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Originally Posted by jswinden
It seems like the Kindle for Android app is the unwanted, bastard child of Kindleland. Amazon usually updates this app long after they have updated the other apps, and it lags way behind in features. Clearly they don't put their A Team on this project. It seems so strange that the iOS app is always lightyears ahead of the Android app. I don't mind of course since I much prefer iOS to Android.
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Here is a link to the latest iOS 7 problems:
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/11...tinue-surface/
It appears all operating systems and all devices have their share of problems. In the end we go with brands we like and either tolerate or work around the problems.
Nothing is perfect.
Some prefer iPads, some prefer Nexus and I prefer Kindles. Each to their own. At least the Kindles are cheaper than the iPads.
Why should Amazon devote more time to improving their apps for competing devices over improving their own devices?
If I purchased a Nexus, I would use friendlier reading apps than the Kindle app and buy my eBooks from sites more friendly to the Nexus. If I purchased an iPad, I'd only read iBooks and only play iTunes - why bother with a Kindle app in those cases?
It appears the only device really needed and not yet on the market would be an eReader marketed by Calibre and specially tailored to their software. There are lots of Calibre users here who are handicapped by not having their own custom eReader fitting all their specific needs.
Kindles fit my needs as they are part and parcel of Amazon which supplies all my other consumer goods needs.