Amazon is expected to launch a 7 inch tablet later this year running a highly modified version of Google Android with a focus on eBooks, music, movies, and apps that you can acquire from Amazon’s digital media stores. But the company hasn’t abandoned its apps for other Android phones and tablets. Amazon recently launched a major update to its Kindle app for Android. The Kindle… Read more »

One of the biggest complaints early reviewers have had about the HP TouchPad tablet is the lack of high quality apps available for webOS 3.0. In fact, some of the apps HP had promised would be available at launch didn’t make the cut when the tablet started shipping earlier this month. Take the Amazon Kindle app for the TouchPad, for instance. The TouchPad hit the… Read more »

Amazon has released a new version of its Kindle app for Android, bringing improved support for tablets running Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Appropriately, the new app is Kindle 3.0 for Android. There are two key areas where the app has been redesigned. The first is the new grid view for your library which lets you see thumbnail icons of all your books instead of a… Read more »

Amazon has launched version 2.5 of its Kindle app for iOS with a few key new features. First, if you’re running iOS 4 you can now download books in the background while running other tasks. You still need to start your download from the Kindle Store, and to be honest, most eBook files are so small that they’re done downloading before you know it, but… Read more »

Amazon has launched a Kindle app for Windows Phone 7. The app has all the usual features, allowing users to read books downloaded from the Amazon Kindle store — and to synchronize your data including bookmarks and last page read across all of your Kindle devices. The app lets you buy books or download free titles, adjust fonts, colors and contrast, and supports portrait and… Read more »

Amazon already offers Kindle apps for Windows and Android, allowing you to purchase and read eBooks on a PC or phone. But the company has announced plans for new Windows and Android apps specifically targeted at tablets. Android tablets will likely have larger, higher resolution displays than a typical Android smartphone, which means a redesign is in order. Windows tablets, on the other hand may… Read more »

Amazon has released a major update to its eBook app for Android. Probably the biggest change in Kindle for Android 2.0 is support for newspapers and magazines, with Amazon offering over 100 periodicals to choose from. But another nice touch is the fact that Amazon has finally integrated the Kindle Store directly into the app, which means you don’t have to flip back and forth… Read more »

Amazon has announced plans to develop a Kindle eBook app for Windows Phone 7. That’s hardly surprising, since Amazon currently offers several physical Kindle devices,PC and Mac apps, and software for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, BlackBerry, and Android. Still, it’s nice to see that the company doesn’t plan to give up on the whole cross-platform thing anytime soon. The Windows Phone 7 app will… Read more »

Amazon has released an updated version of its Kindle app for iOS. One of the most significant changes is support for a two column view on the Apple iPad, which lets you see two pages side by side — just like you would with a real book. Amazon is also using its Shelfari service to add a “Book Extras” feature which is available on the… Read more »

Amazon has pushed out an updated version of its Kindle app for Google Android. It still doesn’t support the audio and video capabilities that are available in the iOS version of the Kindle app, but it does add a few other features from the iOS app, including: Search for text inside a book Edit notes and highlights and synchronize them across multiple Kindle devices Look… Read more »