Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Today's Deals: Candles, Kindle Books and Free Photo Books - Money Talks News (blog)

I subscribe to the promotional emails of hundreds of companies so you do not have to. I sift through 1,000 deal-touting emails every week. Most are worthless. But some offer valuable coupons, promo codes, sales and freebies – which I collect and organize.

Note: Expiration dates are in brackets and special instructions are in parentheses.

Personalized photo products

  • Photo book: Free 5 × 7 softcover photo book – an $ 11 value – at YorkPhoto.com (use code MyBook) [7/31]. This offer is for new customers, who also get 40 free 4 × 6 photo prints With Their first order.

Restaurant

  • Arby’s: Roast beef classic sandwich for 64 cents on Their 49th anniversary, Which is Tuesday (print first) [7/23 only].


Home

  • Air freshener: Renuzit adjustables air freshener cone three-packs are buy-one-get-one-free at Target stores (print first) [expiration unknown].
  • Thermos: Thermos Funtainers are buy-one-get-one-free at Toys R Us online [expiration unknown].
  • Yankee Candle Company: $ 20 off a $ 45 purchase in stores (print first) [8/4].


Office and school

  • Office Depot: $ 15 and $ 75 off regular-priced purchase in stores (print first) and online (use code 70344192) [7/22].
  • Stationery: Buy-one-get-one-free at Toys R Us online [expiration unknown].


Personal Care

  • Sunscreen: $ 5 off the purchase of two Coppertone products (print first) [expiration unknown]. Check out The Best Sunscreen for Your Money for more ways to save.
  • Ulta Beauty: $ 3.50 off a $ 10 purchase in stores (print first) and online (use code 105441) [7/27].


Tech

  • Kindle books: Up to 85 percent off 500 titles during The Big Deal sale at Amazon.com [8/4].


Toys

  • The Very Busy Spider Children’s Board Game: 57 percent off at Amazon.com [expiration unknown]. Instead of $ 16, it’s $ 7


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Monday, July 22, 2013

Nexus 7 & Kindle Fire HD vs Galaxy Note 2: Samsung The Giant Slayer? - Auto-o-Mobile

One of the best-selling phablets has been the Samsung Galaxy Note series. And people seem to love it, and despite it having a large price tag. But how does the phablet compare to the likes of tablets, Which come with a more attractive price tag, Including the Google Nexus 7 and the Amazon Kindle Fire HD? Let’s find out.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 vs Kindle Fire HD & Nexus 7

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One thing the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Which has the other tablets do not have is the fact That it can make calls. This means That you do not have to carry around two devices at the same time. The downside to this Is That the display is smaller. The Google Nexus 7 along with the Kindle Fire HD has got both displays of 7 inches. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 comes with a display of 256ppi at 5.5-inches, while others have 216ppi. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has the S Pen too.

The device has the quad core processor and 2GB of RAM, Which That means apps run very smoothly on it. However if you do not want or need a lot of processing power and you only want something That you can use to check emails, browse the net and play basic games then either the Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7 are no slow coaches, especially Which the latter has its own quad-core but not as powerful of a GPU and 1GB of RAM.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 comes with support for SD cards and the maximum is 64GB. The Kindle Fire HD and the Google Nexus both have 32GB of internal storage.

If you are looking for a device with the best camera then it would have to be the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 as it has a back camera of 8 megapixels and a 1.9 on the front. Plus there is the fact That tablets are hard to use as cameras due to Their size.

The Kindle Fire HD runs on Android 4.0 and the Google Nexus 7 has Android 4.2, while the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has Android 4.1.2. The tablets will cost you in the region of $ 199 to $ 299, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is around $ 650

There are more advantages with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Which to make it stand out as the overall winner. It has better portability, it can make calls and it has the best camera. What lets the phablet down is the high price tag, That Which is twice of the tablets. Another thing to consider is That is That app does not run have been optimized for tablets. So if you do not need the ability to make calls and already have another device for taking pictures, you might save yourself some money and get the Kindle Fire HD or the Google Nexus 7

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Amazon is working on new versions of the Kindle Fire - BBC News

Kindle Fire tablet is a high quality manufactured by popular – especially in the West – Amazon. And although they do not dominate the market, like the e-book readers of the same name, it’s still worth devoting some attention. According to the latest information from the site BGR, the American company is working on new versions of its flagship tablet.

