Amazon's Summer Release of Kindle for Android Eagerly Awaited
When the Kindle App finally comes to Android phones this summer (no date is specified as of this writing), many cell phone users will be looking forward to a feature that their iPhone cousins have been enjoying for some time. Many users are chorusing "It's about time."
For some the allure of the Kindle app, which allows users to read books from the vast Kindle store at Amazon.com, seems a bit odd. The screen seems small compared to a real Kindle and the free application doesn't seem worth the trouble if you have to squint, hold the phone two feet from your field of vision or lose a page when a call comes in. Well, this writer has had some experience with Kindle on the small screen and none of those things apply. (Take it from me, I've seen the iPhone in operation, and calls coming in don't affect the app.)
I have the Kindle app on my iPod Touch, which for all intensive purposes functions like an iPhone. It links up with the larger Kindle, keeping you on page with any book you might be reading at home. In my case, it was my spouse's Kindle and he was in Asia. So, I read the entire book on my iPod Touch and even reviewed the book for Blogcritics.org. The screen was clear and it was refreshingly easy to turn pages—just a swipe of the finger. You can adjust font size if the letters are too small (and this will be true on Android versions too). When you leave off reading, it remembers where you were.
Best of all, with a device so small, you always have something to read. Doctors' waiting rooms, long lines at the post office, waiting for the subway, none of these tasks seems irritating anymore. Because you can just whip out your phone and start reading. No more forgetting the novel you were reading, or wishing you had bought the newspaper. You've got a book, and one you like too.
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