Amazon opening up to third-party applications for Kindle

Another good news from Kindle’s Amazon especially for developers.

Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Thursday announced that it will release a software development kit to allow third-party developers to create applications for its Kindle e-book reader device.

The Kindle Development Kit will be offered in limited beta beginning next month.

The company said that developer Handmark is building a Zagat guide application for the Kindle, while Sonic Boom is building word games and puzzles; Electronic Arts is also developing games for the Kindle.

Amazon Kindle for iPhone

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.

Amazon hit with patent suit related to Kindle device

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

What’s a good news. Meaning if you have iPhone, you don’t need to buy Kindle to read a kindle-formatted books. Just can’t wait to have an iPhone:

Amazon.com released Kindle for iPhone late Tuesday night, providing iPhone users with the ability to read more than 240000 Kindle-formatted books from Amazon’s e-book library.

Amazon Kindle 2

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