Do you want to know my #1 pet peeve with the Android Market? How unnecessarily difficult they make switching devices. I upgraded to a new Droid 4 last week and I STILL don’t have all of my apps set up yet. Contrast this with Amazon, where all of my apps were all ready to reinstall [...]
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G5 Games Offers Mahjongg Artifacts for Free on Amazon AppStore for Android Today!
I reviewed Mahjongg Artifacts for the PSP Minis a couple of years ago, finding it a load of fun and concluding: Mahjongg Artifacts offers tons of value in a $5 PSP Mini, with a huge story mode, and endless gameplay through either the Classic or Endless modes. The variety of tiles, backgrounds, layouts and even [...]
Sling Media Brings SlingPlayer to Kindle Fire!
Sling Media, makers of the SlingBox, today announces the availability of the SlingPlayer app for the Kindle Fire. What is the SlingBox? It is a device that works with all of your various set-top boxes to: allow folks to watch their TV from wherever they are with their PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone. And now, [...]
Microsoft Brings Hotmail to the Kindle Fire
Are you a Hotmail user? I have had an account since … forever. And while it hasn’t been my primary email since … well, since I signed up for Yahoo mail around the same time, it is an account that I have maintained and used for a variety of specific purposes through the years. I [...]
Amazon Offers Multiple Chances to Use that $5 Game Discount This Week!
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the sale that Amazon was having that allowed you to make use of the $5 discount code they gave out at the end of 2011. That sale ended ONE DAY later … and since then the deals on the ‘best-selling games of 2011′ have been pretty thin. [...]
Amazon ‘One Hit Wonder’ $0.69 Song Sale!
Amazon is having a fun sale – all about the ‘one hit wonders’. Someone at SlickDeals took the time to turn it into a list, so just peruse the entire list and you’ll find yourself nodding your head and saying ‘I know that song’! There are some great songs, some awful ones, and some ‘so [...]
Splashtop Remote Desktopfor Android is FREE at Amazon AppStore Today!
Have you ever been away from your home computer and realized you forgot a file or wanted to watch some videos or listen to some music? With Splashtop Remote Desktop you can access your home PC quickly and easily! And today it is FREE on the Amazon AppStore for Android! You’re out and about with [...]
Amazon Announces The “Best Holiday Ever” for Kindles
Jeff Bezos has some extra spring in his step heading into 2011. Building on the momentum from years past, the Kindle line has once again been an Amazon bestseller, selling an undisclosed “millions” of units, and generally being a shining star. It’s almost stopped being news that ebook readers are big holiday gifts, but Amazon [...]
Monopoly is Free on the Amazon Appstore for Android Today!
For my family, board games are a great way to spend time together, and particularly over the holidays. This year we had my brother and niece and played two new games, but always love going back to the classics as well. And there are few board games as classic as Monopoly. It has been on [...]
M-Edge Suing Amazon; You Had Better Stock Up on Kindle Cases Now!
M-Edge makes some awesome cases for the Kindle and other ebook readers. They made the case I had my original Kindle in for many years, and I loved it. We’ve also covered many of their iPad cases here at Gear Diary and they consistently receive high marks for build quality and useful, eye-catching designs. Unfortunately, [...]
Amazon Offers 10 ‘Top Selling’ 2011 Albums for $3.99 Each!
As if matching price with Google Music – but with a better selection, much better client, and overall completely superior music service – wasn’t enough … today Amazon’s MP3 Store is offering some of the best selling music of 2011 at $3.99 per album! Save on new albums by Coldplay, Rihanna, Drake, Daughtry, the Decemberists, [...]
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Free on Amazon Appstore for Android!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has a rather interesting history, and one that is completely and totally wrapped up in the commercial side of the Christmas holiday. It started as a picture book made as a giveaway for Montgomery Ward department store, and then a decade later was immortalized by Gene Autry in 1949 as one [...]
Charlie Brown Christmas Free on Amazon Appstore for Android!
Personally, I find the Charlie Brown holiday specials depressing and sad, but they are certainly part of the classic culture surrounding all of the major commercial holidays. And today Amazon is featuring of the biggest traditional TV classics, A Charlie Brown Christmas, as the ‘Free App of the Day’. A Charlie Brown Christmas, the beloved [...]
Amazon Reminds Google … ‘Um, We OWN This Whole Mega-Deal Thing’ …
I should have known better than to rush into buying music on Google. As I say repeatedly, they have the absolute worst music service bar none. Yet that old siren song of ‘great music, low prices’ lulled me into not checking Amazon. BIG MISTAKE. On Google I got the music, can play it on my [...]
The Gear Diary Kindle Fire Tablet Review
November 15th saw the release of what will quickly become the #2 selling tablet of all time: the Amazon Kindle Fire. Since then we have seen plenty of ‘race to be first’ reviews, but my goal was to spend some time integrating the Fire into my life before completing my review. This week we also [...]
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