember you can just click the download link ten times a day at most.

Barnes & Noble to shift overwelming priorities to mobile area

Barnes & Noble nook business has been amid rumors of being purchased by Microsoft over the past few months. As a result of the unbearable losses in the hardware line, Barnes & Noble eventually gave up its own OS platform (customized Android OS) with Google appstore and related services integrated. What's more, although father's day was already over, Nook tablet promotion is still available with 7" HD tablet starting at $129 and 9" HD+ tablet starting at $149, which makes it evident that Barnes & Noble is taking a big clearance on Nook tablets.

In the meantime, Barnes & Noble mysteriously removed Nook for PC and Nook for Mac app download links from its webpage but remained Windows 8 and mobile versions (Nook for iOS/Android/). Although Barnes & Noble soon officially confirmed for this behavior, perhaps out of remarkable complaints from readers, it mysteriously added back the download links for PC and Mac in weeks.

No one knows what Barnes & Noble will do about Nook next. But a post from GoodeReader last Friday seems to show that Barnes & Noble will shift overwhelming priorities to the mobile area. It is said that Barnes & Noble will release an updated version of Nook for iOS app this summer with a full support of EPUB 3. Nook books are expected to sell on iOS as well. While Nook Kids app keeps performing well and has taken around 60% market share, there is no further saying about Nook tablets or Nook clients.

Since Nook only wants to close down the Nook hardware business, why did it try to discontinue Nook for desktop service? Whatever the real reason is, Nook customers are bound to suffer loss from it and probably lose their purchased Nook books. People paid for the books, but would no longer have access to them once Barnes & Noble Nook discontinued Nook DRM server at last. If you hope to save your Nook books, you can partly refer to this sideshow and strip Nook DRM in time.