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Old 01-28-2009, 12:59 PM   #24
Alisa
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Originally Posted by lilac_jive View Post
I really doubt they will do an iPhone app for reading. That would directly compete with their Kindle.
I think they should take advantage of that market by having a Kindle book app for iPhone. It could interface with the Kindle store the way the Kindle does. After all, not everyone that wants to read ebooks is going to want a Kindle (or any other reader). It would be great if there were both a Mobipocket app and a Kindle app. I know Amazon has to keep them somewhat separate because Mobipocket has a deal with the retailers that sell .mobi books that they will not compete on price. While we all know they're the same format and only differ in name, I wonder if it might blur that line if you can buy and read both on the same device. I've often wondered if that's why there's no Kindle desktop reading application.

I would love to see them open up Kindle books to other devices but I think it's that old agreement that keeps them from it. I wonder if it would've been simpler for them to go with a completely different format altogether and leave .mobi out of it or even sell off Mobipocket.
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