And a side-by-side comparison of text and a cover page on all three devices. As you can see, at the same font size, there is more text on both the iPhone and Kindle 2, than on the original Kindle. Again, you can double click to get a larger view of the photo.
On the cover page, you can more clearly see how the differences proportions of the screen from the iPhone to the Kindle affect graphics, forcing them to a smaller size in order to be fully displayed.
I can definitely see using the iPhone Kindle App for quick viewing (and I prefer the iPhone for reading blogs or news web sites), but it's not going to be the one I go to for long reading or curling up with a good book. The backlight may let you read in the dark, but the glare from sunlight means it is unusable outside and that same backlight causes eyestrain, especially in the dark, if used for long periods of time. For those in non-Whispernet areas, however, this opens up the entire world of Kindle samples, basically putting the same bookstore at your fingertips that everyone else has been enjoying. Those outside the US who get the App can get Kindle samples and can purchase books so long as you have met all the other requirements for a regular Kindle, including a US credit card (or a gift card balance) and a US address registered to your account, in order to purchase books, and have a US iTunes account, in order to get the App ). You don't have to purchase the Kindle hardware itself in order to purchase Kindle books; just register your Kindle iPhone app (it's automatic when you log in the first time).Get the Kindle iPhone app free and be reading your Kindle books on your iPhone within minutes.
free and be reading your Kindle books on your iPhone within minutes.
