I’ve been playing with the Kindle application for the iPhone for a couple of weeks now. I have read two full books and numerous samples. If you have been holding off trying Kindle for your iPhone (or iPod touch), here are some free ebooks to get you started.
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It’s an interesting time for Apple. They’ve sold over 30 million units of the iPhone and iPod touch combined. They have also had 800 million applications downloaded from the App Store. This is mighty impressive considering the entire iPhone/touch platform is only about 2 years old. Lately several challengers have emerged, the most compelling of which is Palm’s Pre with their webOS. Well, Apple hasn’t sat still. Yesterday, they had a preview of their latest iPhone 3.0 software. And yes, they did answer (almost) all prayers.
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One of the main advantages of the Kindle (and the Kindle store) is the lower price of books. Let’s compare one book : Halting State by Charles Stross.

Fictionwise : $6.45 to $7.99 (depending on rebates and membership)
Mobipocket : $7.99
Amazon Kindle store : $6.39
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I’m still alive, just been very busy lately. I came back from Barcelona safe and sound. As an industry insider, it was great to be “at the thick of the action” at the Mobile World Congress. As an industry watcher, I would say you get a better overview just watching the blogs. I just realised that it’s been a year since I bought my iPhone. I’d like to share some of my impressions of the iPhone as a long term user.
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