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Amazon is working on a new version of its tablet masthead.

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According to an anonymous source familiar with the matter, Amazon plans to improve the resolution of your device. And that 7-inch Kindle Fire will run in 1280×800 mode (previously it was 1024×600), 7-inch Kindle Fire will offer HD 1920×1200 (actually 1280×800), while the 8.9-inch version will allow the screen to display an impressive resolution of 2560×1600.


The article says that will change the design, which is now to be more edgy. Informant reported that the new models will be lighter than your current version. We do not know but the most important part of the specification, the processor and amount of memory.

New models of the Kindle Fire will be sold at the same price as their current counterparts. Official disclosure of the details is supposed to take place in September this year.


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Thursday, July 18, 2013

'Rags to Roses' released on Kindle - The Stanford Daily

The Stanford Daily’s new book, “Rags to Roses: The Rise of Stanford Football,” is now available in the Amazon.com Kindle Store. Authors Joseph Beyda, George Chen and Sam Fisher interviewed 30 current and former Stanford football players for this project, Which chronicles the Cardinal football program’s journey from its 1-11 2006 season to its 2013 Rose Bowl Game victory.

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Length: 248 pages

Price: $ 9.99

Where can I buy the book? Visit the “Rags to Roses” Kindle listing.

What if I do not have a Kindle? You can still read the book on your Android device, iPad or iPhone by downloading the Kindle app and signing in to your Amazon account. You can also read the book on your computer by installing Kindle for PC at http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000426311, but we recommend viewing on a tablet or kindle device for optimal formatting.

Questions or comments? Get in touch with the authors at ragstoroses@stanforddaily.com.

Want a free preview? Check out the book’s preface and the six other excerpts we have released:

2006: He’s quick kicks and bear crawls

2007: Belief without seeing

2008: This redshirt, or not to redshirt, Andrew Luck

2009: Going for two

2010: Celebrating with football

2011: Luck’s easy decision

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AMAZON KINDLE FIRE HD 7 - Business Today

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Does Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD 7 have enough power to outshine the Nexus 7 or the iPad Mini? Here is our take.

Nidhi Singal Edition: August 2013

This Has Some Fire

AMAZON KINDLE FIRE HD 7
Price: Rs 15,999
Rating: 4.5 / 5
Specs: 7 inch display, Android operating system, 1.2GHz dual core processor, 16GB of onboard storage, no expandable memory card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, dual-speaker Dolby audio, 395 grams

As soon as we opened the box and powered the Fire HD, we fell in love with the hardware. Rarely do we come across tablets That are so finely designed.

The Fire HD 7 in black has got a rectangular design with curved edges with the soft back That award it a comfortable grip. The front has the 7-inch display with 1280x800p resolution surrounded by a thick bezel with the camera sitting on the top center. There is not much glare on this tablet. Controls have been strategically placed on the right, with a 3.5mm port, volume button and the power key.

Just below the power key is a black strip running across the other side, housing the stereo speakers. The micro USB and micro HDMI are placed at the bottom. There are memory card slots or SIM slots on this device.

Weighing 395 grams in all, it does not feel too heavy to hold. Indeed, the 7-incher is so comfortable to hold That you can continue to walk around with stuff in one hand and the tablet in the other.

Set ting up the Kindle Fire HD does not take much of your time. Amazon had pre-registered our unit before shipping it to us. So all we had to do was to connect it on Wi-Fi and within a few seconds, all the content we had purchased from the Amazon ecosystem Appeared on our device. The books we had purchased Earlier Appeared under the cloud option. We had to tap on the each book individually to download it to the tablet.

While the Fire HD is an Android tablet, the interface has been completely tweaked and does not have any similarity between the hundreds of Android tablets out there.

It has got a neat home screen with a plain black background and white text. There is not any concept of application launcher or app shortcuts. The homescreen has got a simple interface with a row for all the preinstalled apps on the top. This includes search, shop, games, apps, books, music, videos, newsstand, audiobooks, web, photos, docs and offers.

