Just days after updating the hardware Kindle with a smaller, cheaper model, Amazon has updated the Kindle app for iOS devices and it remains the same size and the same price (free). This release brings something for everyone in the form of iOS4 compatibility and general improvements.
There are a few dull but worthy additions: fast app-switching on the iPhone 4, improved search on the iPhone and iPod Touch and something has been done to the line-spacing on the iPad to "improve" it. But that's boring. Much meatier are Google and Wikipedia lookup for words, along with a 250,000-word dictionary. Interestingly, this dictionary isn't included in the download itself, but is pulled down the first time you highlight a word. Google and Wikipedia lookups whisk you off to Safari. An in-app browser would be nice, but I guess with the fast app-switching, it wouldn't save much time.
The best news for iPad users is that there is now searching inside books, so buying cook-books from the Kindle store now makes sense. And that's it. Like the new Kindle, none of the new features is huge in itself, but together they make an already good product better.
Kindle for iPhone and iPad [iTunes]
See Also:
- Amazon Shows Off Kindle for iPad
- Could a $50 'Paperback' Kindle Beat the iPad?
- Amazon Strikes Back at the iPad With New, $140 Kindle
Follow us for real-time tech news: Charlie Sorrel and Gadget Lab on Twitter.
