Amazon Launches Kindle app for iPhone and iPod Touch devices

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Great news for iPhone and iPod touch device owners, now you can download and view Amazon Kindle books on your handheld device just like on the Kindle, but without the added cost of buying one.

Amazon has just released a new app that can be downloaded from the Apple App Store for free. This e-book reader will allow you to view and purchase Amazon Kindle books. There are currently over 240,000 Kindle books available in the company library. The other plus side to this is if the books have color in them you will be able to see it on your i-device as oppossed to seeing it in select shades of grey on the Kindle unit. Also, the app comes with a sync application that will keep track of where you were reading and book mark it so you can come back to the same place at a future time.

It even gets better, say you have a Kindle and an i-device, well this app also features something called whispersync, which goes and syncs with the amazon server and then lets you book mark the place on the i-device then use your Kindle to finish off from where you stopped previously or vica versa, giving you a digital bookmark for your reading pleasure. There is one thing you should be aware of this free app does not include the Text-to-Speech option that is available on the Kindle.

Stock shares at Amazon were up 2% early this morning giving Amazon stock a price of $62.91.

Not to bad of a free app. With all the assorted different kinds of books available, even 104 out of the 112 New York Times Bestsellers, everyone can find something to read on their i-device. I currently don't have a Kindle myself, but i am still considering getting one because i think its the right time now with the Kindle 2 unit.

What Does Kindle Really Do for iPhone? (PCworld)
UPDATE: Amazon Launches Kindle App For iPhone (money CNN)
Free iPhone Kindle App Lets You Read All About It (Channel Web)

New Amazon Kindle 2.0 being released Feb 9th

(image and location hint from CrunchGrear)
The word is in the digital grape vine. The Amazon Kindle 2.0 is being released on February 9th at a secret location (Morgan Library & Museum) in Mid-town Manhattan. Word is that the unit is thinner and the screen is larger, with some of the annoying little issues from the previous release fixed like accidental page turning.

I have been waiting to get a Kindle this might be the time with the new release depending on the cost for the unit and what little goodies will be offered too. On my way to work in the city I have been noticing more and more people with the Kindles on the train. I've spoke with a few of them and everyone seems to just love it. The only bad thing I've been told is that you need light to view it. If you are in the dark somewhere you are out of luck. For some odd reason i thought there would be some back lit option for low light or dark reading. Who knows maybe in the new release they will have fixed this issue.

New Amazon Kindle 2 coming February 9th (cnet news)

Amazon press conference on 2/9: I can haz Kindle too? (crunch gear)

Kindle 2.0 Coming February 9?(silicon alley insider)