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/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:38:49 +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.

]]> By: James Kendrick http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414177 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:25:14 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414177 I believe that cross platform reading is why Amazon adopted those silly page numbers in the first place. Page numbers are only relevant for the screen and settings of one device and aren’t appropriate for multiple devices.

]]> By: John Gibson http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414176 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:46:35 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414176 Don’t blame Amazon, it’s those evil book publishers that impose the limitations. Sometimes for good reasons – i.e. there may be a different rights holder for the same book in other countries.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414175 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:46:27 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414175 It is a shame that these services are U.S.-centric and I hope that Amazon starts expanding across borders soon. My first impressions (solely from watching the video) are that for now, other eBook software titles offer more customization, which could lead to a better reading experience. However, Amazon can easily address any functionality gaps with hardware software updates.

In the end, it’s all about content and Amazon exceeds all others there in terms of current / recent title as well as breadth and depth. I definitely like how the original Kindle owners haven’t been left in the cold on this as well. Now, if only Amazon could fix those silly page “location” numbers! :) I guess page numbers become somewhat irrelevant with synchronization, but still!

]]> By: Cptnodegard http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414174 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:26:46 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414174 Frankly, Amazon can go f$!@ themselves. No matter what they do it’s US only – video downloads, amazon MP3, and now this. It’s getting extremely tiresome and it seems they don’t grasp the concept that the US isn’t the world. Thank god for services like ereader.com and audible.com that aren’t internationally incompetent.

Editited by staff.

]]> By: David Hughes http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414173 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:25:52 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414173 American companies continuing UScentrism in a globalalised community and world wide web constantly amazes and dissapoint sme.

]]> By: Art Kavanagh http://gigaom.com/mobile/kindle-for-iphone-out-read-kindle-ebooks-on-your-phone/#comment-414172 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:08:30 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=31052#comment-414172 “The item you’ve requested is not currently available in the UK store.”

Now, there’s a surprise!

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