06-28-2010, 04:41 PM | #1 |
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Kindle for Android is OUT!
Amazon has just released the Kindle for Android (link) app.
Apparently the app will come pre loaded on the Samsung Galaxy Android phone in addition to the Dell Streak. For those with Android devices you can download it from the Android market. =X= Last edited by =X=; 06-28-2010 at 11:31 PM. Reason: Corrected Typo |
06-28-2010, 04:42 PM | #2 |
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Gonna check it out now, thanks for the heads up.
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06-28-2010, 04:56 PM | #3 |
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is there some rule that says they arent allowed to have a download link on their own page if the app is in the market?
Kobo doesnt have their android app for download from the kobo site either. Id like to try these apps on the eken/haleron mids I have but cant because i cant use the market i emailed kobo about it and they said basically "you're correct, its not." |
06-28-2010, 05:06 PM | #4 |
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Well it seems decent enough. Works well in both portrait and landscape, pages turn quickly and all. On first blush at least it doesn't appear you can load your own mobi files though. I tried putting a .mobi file into the kindle folder where downloaded books go and it crashes on startup (also tried renaming the file to .prc just in case). While I get that loading your own stuff isn't probably anything Amazon necessarily wants, it'd be nice if you could.
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06-28-2010, 05:12 PM | #5 |
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Google had made it clear that they do not control nor have any desire to control what apps can be loaded on your phone [1]. They do control the Google Market but do allow other markets to exist. There are many develoeprs/vendors such as Gameloft and such do allow users to directly downloads of their apps.
However some phone vendors like Verizon do not allow users to install apps that are not from the Android Market. [1] Okay there was on big brother incident that happens a few days ago, but for some reason this did not make big news, maybe Google has great PR or maybe folks tend to be more forgiving towards company X vs company Y. :srug: |
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All you have to do is tick the little checkbox to authorize installing non-market apps. |
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06-28-2010, 09:03 PM | #9 | |
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Thanks It's good to know Verizon is not blocking apps. =X= |
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06-28-2010, 09:44 PM | #10 |
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1) Go to Settings and Application Settings. 2) Enable Unknown Sources http://pocketnow.com/how-to/how-to-i...-android-phone According to Kobo during the beta... Quote:
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06-28-2010, 09:54 PM | #12 |
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One question: where should I copy the file to? Just in the root?
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06-28-2010, 10:06 PM | #13 |
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As far as I know AT&T is the only carrier that blocks non market apps from their android phones. For the rest you just have to enable the option for installing non market apps
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06-28-2010, 11:07 PM | #15 |
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Same here. I'm sure I'll occasionally use the Kindle app if I'm reading a book from Amazon and want to sync, but most of my Mobi stuff is not from Amazon. Aldiko is still the number one reading app on my phone.
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