Taking On IPhone Is Kindle For Android – Is Android Tablet Next?
It was announced by Amazon that Kindle is going Android. Amazon is teaming up with Google to give the iPhone a run for its money in e-reader functionality. The Kindle is already being offered by Amazon on BlackBerry devices, Mac OS X, Windows, the iPad, and on the iPhone. Android already sells Amazon music and streaming movies with built-in apps. Except that it took so long to happen, Kindle on the Android isn’t any kind of surprise. Some say an Android tablet could be next.
Article Source: Kindle for Android takes on iPhone – Is Android tablet next
Android Kindle downloads
On Kindle for Android, downloads are a key advantage over Kindle on the iPhone. Fortune reports that Google’s Android environment, as open as quick payday loans compared to Apple’s community, allows continuous Kindle for Android downloads. Amazon built its Kindle bookstore seamlessly into Android. Kindle books can be read on iPhone just fine, but when users want to buy an Amazon book for their iPhone, they need to leave Kindle, open the web browser, then buy the book with an Amazon account. Only then is the purchase transferred wirelessly to the iPhone.
Kindle on the iPhone
Apple requires people to get out of an app to purchase because in app purchases are only allowed in iPhone from Apple. Amazon could sell e-books in Kindle for iPhone, but Apple takes a 30 percent cut. Android let Amazon build a storefront right inside Kindle for the Android, so Amazon can sell products directly in the product, without Android users leaving Kindle, and without Google taking a cut.
Features of the Android Kindle
Kindle for Android can be used on Droid Incredible, Google Nexus One, Motorola CLIQ, Motorola Droid, HTC MyTouch, and most other Android phones. Optimized for the Android phone with wireless delivery, users can buy e-books from the kindle store. The beginnings of books are there to try for free before buying. Kindle magazines, blogs, and newspapers won’t be available.
Is an Android tablet next?
Beginning May 19, the Kindle for Android announcement precedes the Google I/O conference. Clint Boulton at eWeek reports that most of the buzz leading up to the event centers completely on Android. One thing certain to launch at Google I/O is Android 2.2 which will give Kindle for Android a speed increase from previous operating systems. Google officials also want to talk about Android based tablets. Verizon actually confirmed that they are working with Google on Android based tablets.
Additional information at these websites
Fortune reports
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/05/18/kindle-android-app-goes-beyond-iphone
Clint Boulton at eWeek reports
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Android-22-Google-TV-Expected-at-Google-IO-This-Week-819819/
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