If Amazon’s Kindle piques your interest, but you’re looking for a more versatile device that’s more than just an ebook reader, the company’s new Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition might be up your alley. The tablet comes with a year of Kindle Unlimited, as well as a limited-edition leather cover — all for $250.
The Reader’s Edition is targeted at readers, and its highlight feature is Blue Shade, a display optimization program that limits exposure to blue light at night. The display brightness switches to an ultra-low level, while still making the text visible enough to read with comfort. The feature, which can be turned off, also offers warm color filters and lets users fine-tune the color settings to their preference.
However, Blue Shade is not exactly exclusive to this new device. The feature was pushed to Amazon’s Fire HD 8, 10, and the $50 Fire tablet in the beginning of December as a part of the Fire OS Bellini update.
Along with Blue Shade, the Reader’s Edition doesn’t exactly offer anything new. You’ll find all the same highlights such as the Bookerly Font and the speed reading feature “Word Runner” that rolled out to the other Fire tablets as a part of the Fire OS 5 update.
The Reader’s Edition offers the same hardware as the Fire HD 8, including the 8-inch 1,280 x 800 pixel screen, quad-core processor, 5-megapixel rear camera, and up to 128GB of expandable storage via MicroSD. We weren’t favorably impressed by the Fire HD 8, and gave it a 3 out of 5 for its inconsistent performance and bland design. You can check out the full review here.
The Reader’s Edition tablet doesn’t offer anything new on its own. Amazon’s biggest selling point for the Reader’s Edition is the price of the bundle, which is supposed to be $350, but the company is offering all three items for $250. By itself, the new tablet costs $150, the leather cover is $70, and a year of the Kindle Unlimited subscription — which is $10 a month –comes out to $120. So you’re saving up to $100 by going for the bundle. The Fire HD 8 tablet that was released in September costs $130.
If you’re interested in the bundle, you can pre-order the Amazon Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition here, and the device will be shipped on December 9 in time for the holidays.
Are you tired of paying for streaming services you never watch just to get a phone plan feature you actually want? T-Mobile has good news for you! The carrier is rolling out new plans, called T-Mix, in early November to replace its old Experience lineup with a build-your-own perks system called Picks.
The benefits you choose vary from streaming and gaming to food delivery, AI, satellite service, and phone discounts. But if you are satisfied with your existing plan, you can keep it.
Merely days after the iPhone Duo hit the shelves, images of broken screens on the phone started popping up across social media. Until now, it’s been unclear what’s causing the line of defective pixels that appears vertically along the crease, as well as horizontally, on the phone’s inner display.
Apple has finally acknowledged the issue, which has shown up on iPhone Duo units owned by customers as well as demo units in stores. In a statement shared with Bloomberg, Apple says that not all iPhone Duo units are affected and that those that are tend to show the display fault early on. The company added that users who experience problems with their iPhone Duo display should contact AppleCare for a replacement.
Not long ago, Apple treated independent repair like an act of outright hostility. The Cupertino giant locked down parts with serial-number pairing, while repair tools remained firmly out of reach of anyone outside its authorized repair network. More importantly, the company waged a legal and lobbying battle against right-to-repair legislation.
I've covered enough of these fights over the years to know what a shift looks like. That's why what happened in October 2026 genuinely caught me off guard. The day the iPhone Duo went on sale, what may be the most mechanically complex iPhone to date, Apple pulled off a surprising about-face. It published teardown-style repair manuals for a handful of major components.