The Archives
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03.05.10The verdict on the Blackberry Kindle app: needs a large screen to be of much useNow that the Kindle for Blackberry app has been out for a few weeks, it's been reviewed all over the web. I don't have a Blackberry so I've had to sit this one out, but the summary from elsewhere seems to be: It provides syncing across devices so you'll always be at the most recent spot in your book. As with the iPhone app, it won't display magazine subscriptions or blogs--you can only read books. It says U.S. only but you can download it from elsewhere (or at least from the U.K.). You can buy ebooks directly from the app if you're in the ...
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03.04.10Why you can’t shop within the Kindle iPhone appThe next time you go to buy a Kindle book on your iPhone and get frustrated that it has to close the app and open the browser to go to Amazon, blame Apple. Or blame Amazon--it's really a business decision by both of them not to cooperate with the other too much. Business Insider reported last month that when the original Kindle iPhone app was submitted last year for approval, it had in-app purchasing functionality the way you'd expect. Apple requested that Amazon remove it before approval, though. Before you blame Apple too much, note that Apple demands a 30 percent ...
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11.17.09How to save excerpts from Kindle ebooks using your iPhoneEarlier tonight I figured out how to use my iPhone and a couple of free online services to take notes while reading, and then I realized that it was exactly the sort of thing Kindle readers with iPhones could take advantage of. Why? Because the iPhone Kindle app doesn't let you make annotations, or highlight sections, or save passages for later review. My solution isn't perfect, but it will at least help you save pages of text so that you can turn them into useful notes later. I imagine students and writers in particular will find it helpful. Two notes: 1. Pixelpipe ...
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