Kindlerama » application http://kindlerama.com Tips, tricks and cool stuff for your Amazon Kindle Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:28:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The verdict on the Blackberry Kindle app: needs a large screen to be of much use http://kindlerama.com/the-verdict-on-the-blackberry-kindle-app-needs-a-large-screen-to-be-of-much-use http://kindlerama.com/the-verdict-on-the-blackberry-kindle-app-needs-a-large-screen-to-be-of-much-use#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:03:22 +0000 Chris Walters http://kindlerama.com/?p=1071 Now 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 U.S.–this is a better feature than what the iPhone version offers.
  • Trying to turn pages with a trackball is risky–it’s more accurate to use the space key (or shift+space to go back a page).
  • Reading for very long on the Blackberry’s small screen is annoying; this app is best suited for models like the Storm that have bigger, iPhone-like screens.

    • You can’t find the app on Blackberry’s App World, so if you want to try it out you need to make sure it will work on your phone and then head over to Amazon to download it.

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    “Hands On: Kindle for BlackBerry” [PCMag.com]
    “Amazon Kindle for Blackberry review” [Electric Pig]

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