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Amazon Prepping Kindle Apps for Tablet Computers no comments
Amazon has a page announcing Kindle Apps for Tablets though it is not ready
to download yet.
Some of the features Amazon mentions:
- Adjustable background color and font size.
- Adjust screen brightness from within the app.
- Page turning animation (you can turn this off if you so choose).
- Uses Whispersync to sync with your other Kindle apps or Kindle ereader.
The picture to the right is the library display of the new app, where your books will be displayed. The New York Times reports that the sun’s position in the image changes according to the time of day.
Amazon says that the app will be for the iPad as well as other tablets, but it remains to be seen whether Apple will actually allow that to happen.
The Kindle for Tablets app is quite important. The iPad is going to have a lot of competition – a lot of which will be better featured and competitively priced. Something like the Notion Ink Adam with this Kindle app will be much more appealing to me than the iPad.
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Kindle for Mac Released no comments
Amazon has just announced the release of the promised Kindle for Mac
From Amazon’s press release:
With Kindle for Mac, readers can take advantage of the following features:
- Purchase, download, and read hundreds of thousands of books available in the Kindle Store
- Access their library of previously purchased Kindle books stored on Amazon’s servers for free
- Choose from 10 different font sizes and adjust words per line
- Add and automatically synchronize bookmarks and last page read
- View notes and highlights marked on Kindle, Kindle DX, and Kindle for iPhone
- Read books in full color including children’s books, cookbooks, travel books and textbooks
Several features will be added to the Kindle for Mac app in the near future, including full text search and the ability to create and edit notes and highlights. Kindle for Mac is available to customers around the world as a free download.
