Normally I don’t cover apps, but apps for the E-Ink Kindles seem to be pretty thin on the ground lately, and this new one looks really useful.
Metalgrass Software has released the Utility Kit and it is available for the Kindle PaperWhite, Kindle Touch, and Kindle 4. It contains seven different applications: calculator, stopwatch, countdown timer, world clocks, calendar, units conversion, and notepad. The author tells me that it was a year in development. It costs $1.99 and can be bought from Amazon, or you can search for Utility Kit directly in the Kindle store on your device.
Paul Biba is a retired corporate international lawyer who has worked in 53 countries. Since he is a very fast reader he came to ebooks out of self-defense in order to avoid carrying a suitcase of books on his travels around the world. An early ebook adopter, he has read on Palms, Pocket PCs and practically every device that has been out there. After being a frequent contributor to TeleRead.com, the oldest ebook/epublishing blog on the net, Paul became TeleRead's Editor-in-Chief, a position he recently resigned. Send Paul an email to paulkbiba@gmail.com
