Comments on: Kindle for iPhone Gallery

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:47:00 +0000

I disagree with the earlier post that people will return their Kindle’s because Amazon launched an iphone app. The reading experience is completely different on a Kindle versus a mobile device. Also.. reading on your iphone will kill your battery… I do think it is weird that you can’t read periodicals/newspapers though. If I were going to use my iphone for Kindle content…it would be for the daily news…not for a book.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:13:12 +0000

If you’re looking for free e-Books to test the iPhone Kindle app: http://tr.im/freekindlebooks

Shows e-Books sorted ‘price: low to high’. Displays old, public-domain titles for testing. Adjust accordingly for current books.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:02:12 +0000

Just an FYI to everyone. There is ONLY support for book on the iPhone. NO periodicals. When you try and buy a magazine, it says that you do not ahve a Kindle device associalted with this account. I spoke to tech support (since I KNOW i registered my Amazon account on my iPhone) and they told me that they currestly support books only. I have not bought a book yet, but I am sure others have.

So, no magazines or newspapers.

By: thekevinmonster

thekevinmonster — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:42:38 +0000

@KevinoMan: iPhone Browser does not allow you to access the non-media parts of the iPhone if you are not jailbroken.

I keep seeing people write this various places on the internet, but it is just not true. The non-media area of the iPhone is access denied unless you're jailbroken; that's what jailbreaking DOES to your iPhone, it removes the restrictions Apple puts in place.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:36:01 +0000

Found the problem. Before you close the app you need to tap it, which will display the location and other options. You can then just close it. If you close it while in page reading mode it won’t remember were you were.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:34:15 +0000

on the iphone when I open the app back it does not go to the furthest read page. Anybody else have that problem.

By: KevinoMan

KevinoMan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:56:33 +0000

You can create and transfer your OWN book to the app. Just use "Auto Kindle" (Google it) to convert to the Kindle .mobi format, then transfer to your iPhone with the "iPhone Browser" app (no jailbreak required). You need to find the folder that Kindle is installed in under "var/mobile/applications" (you will have to look around for it. Put the .mobi book in the "Documents/ebooks" folder, and you are ready to go.

Happy Reading

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:16:20 +0000

Missing my newspaper subscriptions. I forgot my Kindle 2 at home today, so I figured I could read the newspaper on my iPhone with the Kindle App. Nope, missing.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:08:24 +0000

Does anyone know if text to speech works on the iPhone? This would be a perfect solution when running on the treadmill while trying to catch up on reading material.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:30:32 +0000

iTunes link was in the previous post, edited to include it and a link back.

The iPhone optimizer and the gallery view aren't working nicely together, apologies and yep, we're working on a better solution.

By: Matt_wood87

Matt_wood87 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:20:33 +0000

As muero said, it would he nice to see all the images displayed correctly on the iPhone version of this website.

By: Roland Dobbins

Roland Dobbins — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:40:57 +0000

No landscape mode, darn it!

By: Roland Dobbins

Roland Dobbins — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:38:50 +0000

You can buy Kindle books directly on the iPhone by using the existing Amazon iPhone app, then go to the Kindle Reader app and tell it to download them.

I'm downloading books right now. I hope it supports landscape mode.

By: Muero

Muero — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:30:10 +0000

I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s still a problem: Image galleries get broken on the “iPhone View” of TIPB. Why can’t a website dedicated to iPhones get their site to display correctly on one?

By: kilsey

kilsey — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:20:30 +0000

@wajeremy I tried using the Amazon Mobile app to buy a book and found it only let me add it to my Wishlist. You can however purchase books through Mobile Safari on the iPhone. A little convoluted, but it works.

I'm willing to bet if you could purchase in the Kindle app, Apple would have denied it...

By: wajeremy

wajeremy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:16:56 +0000

Just saw in endgadget comments, apparently you can buy Kindle books on the Amazon store iPhone app too. That seems a lot easier.

By: kilsey

kilsey — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:15:57 +0000

Not sure if they’ll let this paste:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=297606954

(pulls up both Amazon Mobile and Kindle apps)

By: macguy

macguy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:13:56 +0000

Um, how about posting a link to the application there? Doesn’t seem such an unreasonable request, now does it? Seems amateurish, or devishly smart… wouldn’t want us wandering off the page now would you?

By: kilsey

kilsey — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:07:01 +0000

(30-day return period since the launch of the kindle 2, naturally)

By: kilsey

kilsey — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:06:27 +0000

Launching this within the 30-day return period means potential RMA hassles for Amazon. Oops.

By: 24smart

24smart — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:53:54 +0000

I gotta hand it to you, I can’t figure out how Amazon could silently launch the iPhone App, maybe we’re just hours away from the new digital revolution. The applause is yours!

By: iAirmanshirk

iAirmanshirk — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:39:23 +0000

Whoo hooo engadget linked to you guys hahah. Is there a reason to even buy a kindle now? Iphone has been an e-book reader since day one

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:24:29 +0000

Thanks Dieter! Holds up better on a smaller screen than I thought it would. Any idea yet if illustrations in books will be color on the iPhone, or limited to the Kindle gray scale?