Kindle app for iPhone and iPod Touch in iTunes Store

cerement · 03-04-2009, 12:14 AM

Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch Now in the iTunes App Store

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Originally Posted by The iPhone blog

The app is FREE from the iTunes App Store, but it looks like books need to be purchased from Amazon directly for $9.99, from PC or Mac and transferred over, or directly via Mobile Safari (?!).

Related: Apple entrance into e-book market rumors

Robotech_Master · 03-04-2009, 12:37 AM

Wall Street Journal story: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123613213822225225.html

My TeleRead take: http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/a...pp-for-iphone/

gravescp · 03-04-2009, 12:43 AM

wow! I already have an ebook reader, and access to all the Amazon's content for $9.99 and I have been carrying it around for almost two years. The iPhone. This changes everything. . . Greatest move Amazon has ever made :-)

cerement · 03-04-2009, 12:53 AM

Ars Technica posted an article at the beginning of February with John Siracusa's prediction that Kindle would lose out to the iPhone in the same way that Rocketbook lost out to the Palm.

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Originally Posted by John Siracusa

With very few exceptions, all the unfavorable comparisons of bitmapped displays to print on paper are technically accurate. I'm here to tell you that they don't matter.

emellaich · 03-04-2009, 12:55 AM

What are the possibilities for reading existing non-DRM on the iphone. For example, .mobi or .prc? Will stanza do this or do they need to be converted?

sassanik · 03-04-2009, 01:03 AM

This is a very interesting and awesome development! I can't wait to see how it is going to work out.

With Apples move to release MP3's without DRM, one can hope that Ebooks will follow? Hopefully sooner rather than later?

Amy

Alisa · 03-04-2009, 01:12 AM

Yay! More ebooks = more good!

Leep · 03-04-2009, 01:48 AM

It works great. Took only seconds to locate all my Kindle books at Amazon and downloads those you want to read in seconds. Will also synchronize where you are on both devices. I love it!

Gideon · 03-04-2009, 04:13 AM

Doesn't seem to work with the periodicals though. This is a disapointment. That's really what I wanted to see here. Don't plan on reading books on the iPhone still, but would love to read magazines and newspapers.

Sweetpea · 03-04-2009, 04:24 AM

Hmm, not getting hot or cold from this one. I still don't see what is so special about that Apple phone or Apple Mp3 player that they should be given a special treatment.

Tom Swift · 03-04-2009, 04:28 AM

The big question. Can we now download kindle books if we don't own a Kindle and convert the file to Sony reader format? Do non-Americans now have access?

HarryT · 03-04-2009, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Swift

The big question. Can we now download kindle books if we don't own a Kindle and convert the file to Sony reader format? Do non-Americans now have access?

No. US only, and you have to have a Kindle.

mtravellerh · 03-04-2009, 04:42 AM

Here is a review. http://www.treotoday.net/2009/03/04/kindle-iphone/

I am not sure about having to own a Kindle, Harry. Where did you find that? That would be a bummer, really. If that is true, they should offer a mobi reader for Iphone, as it would be the same software, essentially.

Here the reviewer even expressly states that it is possible to get books on Amazon without a Kindle

HarryT · 03-04-2009, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtravellerh

Here is a review. http://www.treotoday.net/2009/03/04/kindle-iphone/

I am not sure about having to own a Kindle, Harry. Where did you find that? That would be a bummer, really. If that is true, they should offer a mobi reader for Iphone, as it would be the same software, essentially.

Here the reviewer even expressly states that it is possible to get books on Amazon without a Kindle

I deduced it from the fact that the original article talked about "downloading your books from the Kindle store". You cannot buy books from the Kindle store unless you own a Kindle - hence my assumption. I will be very happy to be proved wrong, though!

morituri · 03-04-2009, 05:13 AM

I wrote the review on Treo Today. I can confirm you don't need a Kindle. Here are a couple of things that I didn't mention :

1. You don't need to be in the US, just have a US iTunes account.
2. You don't need to have a US Amazon account.

03-04-2009, 01:03 AM	#6
sassanik Guru Posts: 774 Karma: 1211741 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Device: EB1150, iPhone, Cool-er Purple, Pocketbook 360, Kindle Fire	interesting! This is a very interesting and awesome development! I can't wait to see how it is going to work out. With Apples move to release MP3's without DRM, one can hope that Ebooks will follow? Hopefully sooner rather than later? Amy

03-04-2009, 04:42 AM	#13
mtravellerh book creator Posts: 9,635 Karma: 3856660 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Luxembourg Device: PB360°	Here is a review. http://www.treotoday.net/2009/03/04/kindle-iphone/ I am not sure about having to own a Kindle, Harry. Where did you find that? That would be a bummer, really. If that is true, they should offer a mobi reader for Iphone, as it would be the same software, essentially. Here the reviewer even expressly states that it is possible to get books on Amazon without a Kindle Last edited by mtravellerh; 03-04-2009 at 04:48 AM.

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Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	Wall Street Journal story: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123613213822225225.html My TeleRead take: http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/04/a...pp-for-iphone/

03-04-2009, 12:43 AM	#3
gravescp Member Posts: 23 Karma: 57 Join Date: May 2008 Device: iphone	wow! I already have an ebook reader, and access to all the Amazon's content for $9.99 and I have been carrying it around for almost two years. The iPhone. This changes everything. . . Greatest move Amazon has ever made :-)

03-04-2009, 12:55 AM	#5
emellaich Wizard Posts: 1,101 Karma: 4388403 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Palm>Ebookman>IPaq>Axim>Cybook>Kndl2>IPAD>Kndl3SO>Voyager>Oasis	What are the possibilities for reading existing non-DRM on the iphone. For example, .mobi or .prc? Will stanza do this or do they need to be converted?

03-04-2009, 01:12 AM	#7
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	Yay! More ebooks = more good!

03-04-2009, 01:48 AM	#8
Leep Guru Posts: 739 Karma: 1018859 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Near Seattle Device: kindle1, K3, K3G (thanks MR), iTouch, Kindle Touch	It works great. Took only seconds to locate all my Kindle books at Amazon and downloads those you want to read in seconds. Will also synchronize where you are on both devices. I love it!

03-04-2009, 04:13 AM	#9
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	Doesn't seem to work with the periodicals though. This is a disapointment. That's really what I wanted to see here. Don't plan on reading books on the iPhone still, but would love to read magazines and newspapers.

03-04-2009, 04:24 AM	#10
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Hmm, not getting hot or cold from this one. I still don't see what is so special about that Apple phone or Apple Mp3 player that they should be given a special treatment.

03-04-2009, 04:28 AM	#11
Tom Swift Addict Posts: 250 Karma: 1232346 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Macau Device: Kindle Oasis (plus lots of older devices)	The big question. Can we now download kindle books if we don't own a Kindle and convert the file to Sony reader format? Do non-Americans now have access?

03-04-2009, 05:13 AM	#15
morituri Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 500048 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Doha, Qatar Device: iPhone 6, iPad Air, Kindle PW2, Kindle HD	I wrote the review on Treo Today. I can confirm you don't need a Kindle. Here are a couple of things that I didn't mention : 1. You don't need to be in the US, just have a US iTunes account. 2. You don't need to have a US Amazon account.