Amazon Releases Kindle for iPhone

Submitted by lalit on March 4, 2009 - 5:32am.

Amazon today released Kindle for iPhone a application that allows Apple iPhone and iPod touch owners to read Kindle books using a simple, easy-to-use interface. You can shop for hundreds of thousands of books at Amazon Kindle Store, and wirelessly transfer the books to your iPhone or iPod touch. Most books are available for $9.99 on the Kindle Store.

Kindle for iPhone has following features:

  • Buy a Kindle book from your Mac, PC, or iPhone using a web browser and wirelessly transfer the books to your iPhone
  • Read first chapter of any book for free before you buy
  • Download the Kindle books you already own for free – they are automatically backed up on Amazon.com
  • Adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and view the annotations you created on your Kindle device

The application also includes Whispersync, which allows you to seamlessly switch back and forth between your Kindle device and Kindle for iPhone while keeping your bookmarks and reading location synchronized between devices. Now you can easily pick up reading right where you left off on your Kindle or iPhone.

This is the best iPhone App from Amazon, it will not only add more functionality to the iPhone, but also increase number of customers for the Kindle store as iPhone and iPod touch has out sold Amazon Kindle by a ratio of at least 20:1. The Kindle for iPhone is Available for free on App Store.