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Amazon Kindle Now Also an iTunes App [Kindle]
Gizmodo —
... All you whiners who blabbed on and on about how you'd rather just read e-books on your iPhone: Amazon apparently heard you and now has a Kindle app out on iTunes. What? ...
Amazon Kindle Now Also an iPhone App [Kindle]
Gizmodo —
... While my first thought was "Jesus (not Diaz), Amazon's bent on cannibalizing itself," I guess the move kind of makes sense. People who want E-Ink will still buy the Kindle, but perhaps this helps steal sales from the other multitudinous iTunes bookstore options. [iTunes Link to Amazon Kindle App] ...
Amazon Brings Kindle to iPhone
Today @ PC World —
[image] Amazon has released Kindle for iPhone, an iPhone app that lets you read Kindle e-books on your iPhone or iPod Touch. With Kindle for iPhone's release, Amazon extends Kindle's reach off its own e-book reader for the first time. Kindle for iPhone lets you buy Kindle e-books on your computer, then transfer them to your iPhone or iPod touch over WiFi. If you're away from your computer, you can purchase books from the Safari browser on your iPhone. And if you have already purchased Kindle e-books, you can download them to your iPhone for free. Lastly, Kindle for iPhone supports Whispersync, which lets you go from Kindle to iPhone and back, without losing your ...
Amazon Kindle hits the iPhone
T3.com All —
Amazon Kindle hits the iPhone So why buy a Kindle? Well, just weeks after the much-heralded Kindle 2 http://www.t3.com/news/amazon-kindle-2-now-official?=38065 was announced by Amazon, the company has sneaked out the Amazon Kindle App, effectively turning your iPhone into a mobile library. The app is free, but the books certainly aren't. They cost around $9.99, although you can 'sample' the first chapter of a book for free. Unfortunately, you can't download them directly to your phone, instead you'll need to buy via a PC or Mac, then transfer over. Although Kindle owners can sync content between iPhone and the standalone device. Obviously 20/20 vision is required to ...
Amazon Brings Kindle to iPhone
Wired: Gadget Lab —
Kindlers can now read their e-books on the iPhone. Amazon has pushed a Kindle application to the iTunes Apps Store barely a week after the Kindle 2 appeared. We wouldn’t be surprised if the launches were supposed to be simultaneous and the iPhone reader was just delayed by Apple’s problematic vetting process.
The application, like the Kindle itself, is only available in the US of A, which sadly makes sense: you’ll need a US-only Kindle account to use it. The app just grabs the books already bought from Amazon and you can read samples and even buy e-books from the iPhone.
Kindle for iPhone also supports Whispersynch, grabbing ...
Kindle for iPhone out- read Kindle ebooks on your phone
jkOnTheRun —
The Kindle 2 has only been out a short while and reviews of the new model are pretty much positive. One of the most intriguing aspects of the new Kindle was indicated by Amazon when they said they intended to make ebooks for the Kindle available for other platforms. This excited folks as it meant their ebooks could provide better value given they weren’t going to be locked to the Kindle hardware.
Well, it sure didn’t take long to live up to their word as the Kindle for iPhone app is already available from the App Store. This free app lets you read Kindle ebooks on your iPhone, something I’m a big fan of doing, and even ...
Amazon Brings Kindle App to the iPhone
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
Amazon Brings Kindle App to the iPhone posted Today, 8:46 AM by Eric M. Zeman Amazon has released a free application via the iPhone Apps Store that duplicates some of the functionality of its Kindle e-reader device. With the application, users will be able to search and shop for e-books, download them via PC or over the air, and sync between computers, Kindles, iPhones and iPod Touches. The software allows users to adjust the font and text size, add bookmarks, add notes, and Amazon allows users to read the first chapter of any book before they choose to buy it. Most books cost $10. more info at Apple ...
Amazon Launches Free Kindle App for iPhone
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
Amazon sure wasn’t kidding about spreading out to other mobile platforms at the Kindle 2 launch; you can now grab their application for free from the iTunes store and start shopping for books right from your iPhone. Even if you already have a Kindle, the WhisperSync feature will save your spot across multiple devices, which promises to be even more useful as Amazon spreads to more phones. Downside? Like so many distribution services dealing with intellectual property, it’s not available in Canada. The iPhone might not be as friendly on the eyes as the Kindle, but it certainly is more portable…
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Amazon brings Kindle eBook library to the iPhone
AppleInsider —
... itself, the iPhone app ( App Store link ) lets users add bookmarks and adjust the text size of digital books. Amazon says it will also allow iPhone owners to "view notes and highlights" that were created on the Kindle. Unfortunately, annotations cannot be created on the app. Since all purchased Kindle books are linked to an Amazon account, users of the iPhone app must purchase new ebook titles through Amazon.com using a web browser, or make purchases directly on the Kindle. Those titles can then be pulled into the Kindle iPhone app the next time it's launched. In all, Amazon ...
