Ebook readers: Kindle for Blackberry as fight with iPad heats up

Feb 19, 2010 | Uncategorized

Following from the launch of the PC e-book reader application, and iPhone e-book reader application, Amazon has now made their free Kindle application available on the BlackBerry platform. The free ‘Kindle for BlackBerry’ app will be accessible in the US for customers of networks including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, offering most titles for less […]

Following from the launch of the PC e-book reader application, and iPhone e-book reader application, Amazon has now made their free Kindle application available on the BlackBerry platform. The free ‘Kindle for BlackBerry’ app will be accessible in the US for customers of networks including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, offering most titles for less than $9.99.
Amazon Kindle vice president Ian Freed said: “Since the launch of our popular Kindle for [Apple’s] iPhone app last year, customers have been asking us to bring a similar experience to the BlackBerry.” The new BlackBerry Kindle application is designed to let readers view more than four hundred thousand books on their BlackBerry.
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Like the other applications it automatically synchronizes the last page you read on the Kindle or a PC to a users’ BlackBerry.
The new Amazon Kindle BlackBerry application is compatible with a number of BlackBerry devices including the Bold 9000, Bold 9700, Curve 8520, Curve 8900, Storm 9530, Storm 9550 and the Tour 9630.
www.amazon.com/kindlebb

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