Kindle For iPhone

Late on Tuesday, Amazon released Kindle for iPhone application, which you can get for free, from the iTunes Store.

The app does exactly what says. You can download Amazon e-books and read them right from your iPhone. And, while I have only had the application for a few minutes, I can say that it works surprising well.

There are a few drawbacks however.

- You cannot download books directly from the iPhone

-You can not sync any subscriptions to newspapers and/or magazines that you may have from the Amazon store.

-The iPhone app does not have and of the highlight/search features that you will find on the Kindle.

Honestly, I am perfectly okay with that. As someone who was ready to spend the $350 to buy a Kindle, I have no problem with Amazon having a few "Kindle exclusive" features.

I must say, that the timing of this app surprises me, being so close to the Kindle II. But it does send a clear message. Amazon interest is selling content, not Kindles. And by releasing this iPhone app, they are well on their way to making the Kindle store a huge success.

Job well done Amazon!