If you were looking for a tablet for this Father’s day as a gift then you had a lot of choices. One of those being the Nook HD tablet which recently added the Google Play Store. The Nook was deeply discounted for Father’s day to $129 for the 7 inch tablet and $149 for the 9 inch version. That’s a very low price for a pretty good tablet. But it seems that the discount will stick around for a while longer although it’s not clear when the deal will end. [continue reading…]
In general over-the-air (OTA) updates for your Kindle Fire or other devices are great. This allows the manufacturer to easily push updates to your device that will add functionality and get rid of bugs. But let’s face it, in reality it doesn’t always happen that way. Sometimes updates actually adds bugs or in many cases causes battery drain. Also, if you have rooted your device then in most cases you will lost root after the updates. So there are definitely times when you would prefer not to get the updates and choose on your own. Today we’ll show you how to easily disable the Amazon update for your Kindle Fire HD tablet. [continue reading…]
There is no doubt that one of the things that makes Android awesome is the near customizations that you can have on your device. Many of those are coming from developers who are innovating aspects of Android. Although Facebook Home has been a bit of a disasters, Chat Heads has actually been an inspiration to the developer community. The floating bubble heads has inspired many new developers to build apps that use the concept. Paranoid Android is incorporating it into their ROM as Halo and taking the concept to a whole new level. Now we also have Floating Notifications by Rob J which brings you notifications in Chat Head like floating bubbles. [continue reading…]
Tohsiba may have been one of the earliest manufacturers to release an Android tablet couple of years ago but that hasn’t helped them to be popular. Although Toshiba tablets have not been successful it’s certainly not due to the lack of trying. Toshiba has been consistently releasing tablets every year with no traction. That might change now with the new Excite tablets just announced. [continue reading…]
Rooting the Kindle Fire HD is something that many users want to do. It gives you access to the Google Play Store and thousands of more apps. But there are times when you need to unroot your device. That could be if you decide to sell your tablet or give it to someone else. You may also need to get service on the device and send it back in its original condition. So today we are going to cover an easy method of removing root on the Kindle Fire HD. [continue reading…]
The Kindle Fire HD is priced very low and one of the reasons is that ads are served on the lockscreen. If you wan to buy the tablet without the ads it will cost you about $15. But we all know ads can be annoying and maybe you got the Kindle Fire as a gift. Today we are going to show you three different methods of removing the lockscreen ads. [continue reading…]
Today Samsung has announced two new tablets that will hit the market this month. These are the Galaxy Tab 3 models that will come in both 8 and 10 inch size. They have pretty typical specs except for the 10-inch that will be powered by an Intel processor. This is something new and we’ll have to see if this trends continues for Samsung in their future tablets or even phones. Now on to the details. [continue reading…]
There are tons of information on the Kindle Fire HD on many websites including this one. But links and web pages are all over the place and it can be hard for people to find the right information. That’s why I decided to put together a comprehensive Kindle Fire HD guide that covers it all. I think this guide is specially beneficial to first time user of Kindle Fire and Android in general. I’ll also be updating this guide and making it even better as time goes on. [continue reading…]
It looks like Amazon is rolling out a new update for the Kindle Fire HD 7″, 8.9″, and 2nd generation. This is update is mostly minor but does include battery percentage in status bar which is pretty nice. They are also adding Canadian English and French language support as well plus bug fixes. You should receive the update automatically as long as your battery is above 40% charge. You can try to force the update by pulling down your status bar and tapping the sync button. Otherwise you can manually update as well using our instructions below. Beware that the update will break root so be sure to follow our guide before updating. [continue reading…]
Showtime has recently been making some great original series. Dexter is by far one of favorite shows of all time and the final season will be starting up soon. Well, if you have Showtime subscription then you’ll definitely want to checkout the Showtime Anytime app for your Android device or Kindle Fire HD. It will let you watch any movie or series at anytime and in full HD. [continue reading…]
