News · 28 Jun 2010 · MTW Editorial Team
The Kindle application for Android was announced a little bit more than a month ago and today Amazon is proud to deliver the goodies. The Kindle application is now available on the Android Market. I’ll re-post all the application’s features after the break but note that it requires Android 1.6+ to work so grab the last ROM for you device before attempting to download it. The recently announced Samsung Vibrant will have it pre-loaded:
Read Kindle books on your Android phone
– Get the best reading experience available on your Android phone. No Kindle required
– Access your Kindle books even if you don’t have your Kindle with you
– Automatically synchronizes your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync
– Adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and view the annotations you created on your Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible device
– Read in portrait or landscape mode
– Tap on either side of the screen or flick to turn pagesShop for books in the Kindle Store optimized for your Android phone
– Buy a book from the Kindle Store optimized for your Android phone and get it auto-delivered wirelessly
– Search and browse more than 500,000 books, including more than 96 of 110 New York Times bestsellers. If you are a non-U.S. customer, book availability may vary
– Find New York Times® Best Sellers and new releases from $9.99
– Get free book samples. Read the beginning of books for free before you decide to buy
– Books you purchase can also be read on a Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible mobile devices
– Kindle newspapers, magazines and blogs are currently not available on Kindle for AndroidTechnical Details
– Requires Android OS 1.6 or greater
– Requires an SD card
– Supports Droid Incredible, Google Nexus One, HTC MyTouch, Motorola CLIQ, Motorola Droid, and many more Android phones
Source: Amazon
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