As March comes to an end and April approaches, iPad news is becoming the talk of the town. Today everyone got a glimpse at Amazon’s free Kindle app for the iPad. A Barnes & Noble app is also on the way, courtesy of a report in the New York Times. The Kindle app for the iPad has been completely redesigned by a team of 14 developers who have been working on it since January. The developers were working to redefine the core screen and reading experience to allow for custom fonts in multiple colors, slow page turns, and new ways to view your eBook library.
One of the views they worked on, as pictured above, presents your books as large icons against a silhouetted figure under tree, the sun changes position in accordance to the time of day. The app gives you access to the Kindle bookstore (assuming that Apple approves and lets it slide) and saves your reading position so that you can pick up any Kindle app (or device) and continue reading right where you left off.
Amazon’s Kindle App will be targeting all tablets and not just the iPad. We are hearing that Skiff is surely headed to Apple’s tablet as well, and it is suspected that many competitors will also be headed to the iPad. The question that arises from news like this is whether someone will really purchase an eReader dedicated to a single store. What do you think? Share your thoughts and comments below.
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