Here is a nice review from The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
KINDLE CLOUD READER
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The Kindle Cloud Reader works quite well for a first release, and as soon as Amazon brings it to the iPhone and iPod touch, the web app should replace the native app. There's really no compelling reason to continue using the native app that I can see, as the functionality has been beautifully re-created in the web app.
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The review is probably too kind. Several commenters, both over there and here, have pointed out that it lacks some of the functionality of the native app . Now I'm no techie, but my understanding is that it may never be as full featured as the native app.I think the issue for Amazon and its customers is whether its a decent backup to the native app in case of an emergency. And as we have seen, there is no guarantee that the native app will always be on Ios platform.
The good thing is that is a 1.0 release, and will only get better. We know Amazon certainly WILL spend the resources to make it better, after the late unpleasantness with the Apple approval process.