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Amazon Kindle for iPhone

A. Fatih Syuhud — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:24:36 +0000

Amazon Launches iPhone-Optimized Kindle Store

Amazon on Monday launched a version of the Kindle Store optimized for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, the latest indication that the online retailer is taking a multiplatform strategy in selling electronic books.

Amazon has modified the Kindle Store, so people accessing it through the Amazon application for the devices will get an interface tailored for the size and shape of their touch screens. Amazon offers its application for free through Apple’s App store.

Hacker Claims Credit For Amazon’s Gay-Themed Book ‘Glitch’

A. Fatih Syuhud — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:49:47 +0000

Amazon blames book-search glitch on ‘cataloging error’

The disappearance of certain titles quickly led to public uproar. The online retailer says more than 57000 books were affected, including those about gays, lesbians, health and erotica.

Amazon hit with patent suit related to Kindle device

A. Fatih Syuhud — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:25:07 +0000

Discovery sues Amazon over Kindle

Less than a month after delivering the second version of its Kindle ebook reader, Amazon has been hit with an intellectual property lawsuit from Discovery Communications, the company behind the Discovery Channel.

Amazon’s Kindle for iPhone, iPod Touch

A. Fatih Syuhud — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:52:56 +0000

Ok, now if you have iPhone or iPod Touch, you can start buying kindle-formatted books at Amazon.com.

Trying to expand its book sales, Amazon.com Inc. released a free application Wednesday that lets iPhone and iPod Touch users read electronic books purchased at the e-commerce giant’s Kindle online bookstore.

The software performs many of the same functions featured on Amazon’s $359 Kindle 2 reading device released last month, including bookmarking, noting, highlighting and adjusting the font size, the company said.

But the Amazon Kindle for iPhone application lacks the Kindle’s read-aloud feature that garnered controversy.

Some analysts predicts it could “spur demand for some of the 240000 digital titles sold through Amazon’s online bookstore.” I believe it will. Not only that, with that technology now reading the latest and rarest books no longer a monopoly of developed country. Anyone anywhere who got iphone or ipod touch (and internet access) will have an equal opportunity to read as much books as they can get.

Amazing!

Kindle’s New Challenger Brings E-Books to iPhones

A. Fatih Syuhud — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:15:10 +0000

Amazon’s new E Ink-powered Kindle 2 is all the rage right now, but a Canadian bookseller is confident it can give you the same experience on your smartphone, and without the hefty pricetag. more

Amazon Kindle 2

A. Fatih Syuhud — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:30:40 +0000

Amazon’s Kindle is an amazing tools to read book digitally or electronically if you like. It’s very popular in US. But may be a bit foreign to those outside US, not to say Indonesia. Now, Kindle 2 is out.

The younger, slimmer, and smarter sister of Amazon’s (AMZN) sold-out Kindle electronic reader arrived on Feb. 9, at the same $359 price of its older sibling.

As far as I am concerned, I am still more comfortable reading a book in its print version. How about you?

Amazon’s Kindle 2 in Picture