Hands-On: Kindle for iPhone spreads the e-reading love across platforms
DVICE Atom Feed —
... can't buy books directly from Kindle for iPhone — you'll need to use the iPhone's Mobile Safari or a Mac or PC and then transfer the e-book over to Kindle for iPhone. Can't make it too easy, because even though Apple's apparently given up on book selling because of Steve Jobs's misguided pronouncement that "people don't read anymore" (despite statistics that show Americans reading more than ever), Apple's not stupid.
iTunes link to Kindle for iPhone app, and NYT
Amazon released Kindle app for iPhone
SolSie.com —
Amazon released Kindle app for iPhone Until now, Amazon Kindle user can only read e-book on the Kindle hardware but Amazon decides to broaden the capability with the release of the free Kindle app for iPhone . image Even the new Kindle is already razor thin and seemingly the perfect size to enjoy your reading but it comes time when you leave it behind accidentally. This iPhone app makes perfect sense. Amazon goes extra mile to provide a feature called Whispersync, which essentially allows to pick-up exactly where you left off on your book either on the Kindle or on the iPhone. Users can purchase Kindle books from their Mac, PC, iPhone via web ...
Amazon.com Releases Kindle E-Reader iPhone App
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
kindleiphone1.jpg By Michael Santo Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews When Amazon.com announced the Kindle 2, they also announced Whispersync , which they quite pointedly said would work with Kindle, Kindle 2 and future mobile devices . That hinted at already-rumored Kindle e-reader software for mobile devices, and that promise came to fruition on early Wednesday morning, when Amazon.com released an app for — what else — the iPhone and iPod Touch. Yes, despite the fact that they previously used the term “mobile devices” did anyone really doubt it would hit the iPhone and iPod Touch first? The new (and free) application allows ...
Kindle for iPhone Updated- Gets Some Color
jkOnTheRun —
I am probably the heaviest e-book reader on the planet, those familiar with my work know that for a fact. I read at least one and some weeks two e-books, all electronically and on multiple devices. I was excited recently to see that Amazon had produced an update for the Kindle for iPhone app. This app was pretty solid as originally released but I found it lacking in one area that I am happy to say they have addressed, at least partially.
The original version of Kindle was stuck with black text on white pages, and while this was good enough to use I found it very restrictive. I read a lot of e-books in bed with the lights off, something e-Ink readers ...
Kindle for iPhone Update Brings Important Changes
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
As with any launch version of an app, things need to be tweaked, and features need to be added. The same can of course be said of the Kindle App for iPhone, and thankfully, the folks at Amazon have started releasing updates. The first, version 1.1 has brought us some important changes.
First, you can now choose from different background and text colors. Don’t like reading black text on the white background? Change it! You can now choose alternate setups of white text on a black background, and grey text on a tan/sepia color.
Second, if you’d rather not have to read in portrait orientation all of the time, the Kindle app now ...
Amazon Delivers Epic Upgrade To Kindle For iPhone App
iPhone Savior —
Amazon is determined to make their Kindle reading experience for iPhone a serious contender as evidenced by the second update to the application in less than two weeks. While the last update focused on making purchasing book titles through the app more iPhone-friendly, this epic new update turns a keen eye towards the users reading experience. In Kindle for iPhone version 1.1, the Amazonians have engaged landscape reading mode with the addition of a "lock feature" allowing users to maintain either portrait or landscape reading at all times. I prefer to read text ...
What iPhone apps do you prize the most?
iPhone Atlas —
... Kindle An e-book reader is a must, and while I also use eReader and Stanza, I like being able to grab sample chapters from the Kindle Store before deciding what books to buy. ( ...
Desert Island Apps – #1 with Marc Tassin
Just Another iPhone Blog —
DIA Today we’re kicking off a new series here on Just Another iPhone Blog – called ‘ Desert Island Apps ’. It’s based on a very long-running and brilliant BBC Radio show called “Desert Island Discs’. The premise of Desert Island Discs is simple and wonderful – a guest is invited to choose the eight musical pieces (originally records) they would take with them if they were stranded on a desert island. In our case of course we’re not interested in our guests’ choice of music. What we want to know is which six iPhone apps they would take with them if stranded on an island. I’m very happy to have Marc Tassin, Product Manager at Ilium Software ...
How To Get the iPhone Kindle App Outside the U.S.
Wired: Gadget Lab —
One of the Kindle’s sweetest features is Whispersync, which lets you put down one device and keep right on reading on another, just from where you left off. This means that you can read at home on the Kindle itself, but when you find yourself in a long queue at the store, you can keep reading on your iPhone. This idea of the “book” existing independent of the device is a rather forward thinking one. If you live in the United States.
Along with the crippled, half-baked international launch of the Kindle, Amazon has still not made the “Kindle for iPhone” application available for its overseas customers. The only place to ...
