Kindle for Android Coming Soon!

Anarel · 05-18-2010, 08:43 AM

They really are trying to reach out and put a Kindle app on everything..... why is it people complain that they can only read their books on a Kindle, again?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...ocId=165849822

watershawl · 05-18-2010, 09:11 AM

w00t!

JSWolf · 05-18-2010, 09:17 AM

I can just imagine Kindle for Android loaded onto a nook.

TallMomof2 · 05-18-2010, 10:53 AM

I just hope that it will work on a large screen not just a phone screen without a hack.

robb01 · 05-18-2010, 02:35 PM

glad to hear that

SamuraiXSendai · 05-18-2010, 04:35 PM

I hate Google but their creation of Android is brilliant. It makes the web, and therefore Google advertising, ubiquitous.

djgreedo · 05-18-2010, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TallMomof2

I just hope that it will work on a large screen not just a phone screen without a hack.

Generally speaking all Android apps will scale to the native screen resolution.

For example, my Android phone has a resolution of around 850x600 (can't remember the exact numbers but it's 16:9 and around 850 pixels wide) and all the apps I use scale perfectly to this resolution. Many Android tablets have a resolution not much higher than my phone.

Given Android's versatility for screen sizes I can't imagine the app won't scale beautifully.

Now someone needs to make an Android tablet with a colour e-ink display capable of video and I'll pay whatever they ask!

jruschme · 05-19-2010, 02:20 PM

I'd be a bit dubious, though, of hacking the Kindle app to run on the nook and being able to use the eInk display. More likely, it would want to use the color LCD by default.

grooks · 05-19-2010, 03:02 PM

Maybe the Alex would be a better device to try this app.

mercado79 · 06-28-2010, 05:48 PM

The Android Kindle App has arrived! So far so good, though there's no way to read books stored on the device itself. Only books managed via your Kindle account. It looks very nice for a first go though.

Elton Noway · 06-29-2010, 10:40 AM

The Amazon Kindle application is now available for smartphones running Google’s Android.

Yesterday Amazon announced the release of a new Kindle reading application, called Kindle for Android, that is available as a free download for phones running Google’s Android software.

As with other Kindle applications, users will be able to download books they have started reading on other devices directly to their mobile phones and save their place across other devices using Amazon’s Whispersync system.

This new announcement puts Amazon farther ahead of its competitors in offering a read-everywhere experience. For those who do not want to buy a Kindle reading device or don’t want to carry it everywhere, there are Kindle applications for all versions of the Apple iPhone, the iPad, PC and Mac computers, BlackBerry cellphones and now a range of Android-powered phones.

Bic · 06-30-2010, 08:24 PM

Thanks Amazon. The Kindle for Android works great on the EVO.

05-18-2010, 08:43 AM	#1
Anarel Evangelist Posts: 424 Karma: 61399 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: K1, GKDX, K3	Kindle for Android Coming Soon! They really are trying to reach out and put a Kindle app on everything..... why is it people complain that they can only read their books on a Kindle, again? http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...ocId=165849822 Last edited by Anarel; 05-18-2010 at 08:43 AM. Reason: WTF why is the font of my post so small?

06-29-2010, 10:40 AM	#11
Elton Noway Member Posts: 20 Karma: 542 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Sony Reader PRS-300	Its here... Kindle for Android The Amazon Kindle application is now available for smartphones running Google’s Android. Yesterday Amazon announced the release of a new Kindle reading application, called Kindle for Android, that is available as a free download for phones running Google’s Android software. As with other Kindle applications, users will be able to download books they have started reading on other devices directly to their mobile phones and save their place across other devices using Amazon’s Whispersync system. This new announcement puts Amazon farther ahead of its competitors in offering a read-everywhere experience. For those who do not want to buy a Kindle reading device or don’t want to carry it everywhere, there are Kindle applications for all versions of the Apple iPhone, the iPad, PC and Mac computers, BlackBerry cellphones and now a range of Android-powered phones. Last edited by Elton Noway; 06-29-2010 at 10:42 AM.

06-30-2010, 08:24 PM	#12
Bic Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 2340 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kindle or Sony	Works great on EVO Thanks Amazon. The Kindle for Android works great on the EVO.

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05-18-2010, 09:11 AM	#2
watershawl Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 40 Join Date: May 2010 Device: nook	w00t!

05-18-2010, 09:17 AM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,966 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I can just imagine Kindle for Android loaded onto a nook.

05-18-2010, 10:53 AM	#4
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I just hope that it will work on a large screen not just a phone screen without a hack.

05-18-2010, 02:35 PM	#5
robb01 Connoisseur Posts: 81 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Kindle	glad to hear that

05-18-2010, 04:35 PM	#6
SamuraiXSendai Addict Posts: 229 Karma: 1234 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Earth Device: Kindle 1. Kindle 2. IPAD. KDXG. Kindle 3.Fire	I hate Google but their creation of Android is brilliant. It makes the web, and therefore Google advertising, ubiquitous.

05-19-2010, 02:20 PM	#8
jruschme Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Brick, NJ Device: Kindle WiFi	I'd be a bit dubious, though, of hacking the Kindle app to run on the nook and being able to use the eInk display. More likely, it would want to use the color LCD by default.

05-19-2010, 03:02 PM	#9
grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	Maybe the Alex would be a better device to try this app.

06-28-2010, 05:48 PM	#10
mercado79 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Boston, MA Device: Kindle 2i	The Android Kindle App has arrived! So far so good, though there's no way to read books stored on the device itself. Only books managed via your Kindle account. It looks very nice for a first go though.