Amazon Kindle for Android Released
Kindle e-book reader software for Android devices
Yesterday, Amazon released its highly anticipated Kindle e-book reader software for Android devices, which gives Google’s smartphone and MID operating system immediate legitimacy as an e-Reading platform. The Kindle for Android software, once downloaded from the Android Market, has a very similar look and feel to the iPad/iPhone version, with a cool blue home screen.
First-time users of the software will need to log in to an Amazon.com account, after which point the user’s authorized content library is automatically synced to the device’s “Archived Items” section.
If content has been purchased, the “Archived items” section will display the covers and titles of the books that have been previously purchased, and clicking on each title will sync the content directly to the device and then open that book for viewing.
Content is purchased with the same UI as the iPhone version, using an optimized mobile browser version of the Amazon Kindle store. I found it curious that this mobile optimized store was usable on iPhone and Android, but not on an iPad, which shows the full Amazon.com website.
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