Amazon Kindle DX Review

Amazon has outdone itself again. Just within days of launching the kindle 2, Amazon also released its new kindle iPhone app and sent iPhone users scrambling to download the free app and trying it out. The verdict? iPhone owners have been impressed enough that many of them have jumped on the kindle bandwagon and have purchased one themselves.

How exactly does this kindle iPhone app work? For starters, it's like having an postponement of your Kindle with you wherever you go. If you're one of those who think that reading the Kindle even while waiting in lines or taking subway rides is a bit overdoing it, then the iPhone app is the answer to your reading dilemma. Take the iPhone with you everywhere and take advantage of short bursts of reading your Kindle books whenever you have some free time.

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Applicable for both the iPhone and iPod touch, the Kindle for iPhone app has even taken the endeavor to make reading from the iPhone a pleasant experience. Given that the iPhone is a contract device, the readability is still great with 5 font sizes to choose from. Plus, going through pages is authentically done with just a mere swipe of the screen right to left, or back. For bookmarking pages, finding the table of contents, going to the starting or a exact location, and finding at the image cover, a consolidate of taps is all it takes as well.

Accessing all your Kindle books even without the Kindle nearby is also inherent with the Kindle iPhone app. Just log-in to your Amazon account and download any of your books stored there right to your iPhone. Even better, you can continue to read right where you left off from whether device, thanks to Kindle's Whispersync technology. Make sure to sync your Amazon Kindle or iPhone before leaving and whether one of them will automatically go to the last page read when you resume reading.

Another great thing about the Kindle iPhone app is that it gives the reader a full-color version of the images from its Lcd screen, as opposed to the Kindle's shades of gray. What it cannot do however, is constantly replace the Kindle as the choice reading device. While the iPhone acts as a excellent foil to the Kindle, the latter's e-paper technology, wide screen, and superior readability is still the best expedient for hours of nonstop reading.

However inviting the new Kindle for iPhone may be, it still has a few downsides. First, buying books from Amazon or even just browsing available titles directly through the app is not yet possible. Moreover, the Kindle iPhone app is currently exclusive for ebooks and not for newspapers and magazines as yet. And one more thing, the dictionary highlight is not available yet on the Kindle for iPhone app. These are minor drawbacks though, and with the way things are going with the Kindle, these features are authentically not far off.

Recommend : Buy Kindle DX