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Amazon Kindle Lands On The iPhone [Maybe Not Yours Though]
Written by wbg friend   
Wednesday, 04 March 2009 03:57

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Amazon is hoping to spread its Kindle software beyond its own Kindle ebook reader by announcing a version for the iPhone and iPod touch. The free application from the Apple App Store lets you "enjoy over 240,000 books, including 104 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers, on the iPhone and iPod touch using Apple's Multi-Touch user interface". Of course, it's just the application that's free as you will have to buy all those bestsellers and hope that reading them on a small screen won't make you go blind. Most books are priced at around $10.For Kindle owners, including the new Kindle 2, who also happen to own an iPhone or touch there's the added benefit of the WhisperSync technology, which saves and synchronises your bookmark across all the devices so you'll always pick up where you left off. Slushy marketing quote coming up. "We are excited to bring the new Kindle application to Apple's App Store and think customers are going to love how easy and fun it is to read their Kindle books on the iPhone and iPod touch," said Ian Freed, vice president, Amazon Kindle. "Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch is a great way for customers to catch up on their current book wherever they are, like in line at the grocery store or between meetings." We're not convinced about the relaxing value of being able to read in supermarket queues but having access to such a large collection of e-books via Amazon online on your iPhone/touch could be a winner for consumers and Amazon. Still we haven't been able to find it on the App Store this morning which leads us to think that Amazon might be making this a US-only app, just like its reader. And there's no date on when Kindle will ever be released in Europe.-Martin Lynch gadgets books ebooks amazon
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