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Originally Posted by jswinden
I'm considering rooting, but I don't know if it is really worth all the effort and headaches just for a few useful apps that were really designed for use on tiny smartphone screens. I don't play games, don't do the social networking (I prefer face to face meeting), and would only care for apps that actually worked on a tablet and gave me (1) reading options beyond the NC's native app and (2) office suite apps that are not toy-like.
One reason I might consider rooting would be to have the Kindle app as I have a lot of Kindle books. However, it occurs to me that it is probably easier to strip their DRM and convert them to ePub than to root. However, being open minded I was wondering just how good the Kindle for Android app really is. I read a few reviews that seemed overly inflated, including one wherein the guy stated the app was as good as a Kindle. I assume the guy doesn't own a Kindle and was full of you know what. I have owned a Kindle 3 (gifted it to my sister for Xmas) and I do have the Kindle for iPhone app. But I don't have a way to use the Kindle for Android app unless I root my NC.
So do any of you have both the latest Kindle for iPhone and Kindle for Android apps, and can you give a comparison of the features?
Based on the Kindle for iPhone app, I suspect it is rather lackluster. Here is a short look at what you get with it:
The Kindle for iPhone app only has the following two formatting options:
- 5 font sizes
- 3 Text/Background Color themes
Kindle for iPhone does NOT have any of the following formatting options:
- Font choice options
- Margins options
- Line spacing options
I think you can see why I'm very skeptical that the Kindle for Android app will in any way compare to the NC standard app or the actual Kindle as far as functionality and formatting options go. After all, the Nook apps (for Windows and iPhone) are rather lackluster. I hope I'm wrong, but I cannot imaging that Amazon would turn out a lackluster iPhone app and make the Android app many times better. |
The Kindle app came preloaded on my Droid X and I tested out it for comparison reasons against the nook app. It was a slaughter, I agree the kindle app is rather plain jane, it's really nothing special. the nook app is far and away better.
Unless you are a kindle owner and have a bunch of books in your kindle library you don't want to lose, then there really isn't any reason to get the kindle app.
It doesn't stink, but it's really nothing special at all. The nook app is IMHO by FAR the overall better app.
so if stripping is easier I say go that route.