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« Reply #50 on: March 04, 2009, 09:17:03 AM » |
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Yes it is available for the ITouch
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« Reply #51 on: March 04, 2009, 09:17:32 AM » |
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I wonder if the iTouch has this new Kindle app, too. I don't have an iTouch, but DD does. I'll have to ask her.
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« Reply #52 on: March 04, 2009, 09:29:32 AM » |
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I hope they do this for blackberry too.
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« Reply #53 on: March 04, 2009, 09:29:38 AM » |
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Uh oh, unless I am missing something, it looks like this version will only work for Amazon kbooks. Did anyone see a way to d/l other forms of ebooks and keep in sync?
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« Reply #54 on: March 04, 2009, 09:31:07 AM » |
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Uh oh, unless I am missing something, it looks like this version will only work for Amazon kbooks. Did anyone see a way to d/l other forms of ebooks and keep in sync?
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« Reply #55 on: March 04, 2009, 09:39:12 AM » |
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This is for Amazon Kindle books. The App store has several different apps for different ebooks. Ereader is one..
Maybe in a future version. I tried Stanza, but had to step up to a Kindle. Old eyes. This app; Amazons, doesn't go horizontal either, something else to add. And I prefer the tap to turn pages, rather than the sweep. I'll email them with my suggestions. |
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« Reply #56 on: March 04, 2009, 10:06:13 AM » |
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The iPhones/iTouchs don't have Kindle email addresses, so it would be difficult (if not impossible) to send something for conversion.
My understanding, from reading the reviews, is that non-Kindle owners who down load the application will have to establish a Kindle account. This will give them a Kindle email address. This makes sense because they will need a Kindle account to store their books. |
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« Reply #57 on: March 04, 2009, 10:12:17 AM » |
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will it sync with just the Kindle 2? or the Kindle 1 as well?
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« Reply #58 on: March 04, 2009, 10:12:45 AM » |
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ProfCrash, I'm looking at the Manage Your Kindle screen and they do not assign an email address. I have both a Kindle and an iPhone registered. Kindle 2 has an email address, and iPhone is in an entirely different subsection without the ability to add or edit an email address.
I'm not sure if someone can learn where the Kindle files are stored on an iPhone and try to upload a manually converted file to the proper place. But it would be a lot of trouble.
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« Reply #59 on: March 04, 2009, 10:14:23 AM » |
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« Reply #60 on: March 04, 2009, 10:16:12 AM » |
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As I understand it, you will only be able to read Kindle books with this App. It does not support converted documents, newspaper, blog, or magazine subscripitons.
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« Reply #61 on: March 04, 2009, 10:23:17 AM » |
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So maybe some of the non readers owning a Iphone or Touch will try it out and discover they might actually like reading books. Then maybe they go out and buy a Kindle  . Smart move Amazon. |
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« Reply #62 on: March 04, 2009, 10:41:58 AM » |
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Your Kindle 2 email address is the address for your IPhone. It will sync between the two. You should be able to download documents you send to your K2 to your IPhone.
You get a different address if you do not synch your IPhone to your existing account.
Again, this is based on the reviews I have read. I saw a review by an Kindless individual who downloaded the Application, entered his/her Amazon account info, and had a Kindle Page created for them, complete with email.
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« Reply #63 on: March 04, 2009, 10:47:00 AM » |
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It figures that this app would come out right after my iPhone stops working.  I'll have to wait until this weekend, after I get a replacement to play around with this app. I don't know if I would use this a lot. I see myself using it only if I'm without my Kindle -- which is very rare. My DH might use it. He's not a big reader, so it doesn't make sense for him to get a Kindle. |
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« Reply #64 on: March 04, 2009, 10:50:41 AM » |
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Your Kindle 2 email address is the address for your IPhone. It will sync between the two. You should be able to download documents you send to your K2 to your IPhone.
You get a different address if you do not synch your IPhone to your existing account.
Again, this is based on the reviews I have read. I saw a review by an Kindless individual who downloaded the Application, entered his/her Amazon account info, and had a Kindle Page created for them, complete with email.
From Amazon’s FAQ page for Kindle for iPhone: The entire selection of books available for reading on Amazon Kindle can also be read on Kindle for iPhone. You can also download free book samples from the Kindle store and read the first chapter of a book before you decide to buy. Periodicals such as newspapers, magazines, and blogs, and personal documents cannot be viewed on Kindle for iPhone. |
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« Reply #65 on: March 04, 2009, 11:50:45 AM » |
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From Amazon’s FAQ page for Kindle for iPhone:
The entire selection of books available for reading on Amazon Kindle can also be read on Kindle for iPhone. You can also download free book samples from the Kindle store and read the first chapter of a book before you decide to buy.
Periodicals such as newspapers, magazines, and blogs, and personal documents cannot be viewed on Kindle for iPhone.
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« Reply #66 on: March 04, 2009, 11:52:47 AM » |
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It figures that this app would come out right after my iPhone stops working. I'll have to wait until this weekend, after I get a replacement to play around with this app. I don't know if I would use this a lot. I see myself using it only if I'm without my Kindle -- which is very rare. My DH might use it. He's not a big reader, so it doesn't make sense for him to get a Kindle. Ah yes, the lady with the leaky water bottle.  Tell him to stay away from kbooks you are reading!! Or you will have to turn off sync. |
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« Reply #67 on: March 04, 2009, 12:25:38 PM » |
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You can always read public domain books on Stanza which is an iPhone or Touch app. Stanza is also a free app. I don't think it is as elegant as the Kindle app, however.
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Ah yes, the lady with the leaky water bottle. Tell him to stay away from kbooks you are reading!! Or you will have to turn off sync.  Is that a euphemism for overactive bladder? |
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« Reply #70 on: March 04, 2009, 01:29:04 PM » |
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You can always read public domain books on Stanza which is an iPhone or Touch app. Stanza is also a free app. I don't think it is as elegant as the Kindle app, however.
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« Reply #71 on: March 04, 2009, 02:18:12 PM » |
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I saw a great question on another board that so far, no one has answered (I'm too lazy to Google myself and haven't checked w/ Amazon).
Does the iPhone count as one of the 6 devices we are allowed per account?
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« Reply #72 on: March 04, 2009, 02:32:18 PM » |
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According to what I read yes it counts as one of the 6 devices that can be on the same account.
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« Reply #73 on: March 04, 2009, 03:17:11 PM » |
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I've read the answer is: "Yes" as well
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« Reply #74 on: March 04, 2009, 03:20:33 PM » |
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I've read that you can have more that six K reading devices on one account. You can only d/l a kbook to six of them. And there was a post this weekend saying that the six d/l count is not true on all kbooks.
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