Just below the row is a ‘carousel’, a stack of scrolling items That shows the recently opened items. There is a Star That Appears at the bottom where our favorites Appeared items. When in an app, a set of keys (home, back, search and view) popped up on the screen. There is a dropdown notification bar bar That has got the shortcuts for important settings dry as auto rotation, volume, brightness, wireless, sync along with the complete settings menu.

Be it books, emails or web browsing, reading was a delight on this tablet. The text Appeared crisp and it has got a wide viewing angle. The color reproduction was also good. The Silk browser onboard fetched pages at the same speed as Safari and Chrome did on the other tablets. However, sometimes there was a lag and images took some time to load.

Amazon has done its homework before launching the Kindle Fire HD and has a curated app store instead of Google Play with all popular apps. There was a noticeable lag in browsing as well as downloading the apps. But this experience was relatively much smoother while browsing and buying the books. Also, all the content is priced in U.S. dollars and not Indian Rupees. Otherwise, everything worked smoothly on this tablet, be it playing games or typing over the QWERTY keyboard.

Watching movies and videos over the Fire HD 7 was impressive. The sound coming from the tiny speakers was further enhanced when we turned on the Dolby Digital Plus.

Amazon claims to offer an 11-hour battery backup. The Fire HD lives up to the claim, as it can lasted us a week with a couple of hours of rea ding every day. But did discharge the battery quickly when we used it for playing games and watching videos on full brightness.

BAG IT OR JUNK IT:
Good value for money if you love books from the Kindle Store.

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Kindly Fire HD: All-rounder - Financial Express

Kindly Fire HD: All-rounder American online retail major Amazon raised quite a few eyebrows after it launched the first generation Kindle Fire tablet in the U.S. in two years ago. The $ 200 tablet you to Reviewers praised, but many wondered how the price was that low, considering That the cost of its parts added up to around $ 150 – $ 200 They asked the obvious question-you Amazon making any money off this product? Amazon’s answer was apparent as soon as the Kindle Fire was powered on-this tablet was all digital content.

Amazon does not view the Kindle Fire as a profit-making product. Instead, it relies on the tablet to Promote the company’s vast array of products, both physical and digital. And on users to buy products from Amazon. The move has worked for Amazon as the Kindle Fire was a good product. A year later, Amazon launched the Kindle Fire HD, with improved hardware in the U.S.. Fast forward to June 2013 Following the launch of Amazon.in, the company launched the Kindle Fire HD in India.

The Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch is a well-built tablet. When you look at its screen, there is nothing remarkable and the thick black band between the screen and the edges is ugly. The tablet feels great to hold, thanks to the matte finish at the back. The speakers are near the bottom half of the back panel and the power and volume buttons are well-placed on the side. While the overall build quality is good, there were a couple of minor issues. The Kindle Fire

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Amazon New Kindle Touch, 2012 - GeekSugar.com

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After days of speculation as to what new product Amazon had up its sleeve for today’s LA press conference, the reveals are pouring in, starting with a backlit ereader called the Kindle Paperwhite . Sharper with a higher-contrast display than the Kindle Touch, the new device uses Amazon-made Paperwhite technology, a blend of adjustable back lighting and traditional e-ink with a capacitive touchscreen display.

Despite the constant light use, Amazon claims the 7.5-ounce Kindle Paperwhite touts an eight-week battery life from a single charge and measures 9.1mm thick. A small text addition in the lower left corner reading estimates how much time is left in a chapter or the entire book based on a user’s reading speed.

This Kindle model continues to use the X-ray feature first Introduced with the Kindle Touch, showing relevant information on the page dry as dictionary and Wiki entries. The Paperwhite also takes a page from the Kindle Fire with a cover mode homescreen, swipe it through the library without scrolling to a menu. The Kindle Paperwhite WiFi model is $ 119, and the 3G version, Which requires no contract or data plan is priced at $ 179 Preorders start today, and both models will ship Paperwhite Oct. 1

Not to be outdone by its touchscreen brethren, the entry-level Kindle also received a refresh and lower price point today.

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