Comments on: Kindle for iPhone out- read Kindle ebooks on your phone http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/ Sun, 27 May 2012 04:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chris K. http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414188 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:42:24 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414188 Yes, yes, let’s blame Amazon and the US. I’m sure it’s also a horrible US-centric attitude that blocks that evil BBC video content from streaming to US IP addresses.

It couldn’t *possibly* be a bull-headed rights issue on behalf of almost every country on the globe, so let’s go ahead and blame the biggest country that we can reasonably target!

I have just as much trouble obtaining digital content from the UK as UK citizens do for US content. It’s just as difficult for books, except that rights management is harder to enforce when it is reduced to a person vacationing in London and bringing back a couple of books and CDs.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414187 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:15:24 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414187 Amazon’s official press release mentions books but doesn’t say anything about other content formats.

]]> By: user http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414186 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:04:00 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414186 really? does it say that it only does books anywhere? thats a shame, the newspaper is what i really want.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414185 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:59:28 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414185 I believe this first version supports books only.

]]> By: user http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414184 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:58:27 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414184 anyone having a problem getting anything other thn books? books work ok but it wont recognize i have an iphone for magazines, blogs, newspapers…

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414183 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:01:28 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414183 Yes! I want Amazon to replace everyone’s hardware each time there’s a firmware update! ;) OK, just kidding… thanks for the catch. :)

]]> By: Oliver http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414181 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:37:07 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414181 Hardware updates?

]]> By: Oliver http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414180 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:35:50 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414180 Well, it’s not all one-sided. I recently stumbled over a site (Zattoo) that offers all kinds of TV channels via streaming video. Sadly, even though they have an office in the US, they block US users (I assume they only have licenses or legal loopholes covering Europe).

]]> By: tal http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414179 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:40:11 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414179 As moving to Canada in a few weeks – does Amazon provide its services in Canada as well? or is the US the sole country on their north American geography?

]]> By: Stephen Feger http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414178 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:34:43 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414178 I saw this mentioned on Engadget just after midnight and immediately downloaded it. I had recently purchased the Kindle (1st gen) on eBay and although I really liked it, I didn’t see myself using it enough, so I went and sold it (at a profit!). But I still missed it. I think the linkage to Amazon is fantastic and the content simply cannot be beat.

Sure enough, within a few brief moments (literally less than a minute), I had the application and my previously purchased content on my iPod Touch. This is fantastic.

I will say though that I agree with comments I have seen elsewhere. This is not going to cannibalize Kindle sales all that much. Reading on the Kindle is a joy. Reading on an iPod Touch is really good, but it’s not the same. Most people will probably read 30 minutes at a time. Battery life will be an issue. the smaller viewing area will be an issue as well.

But for now, I couldn’t be more pleased.

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