geeked » e ink http://www.geeked.org excited about social technologies Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Kindle for iPhone app: Amazon and Apple both win http://www.geeked.org/2009/03/06/kindle-for-iphone-app-amazon-and-apple-both-win/ http://www.geeked.org/2009/03/06/kindle-for-iphone-app-amazon-and-apple-both-win/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:18:56 +0000 barb dybwad http://www.geeked.org/?p=94 This is a great example of companies “getting it” — the Kindle for iPhone app (see Obsessable’s review) is a taste of a more premium experience one can get with the full Kindle reader. The text-to-speech functionality could have been the same thing to audiobooks if the Author’s Guild hadn’t freaked out — and still could be to those publishers and authors smart enough not to opt out.

Baker believes Amazon.com got more than it gave. “The iPhone becomes a seeding platform for e-book distribution,” he said, and an upsell opportunity for Amazon.com. “At a minimum, I think a lot of people with iPhones are going to try [the Kindle reader]. When they do, some will say, ‘I’d like to download directly, and I want a bigger screen, so maybe I should buy a Kindle.’ “

via Analyst: Apple turns its back on e-book market.

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