14 DAY TRIAL // Amazon.com, the biggest online retailer in the US, has announced that Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch is now available in more than 60 additional countries from the iTunes App Store. Featuring Amazon's Whispersync technology, the Kindle iPhone app is able to save and sync a customer's bookmarks across their Kindle devices and Kindle cross-platform applications.
"We are excited to make the Kindle for iPhone App available to iPhone and iPod touch users in more than 60 countries, allowing them to access the vast selection of the most popular books, all available wirelessly from the Kindle Store," Ian Freed, vice president, Amazon Kindle, said. "The Kindle for iPhone App is the perfect companion for customers who own a Kindle or Kindle DX, and a great way for customers around the world to download and read books even if they don’t yet have a Kindle."
According to Amazon.com, Kindle for iPhone will allow customers in over 60 countries to do the following.
- Purchase, download and read hundreds of thousands of books available in the Kindle Store. - Read the beginning of books for free before they buy. - Add and automatically synchronize bookmarks and last page read. - Access their library of previously purchased Kindle books stored on Amazon’s servers for free. - Choose from six different font sizes and adjust words per line. - Add and view notes and highlights marked on Kindle and Kindle DX. - Read books in full color including children’s books, cookbooks, travel books, textbooks and graphic novels.
Amazon also announced that, in addition to the Kindle app for iPhone and iPod touch, a Kindle for Mac would soon be available, as would be a client for BlackBerry devices. For now, those looking to grab the iPhone client can do so by using the download link below.