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[with Kindle for the Web] iOS users can just point Safari to Amazon’s site, buy the Kindle ebook, and read it right there in Safari. I was also thinking along
by ableal 16y ago
[with Kindle for the Web] iOS users can just point Safari to Amazon’s site, buy the Kindle ebook, and read it right there in Safari.
I was also thinking along those lines. There's the issue of local storage (so that one can read without a network connection), but the HTML5 features on that front will probably be enough.
P.S. the iOS Safari browser neatly allows users to place a webpage link on the home screen. It can have its custom icon, if defined, or default to a snapshot of the page as visible. Also: http://www.apple.com/webapps/ http://www.apple.com/webapps/
- chc 16y agoHTML5 local storage isn't ideal for this. It can only hold five or six ebooks at a time.
- tomkarlo 16y agoThat really seems like an adequate number of books for the large majority (90%+?) of users, esp when you consider that downloading another only takes seconds. Before Kindle, did we complain that you could only carry a half-dozen books in your bag at a time? Not very often.
- chc 16y agoI thought the difficulty of carrying several books around was the Kindle's raison d'etre. I suspect you're right, though.