| Amazon has outdone itself again. Just within days of | | | | download any of your books stored there straight to |
| launching the Kindle 2, Amazon also released its new | | | | your iPhone. Even better, you can continue to read |
| Kindle iPhone app and sent iPhone users scrambling to | | | | right where you left off from either device, thanks |
| download the free app and trying it out. The verdict? | | | | to Kindle's Whispersync technology. Make sure to |
| iPhone owners have been impressed enough that | | | | sync your Amazon Kindle or iPhone before leaving |
| many of them have jumped on the Kindle | | | | and either one of them will automatically go to the |
| bandwagon and have purchased one themselves. | | | | last page read when you resume reading. |
| How exactly does this Kindle iPhone app work? For | | | | Another great thing about the Kindle iPhone app is |
| starters, it's like having an extension of your Kindle | | | | that it gives the reader a full-color version of the |
| with you wherever you go. If you're one of those | | | | images from its LCD screen, as opposed to the |
| who think that reading the Kindle even while waiting | | | | Kindle's shades of gray. What it cannot do however, |
| in lines or taking subway rides is a bit overdoing it, | | | | is permanently replace the Kindle as the choice |
| then the iPhone app is the answer to your reading | | | | reading device. While the iPhone acts as a perfect foil |
| dilemma. Take the iPhone with you anywhere and | | | | to the Kindle, the latter's e-paper technology, wide |
| take advantage of short bursts of reading your | | | | screen, and superior readability is still the best device |
| Kindle books whenever you have some free time. | | | | for hours of nonstop reading. |
| Applicable for both the iPhone and iPod touch, the | | | | However exciting the new Kindle for iPhone may be, |
| Kindle for iPhone app has even taken the effort to | | | | it still has a few downsides. First, buying books from |
| make reading from the iPhone a pleasant experience. | | | | Amazon or even just browsing available titles directly |
| Given that the iPhone is a compact device, the | | | | through the app is not yet possible. Moreover, the |
| readability is still great with 5 font sizes to choose | | | | Kindle iPhone app is currently exclusive for ebooks |
| from. Plus, going through pages is easily done with | | | | and not for newspapers and magazines as yet. And |
| just a mere swipe of the screen right to left, or | | | | one more thing, the dictionary feature is not available |
| back. For bookmarking pages, finding the table of | | | | yet on the Kindle for iPhone app. These are minor |
| contents, going to the beginning or a specific location, | | | | drawbacks though, and with the way things are |
| and looking at the image cover, a couple of taps is all | | | | going with the Kindle, these features are surely not |
| it takes as well. | | | | far off. |
| Accessing all your Kindle books even without the | | | | See the Kindle iPhone App in action and then be sure |
| Kindle around is also possible with the Kindle iPhone | | | | to read the full Amazon Kindle 2.0 review here. |
| app. Just log-in to your Amazon account and | | | | |