Time to upgrade your reading gadgets

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 57, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy Kindle Season to all who celebrate, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) 

This week, I've been reading about sports betting and designer proteins and the Ford Bronco, listening to Bon Iver's new Sable and Brian Eno's old Music for Airports on repeat, watching Archer and Unstable, desperately trying to find a better controller for the Nintendo Switch, and finally seriously making plans to build a whole seltzer system into my kitchen counter. It's just time.

I also have for you an unusually gadget-heavy week: new Kindles, new iPads, new retro game consoles, and much more. Oh, and I forgot to mention this last week, but The Verge is hiring for a couple of really cool jobs, including a senior tech editor and a deputy editor overseeing our reviews and commerce programs. You should apply! Can confirm this is an awesome place to work. And if you have questions about either role, hit me up.

Anyway, gadget time. Let's do it.

(As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What are you watching / playing / reading / trying this week? What should everyone else be into as much as you are? Tell me everything: installer@theverge.com. And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer, forward it to them and tell them to subscribe here.)

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