Kindle for iPhone
I’ve had a chance to play with the new Kindle app, and read a few reviews. Consensus is that the swipe-page turn is dumb and needs to be replaced with tapping. Lack of ability to buy books through app or iPhone-optimized Safari is silly but hardly a deal-breaker. It all feels a little underwhelming, but I don’t have many books on my immediate reading list that aren’t already here in pressed-wood format.
I thought the iPhone reader would be a perfectly good substitute for — and perhaps even eclipse — the hardware Kindle, but I’m starting to think this is more of a hook that will convince people to buy the real thing. It’s enjoyable, and it immediately makes you want something bigger and better.
