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Kindle coming to the Android OS

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Okay, now you Android OS fans can claim you have something cool for your phone.

A while back, I wrote about how e-readers were becoming more popular and publishers were moving to take advantage of the market. Then we saw a fight between Sony and Amazon trying to push out their readers faster than one another and any newcomers to the market. Then Amazon went and did something pretty amazing…  They released their Kindle software for iPhones and Blackberrys. A slick move considering I had passed over the e-reader hardware simply because I didn’t want to add another electronic gizmo to my collection. But once the software was available for my Blackberry, well, I was sold. It made my smartphone… smarter.

Recently taking the number two spot in the smartphone arena, phones running the Android OS have become increasingly popular. Amazon took notice of the trend and is now releasing a free version of the Kindle e-reader software for devices running Android OS 1.6 (or higher). This may be a move that will very well solidify their hold on the burgeoning e-book market.

With the new devices that are now available and are coming this summer (HTC Evo, anyone?), Amazon’s move comes just in time to take advantage of the latest and greatest devices.

The new Android Kindle will offer quite a few new features. One of the new features is called Whispersync which will allow you to synchronize your bookmarks, notes, and the last page you read across multiple devices allowing you to transition, for instance, from your Android phone to your home PC quickly. You’ll also be able to browse the Kindle library for new reading material from within the app itself.

Well played, Amazon… Well played.

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Kindnology

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

E-Readers get Gamette Lauren all 'kindled' up!

E-Readers get Gamette Lauren all 'kindled' up!

The Kindle Is Love

Many people may not like electronic devices and certainly not electronic reading devices. After all, who doesn’t love the smell of a book and the sound of the crisp pages as they turn or the heft of the weight of it in your hand? But if you didn’t you wouldn’t be on this particular site reading about game reviews and such! I bought my Kindle back in November 2008 and received it early December 2008. I bought one of the last refurbished units and had expedited shipping, of course. For a techie, expedited shipping is a must!

I had been lurking on amazon.com for a year, partially in lust with the Kindle. When the Kindle clock, as I like to call it, finally started ticking in early November and I just had to, I mean ABSOLUTELY HAD TO HAVE ONE. So I saved up a few paychecks and went to buy a new one, and alas, they were backed up in orders until February. I thought to myself, “How can I wait this long”? Out of nowhere, like magic, some refurbished Kindles popped up on kindle.com so I ordered it without any hesitation. The days before it got here all I could do was think and breathe Kindle. I also lurked the Kindle boards online. Reading others’ happy stories of their lives with their Kindles and all the neat stuff they had for them.
Amazon Kindle E-Reader
Finally, Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 at five something PM that night while I was in the labs at school writing a paper, my Kindle arrived. I squealed in glee when I saw the text from my Mother saying it had arrived. I went home after working and, surprisingly, concentrating on the paper. I came home to a bigger box then I imagined and carefully opened it. Low and behind the Kindle box! I was thinking, “I can now carry my library with me…”. The possibilities for this Tech Geek were endless when it came to reading. No more lugging and shuffling books around on my shelves to make room for that one more special book I would buy and read within a few hours. I charged it immediately upon opening. Also stopping beforehand to take camera phone photos with it and send it to various friends and co-workers. In the process of taking the photos, my Dad gave me some strange looks. It’s okay, he didn’t understand the Kindle goodness of it all just yet.

Two hours passed and I read that I could use it while it was charging and saw the charging light go off. Bingo, now I could have at it! I messed with it on the sofa for a bit and then retired to my room. I carried it everywhere with me for the first few weeks. People stopped and asked me if it was really the Kindle and I showed off the newest member of my family (my Kindle is family, I don’t care what you say!). I even spent more time online than usual, finding books for it because who is loco enough to pay those Amazon prices all the time for every book you want?!?!? I went to such sites as feedbooks.com and the like where classics and other great books are free.

The Kindle is a wonderful device you should not be without. The wireless delivery of newspapers to your Kindle every morning is awesome. You cannot have graphic novels bought off Amazon just yet but you can find them elsewhere and shrink the images down in an image program and then stick them on your Kindle with a little bit of know how. Though, on that level, I prefer the graphic novel to be paper and not Kindle. The screen doesn’t do justice for the novels or manga if you chose to put some on there. You can read pdfs on there but you will need a converter of some sort. I already have read a few books on it and plan to read more. I also found, with much glee, Minesweeper on the Kindle. It doesn’t say anything about Minesweeper in the manual it comes with it. It’s more something you find accidentally or while searching for hidden Kindle goodies via Google under Kindle hacks. In short, check out an Ebook reader and see for yourself the great advantages and features they hold.










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