New Update Makes Kindle for Android Even Better
With new update, Amazon's free Kindle app for Android adds new features
including full text search, the ability to add notes and highlights and have
them synchronized with other devices, voice search, Wikipedia lookup, and more
SEATTLE, Sep 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today
announced that Kindle for Android, the free application that lets readers around
the world enjoy Kindle books on their Android-powered devices, now includes a
number of new features that make it even better. With the newest update, Kindle
for Android now enables customers to search the full text of Kindle books by
voice or text, seamlessly look up words and phrases in Wikipedia, lock screen
orientation in portrait or landscape mode, and view details about a book on
Shelfari, the books-focused social networking site -- all without leaving the
app. Additionally, Kindle for Android is the only reading app for Android-based
devices that allows readers to add notes and highlights to books, and have them
automatically synchronized between devices. The app is available from Android
Market and customers who have already downloaded the app will receive the update
automatically. Customers can learn more about Kindle for Android at
www.amazon.com/kindleforandroid and download the app from Android Market.
"Customers tell us they love the freedom and flexibility of our Buy Once, Read
Everywhere approach because they always have their full reading library at their
fingertips and never lose their place in a book--whether they are reading on a
Kindle or one of their other favorite devices," said Dorothy Nicholls, Director,
Amazon Kindle. "We're excited to see our customers' positive response to the
Kindle for Android app and we think that customers are going to enjoy the
updates we've made."
The free Kindle apps allow customers to discover and read over 700,000 books in
the U.S. Kindle Store - the largest selection of the most popular books that
people want to read - including New York Times Bestsellers and New Releases from
$9.99. Kindle lets you Buy Once, Read Everywhere - on Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle
DX, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry and Android-based devices.
Amazon's Whispersync technology syncs your place across devices, so you can pick
up where you left off. With Kindle Worry-Free Archive, books you purchase from
the Kindle Store are automatically backed up online in your Kindle library on
Amazon where they can be re-downloaded wirelessly for free, anytime.
New Kindle for Android features include:
Customers can learn more about the free Kindle for Android reading app at
www.amazon.com/kindleforandroid and can download the app from Android Market.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened
on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection.
Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where
customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and
endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and
other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in
categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics
& Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes &
Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial.
Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to
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platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business.
Kindle, Kindle 3G and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that
wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents
to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like
real paper. Kindle 3G and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as
advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is
the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.
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