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Today, Amazon released its extremely anticipated Kindle e-book reader software program for Android devices, which gives Google’s smartphone and MID operating system immediate legitimacy as an e-Reading platform.
But how well does the software program stack up towards the iPhone/iPad version? Surprisingly, quite nicely. The Kindle for Android software, once downloaded from the Android Market, has a really similar look and feel towards the iPad/iPhone version, with a cool blue house screen.
First-time users from the software program will have to log in to an Amazon.com account, after which point the user’s authorized content library is instantly synced towards the device’s “Archived Items” section.
If content material has been purchased, the “Archived items” section will display the covers and titles of the books that have been previously bought, and clicking on each title will sync the content directly to the gadget and then open that book for viewing.
Content is bought using the same UI as the iPhone edition, utilizing an optimized mobile browser edition of the Amazon Kindle store. I discovered it curious that this mobile optimized store was usable on iPhone and Android, but not on an iPad, which shows the full Amazon.com website.
I’d actually like to see the streamlined mobile browser view for that Kindle Store on an iPad, as there's less display clutter and the controls for that store are simpler to use.
As using the iPad/iPhone version, adjustment of the text options within Kindle for Android are limited, even though the software program does support publisher-set fonts. Typefaces can't be changed, but you will find five different text sizes and three various text themes — the usual black-on-white, inverted white-on-black, and sepia tone.
As with the iPhone/iPad version, margins can't be adjusted, but as I was testing this on the smartphone, the text was fully justified with no margins in order to make complete use of the display actual estate, which is the expected behavior for a little screen.
Publication text is paged through exactly like the iPhone/iPad edition, by swiping the display left or correct. Tapping the display pulls up the location selector which allows you to jump forward or back to different sections of the book.
As using the iPad and iPhone edition, rolling the gadget to a landscape view changes the text orientation automatically. I have not yet had the opportunity to test the software program on the gadget other than a Motorola Droid, but as Android has built-in application scaling capability, I presume that various products will have the ability to adjust the text and re-flow for larger (or smaller) screen resolutions.
Matthew Miller (who also has written a nice summary of the Kindle app for his readers) supplied me with several shots from the Kindle application on his Sprint EVO 4G, but they look virtually identical towards the Droid shots as both products have the same native resolution even though the EVO (and the new Droid X) have larger physical screens,
This opens the possibility to the Kindle for Android software program being utilized on full-size and mid-size tablet products, such as the DELL Streak and other products which are due within the fall of 2010, which ought to sell between $199-$299 and will compete aggressively using the Apple iPad too just like dedicated e-Reader products.
How well do Kindle books study using Android smartphone devices? Surprisingly, quite nicely, although I choose to read them in landscape mode and using the second largest text size. This allows for easier page flipping and less eye-scanning of the content.
I’m really searching forward to seeing how Android for Kindle progresses as an application and how long term devices will take benefit of it. Among the functions promised for future versions from the app include in-book Search capability, an in-App native Kindle Shop interface, a built-in Dictionary and the ability to zoom in on images.
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