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I recently sold my Kindle DX because I planned to get an iPad and I was sad that I couldn't read all the Amazon eBooks I bought. The first time I saw this head

by kloncks 17y ago

I recently sold my Kindle DX because I planned to get an iPad and I was sad that I couldn't read all the Amazon eBooks I bought. The first time I saw this headline, my reaction was: "Great! Yes! This is what I've been waiting for. Now I can just read those items." After downloading it, I am so deeply disappointed. This app is so horrible, I would question why they released it. There's no highlighting, note taking, searching, nothing. I question how Amazon thinks it can seriously compete with Apple & iBooks when they release things like these. Ugh.

silencio 17y ago
To be fair, the Kindle iPhone app is reasonably decent for reading. I can only hope the same person?/group? that worked on the iPhone app will also work on the iPad app, so they'll still be somewhat of a competitor. Especially since Amazon does sell a lot of books :p The Mac OS X app is just an utter disappointment, and I ended up deleting it right after running it for the first time. Wonder why they even bothered?
- kloncks 17y ago
  Completely agree. The question now is whether Apple will approve an iPad Kindle app or not.
  - silencio 17y ago
    I don't see why not, unless Amazon attempts to blatantly sell books in the app, instead of just linking you to the Amazon website like in the iPhone app. And even then, I doubt it. No doubt Apple will make the whole book buying/reading process seamless, and make the interface appealing enough for people to want to buy books from them instead of from Amazon. I don't know many people who use the Kindle app on iPhone as their only Kindle, so to speak, while I do know lots of Kindle owners that use the Kindle app for when they don't have their Kindle around. Lastly, given that Kindle books are mostly text and b&w images (lowest common denominator I suppose), I can't imagine Apple could feel threatened, as the iPad is larger, has a color display, and has a far larger potential for doing more interactive/immersive content, e.g. for education, no matter what Amazon tries to do.
demallien 17y ago
It's comments like this that make me wonder about the wisdom of "Release early, release often". It's seems relatively clear that Amazon will address the glaring deficiencies of the app as it currently stands, but meanwhile, they're copping an absolute beating over it...

by kloncks 17y ago

silencio 17y ago

To be fair, the Kindle iPhone app is reasonably decent for reading. I can only hope the same person?/group? that worked on the iPhone app will also work on the iPad app, so they'll still be somewhat of a competitor. Especially since Amazon does sell a lot of books :p The Mac OS X app is just an utter disappointment, and I ended up deleting it right after running it for the first time. Wonder why they even bothered?

kloncks 17y ago
Completely agree. The question now is whether Apple will approve an iPad Kindle app or not.
- silencio 17y ago
  I don't see why not, unless Amazon attempts to blatantly sell books in the app, instead of just linking you to the Amazon website like in the iPhone app. And even then, I doubt it. No doubt Apple will make the whole book buying/reading process seamless, and make the interface appealing enough for people to want to buy books from them instead of from Amazon. I don't know many people who use the Kindle app on iPhone as their only Kindle, so to speak, while I do know lots of Kindle owners that use the Kindle app for when they don't have their Kindle around. Lastly, given that Kindle books are mostly text and b&w images (lowest common denominator I suppose), I can't imagine Apple could feel threatened, as the iPad is larger, has a color display, and has a far larger potential for doing more interactive/immersive content, e.g. for education, no matter what Amazon tries to do.

demallien 17y ago

It's comments like this that make me wonder about the wisdom of "Release early, release often". It's seems relatively clear that Amazon will address the glaring deficiencies of the app as it currently stands, but meanwhile, they're copping an absolute beating over it...