So Basic It May As W...
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Why do I have electric books? Unfortunately, I have no good answer to that question other than: It's cool and it's OCCASIONALLY convenient (about as occasionally I make BM's). And these kindle-makers need to know that the electric word is inferior, that many a bookish man actually likes a book--a book with paper and ink and perhaps a nice dictionary too. But anyway, what I'm saying here is, Kindle baby, you gotta sweeten this deal. Gimme a SEARCH option. Gimme the option to read my book on ANY expensive electric device I own (e.g. my laptop, not just my phone). And PLEASE gimme the ability to figure out which page in the print edition corresponds to the position I am at in the Kindle version.
Good But Also Annoyi...
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Good overall, but there is no search capability, and accidentally clicking "buy now" on book samples charges your account and downloads without providing a confirmation popup. D'oh.
Good Start, Needs Wo...
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I've just started using it but have a few gripes on text presentation. Text should be left aligned and not justified, or at least an option for this should be offered. The margins also need to be smaller to maximize the amount of text that can fit on the screen.The ease of buying books and sending sample chapters to the iPhone is great. I'm very pleased with that aspect. However, I don't like being forced to do "1-click" ordering. I wish they would allow customers to use a confirmation page.
A Little Better...
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This is definitely an improvement over Version 1.0—at least the app is usable now, allowing you to:• View the screen in landscape format• To change typeface size• And to switch between black-type-on-white-background and white-type-on-blackBut still far short of what it could be.Features that would greatly improve it, that Stanza and eReader already have:• Let the user select the background and type colors• Let the user select different fonts• Let the Kindle link to Dictionary apps on the iPhone and dictionaries on the web• Let the user read digital books from other sources, including free books like Project Gutenberg offerings and pdfsKindle features that would be nice to add:• Allow the user to subscribe to Kindle newspapers and magazinesHope that version 2 of Kindle for the iPhone addresses these issues.
Great Reader...
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5/19/09 Update
Now it's worth 5 stars, as you can adjust the text color & size, for day and night reading. Another bonus is that you can alter the text to vertical or horitontal & lock it there. I love it & am now going to buy books!
The black on white is better than I expected, because you can just dim the brightness through the phone settings. But at night, this is still way too bright (gray on black would be perfect).
I prefer having the text vertical, so this format is great. It's so quick to download books & I love being able to get a sample chapter to preview. Kindle books are a lot cheaper than Stanza.
My only dissapointment, aside from the lack of screen/font color choices, is that turning pages could be smoother. I'll flick the screen, the page moves a little, but remains on the page I just read (I don't have this issue in Stanza). Perhaps I just need to work on my Kindle technique :)
Thanks Kindle Team!...
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I'm visually handicapped, and the white on black option has made all the difference. The other changes are welcome as well. Thanks for the improvements to an already great tool.
Bad Furthest Page Re...
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Ran into a problem. I sync my iPod Touch and Kindle to keep them advanced to the same place in a book. I ran into a problem when I read a few of the footnotes in Liberty and Tyranny. My iPod touch version of the Kindle reader picked up what must be the storage location of the footnotes as the furtherst page read. The Kindle itself picked up this location number 2901 when I was actually reading at location 200-205.
The Best App To Purc...
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I have tried every other ebook app in the store and narrowed it down to Kindle... It was a tough choice between this, audiobooks, wattpad, stanza, and ereader. I kept kindle for purchasing books and its great format, audiobooks for the obvious reason, and wattpad because of the thousands of FREE books lol. the things i loved about stanza and ereader were the cover flow... If kindle would add cover flow, and also automatic scroll feature, this would be a five star app and one of the best apps in the store.
Wouldn't Be Without ...
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I have wanted to buy a kindle2 for some time now but never having seen or used an e-reader before I was afraid to spend the $. Now that I have read about 6 books using this wonderful app I will be purchasing my kindle2 very soon. This app is a must have for all avid readers and anyone that wants to get the feel of e-reading!!
Fabulous With Update...
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Just downloaded the update for kindle and am very happy that now there is landscape view and also the ability to cange text color. Keep up the great work and thanks alot!!!
