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Free codes and a review of lekiosk

April 27, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m a big fan of digital comic book services like Comixology and Dark Horse’s own app. Thanks to these apps I’ll buy more digital comic books in a week than I’ve bought in paper in a year. Easily. I wondered whether there are similar apps that worked with magazines rather than comic books. There certainly […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: android, ios, nexus 7

ASUS signs magazine deal with lekiosk

March 5, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m a big user of Comixology on my Nexus 7; especially after the popular comic app made the tweaks necessary to perfect the platform for Google’s popular 7″ tablet. lekiosk is a bit like Comixology except rather than comic books it works with big magazines from the likes of the BBC, Conde Naste and Dennis […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Mobile Tagged With: android, asus, ios, nexus 7

How do you read a .mobi attachment in Gmail on your Android Kindle app?

October 1, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Now and then people email me .mobi attachments. This is a popular format for eBooks, .mobi files are quite small so they’re a popular alternative than shipping paper books around. My eBook reader is my Nexus 7 Android tablet. I have Amazon’s Kindle app on it which lets me resize text, sync across devices and, […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: android, kindle, nexus 7

Proporta’s Nexus 7 case

August 24, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At the very start of August, Proporta were kind enough to talk to Geek Native about their Nexus 7 case design process. We talked to Lynnette Prigmore, Head of Product, and got to examine the company’s mindset. We had pictures of the process to… except, not pictures of the actual Nexus 7 case. Nowe we […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: nexus 7

Review: Is the eKit ITAB7STK a good match for the Nexus 7

August 20, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m really enjoying my Nexus 7. This is the new and pretty cheap tablet from Google (and Asus). It runs Android and is just 7” in size. This means it’s a put it in your pocket tablet, a read it in bed tablet or have it in front of you on your computer desk. Not […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: android, nexus 7, skullkickers, tablets

Behind the scenes on the Proporta Nexus 7 case project

August 1, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In July, as Nexus 7s were still struggling their way out of boxes, Geek Native popped over to Etsy to dig up 7 handcrafted covers for the tablet. We saw some great designs. But what if Etsy isn’t your thing? What if you wanted a fashionable retailer, a gadget expert, to lovingly design and make […]

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: android, nexus 7, tablets

7 handcrafted covers for the Nexus 7

July 24, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Google’s had to stop taking orders on the Nexus 7 16GB for now. The cost effective but powerful Android tablet is selling very well and already Geek Native has learned that Comixology will be making updates to their app to better support the device. The question is – will the Nexus 7 benefit from the […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: android, batman, Etsy, nexus 7, tablets

Comixology on the Nexus 7

July 22, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The Nexus 7 is just out – and the 16GB edition is sold out on Google Play. It’s my first tablet and I was looking forward to using it as a comics in bed device. So, how does Comixology Comics app stand up? There are some problems with it. Technical stuff first – the app […]

Filed Under: Comics, Cool Tech Tagged With: asus, Comixology, google, nexus 7

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