The Kindle 2 is here. And, now another great ingredient gets added to the Kindle recipe – Kindle for iPhone. If you already have Kindle and an iPhone, this free application is a must. If you have either a Kindle or an iPhone, but not both, you may want to now complete the pairing.
Kindle for iPhone allows you to buy readable content from the Amazon Kindle store right from your phone. If you have a Kindle, the app allows you to synch your content across both devices. Amazon calls it Whispersynch. And, even better, both devices keep track of pages you have read in your books. So, if you are standing in line somewhere and have a few minutes to get some reading done on your phone, the next time you fire up your Kindle, it will know what page you left off on. The reading experience spans both devices very well. I’ve actually tried it. It works!
Amazon made a great move allowing the Kindle experience to make it onto the iPhone. The Kindle is CLEARLY the better device for reading books. But, adding the iPhone capability to the pie will allow avid readers to enjoy their content even more. So, in the end, this should give the Kindle even more momentum. Reading is fundamental…again!
This post by Tony Pittman – tony@getthenext.com
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March 9th, 2009 at 7:40 am
I love that I can read on my phone, but so far it’s not synching with my Kindle. What am I missing?
March 9th, 2009 at 10:04 am
AMS,
So far, the synching has been working great for me. Just confirm that your Kindle and your iPhone are both registered to the same account that manages your Kindle. Then, when you open the Kindle app on your phone, you should have a section called “Archived Items”. These are items that you have already purchased for your Kindle. Go ahead and select one. Then, once the item is downloaded to your phone, both your Kindle and your phone should keep track of the last page read on either device.
To manually trigger the synch, just touch the page you are reading on your phone and then touch the bottom-right icon (arrows going in a circle). This then checks to see if you have read further ahead on your Kindle.
Hope that helps.