New Apps
Written on March 4, 2009 by Katherine W. Prawl
By now you’ve probably heard about Amazon’s new Kindle for iPhone app. Yes, of course I downloaded it last night, almost as soon as it was released, but I haven’t bought any ebooks for it yet. I still haven’t read the ebooks I bought last week using a different app, so it may be awhile before I report on it. One thing I did notice in the app description is that ebooks purchased on either Kindle or iPhone will work on the other device registered to the same user. Even bookmarks and annotations will be synchronized across devices if you’re lucky enough to own both. So, apparently Amazon has figured if they can’t beat ‘em, they’ll join ‘em. Good for consumers!
Although I’m slacking off in the ebook-buying department, even as I type this I’m using a different new app to listen to a Tucson National Public Radio station on my iPhone. Public Radio Tuner gives an iPhone user access to over 200 NPR stations over the internet. And no, you do not need the latest 3G iPhone to use it. I still have a 1st generation iPhone, and it’s working beautifully for me over the EDGE network.
Both apps are free from the Apple iTunes App store.
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