Comments on: Amazon releases Kindle app for iPhone http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:18:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: HeavyG http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1017330 HeavyG Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:42:50 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/#comment-1017330 Bill says: <i>"...you have to wonder why Amazon is not making it available for full featured Operating systems?"</i> Do you know for a fact that they are not planning/working on doing just that? Bill says:

“…you have to wonder why Amazon is not making it available for full featured Operating systems?”

Do you know for a fact that they are not planning/working on doing just that?

]]> By: Karen in TN http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1017329 Karen in TN Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:39:56 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/#comment-1017329 Actually, you can use plain old wi-fi to download books to your iPhone or iPod Touch (good thing, since neither one is compatible with WhisperNet, which is the Sprint network, not AT&T). I have no idea if it works with the internet access via AT&T (but presume it does), since I don't have cell access on my iPhone. I've posted a quick overview of the limitations of the Kindle Iphone App on my blog: http://booksontheknob.blogspot.com/2009/03/kindle-marries-iphone.html Along with pictures of all three Kindle devices, open to the same book: http://booksontheknob.blogspot.com/2009/03/kindle-iphone-pictures.html Karen http://booksontheknob.blogspot.com Actually, you can use plain old wi-fi to download books to your iPhone or iPod Touch (good thing, since neither one is compatible with WhisperNet, which is the Sprint network, not AT&T). I have no idea if it works with the internet access via AT&T (but presume it does), since I don’t have cell access on my iPhone.

I’ve posted a quick overview of the limitations of the Kindle Iphone App on my blog:

http://booksontheknob.blogspot.com/2009/03/kindle-marries-iphone.html

Along with pictures of all three Kindle devices, open to the same book:

http://booksontheknob.blogspot.com/2009/03/kindle-iphone-pictures.html

Karen
http://booksontheknob.blogspot.com

]]> By: Bill McHale http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1017277 Bill McHale Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:18:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/#comment-1017277 Untimately, the availability of a software version of the Kindle does remove one of my complaints about the Kindle. I imagine other major mobile platforms will have versions of the reader available soon. That being said, you have to wonder why Amazon is not making it available for full featured Operating systems? Are they worried that if someone gets the software on a UPMC with a 5-7" screen that they will have little reason to buy the Kindle itself? In any case, as others have pointed out, this does nothing to relieve my chief complaint about the Kindle, Mobi and other DRM'd formats. If in five years, Amazon has lost the ebook wars, you could have lots of people with lots of books tied to a format that Amazon may not want to support anymore. ePub, html, txt and PDF will remain my formats of choice for the forseeable future. -- Bill Untimately, the availability of a software version of the Kindle does remove one of my complaints about the Kindle. I imagine other major mobile platforms will have versions of the reader available soon. That being said, you have to wonder why Amazon is not making it available for full featured Operating systems? Are they worried that if someone gets the software on a UPMC with a 5-7″ screen that they will have little reason to buy the Kindle itself?

In any case, as others have pointed out, this does nothing to relieve my chief complaint about the Kindle, Mobi and other DRM’d formats. If in five years, Amazon has lost the ebook wars, you could have lots of people with lots of books tied to a format that Amazon may not want to support anymore.

ePub, html, txt and PDF will remain my formats of choice for the forseeable future.

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Bill

]]> By: Rita http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1017263 Rita Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:40:09 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/#comment-1017263 The app works okay, very easy to access your books at Amazon and download. Once you register your iPhone/Touch through the Kindle app it shows up as a registered device on the "Manage Your Kindle" page at Amazon. You need to use a swipe to turn the page. I prefer eReader's option of a tap. Like the Kindle itself there is also no choice of font but there are 5 font sizes to choose from. There is also the option to sync with the furthest page read which is a nice feature if you are reading material on more than one device. The app is free and anyone (in the US) can register their iPhone/touch and buy from the Kindle store. The app works okay, very easy to access your books at Amazon and download. Once you register your iPhone/Touch through the Kindle app it shows up as a registered device on the “Manage Your Kindle” page at Amazon.

You need to use a swipe to turn the page. I prefer eReader’s option of a tap. Like the Kindle itself there is also no choice of font but there are 5 font sizes to choose from.

There is also the option to sync with the furthest page read which is a nice feature if you are reading material on more than one device.

The app is free and anyone (in the US) can register their iPhone/touch and buy from the Kindle store.

]]> By: morituri http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1017225 morituri Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:10:48 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/amazon-releases-kindle-app-for-iphone/#comment-1017225 The only way to load Kindle books to the iPhone app is via "WhisperSync", i.e. over the air download. The good news is we do have access to the free first chapter previews. I've done a quick test run and a review : http://www.treotoday.net/2009/03/04/kindle-iphone/ The only way to load Kindle books to the iPhone app is via “WhisperSync”, i.e. over the air download. The good news is we do have access to the free first chapter previews. I’ve done a quick test run and a review :

http://www.treotoday.net/2009/03/04/kindle-iphone/

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