On My Radar – Eight Apps for a Desert Island with WiFi by Anca Balaj from Spain
We have another brand new section here at TheAppWhisperer called ‘On My Radar’ and this time we are asking a selection of highly talented mobile photographers and artists, which apps they would take with them on a unique desert island, that has wifi! We want to know exactly what apps are really on their radar and why. As well as eight apps, we have also allowed each artist to select a book and a luxury object on this luxury journey. Kicking us off with our very first issue of this section, is non other than the uniquely talented Anca Balaj from Spain. “First of all, I would like to thank…
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography – Now Available
The book we’ve all been waiting for is now available to buy. You can pick it up in hard copy of course today, from most book shops but as we’re all geeky round here, we want an ebook version. So, if that’s the same for you, just click below. It’s available on the iBookstore or Amazon Kindle. Don’t forget that if you do purchase it on Kindle you still read it on your idevice with the free Kindle app. iBooks version: $16.99/£12.99 Kindle Version: $21.14/£12.99 Amazon Hard Copy Edition: $17.88/£12.50
Amazon.com Soliciting iOS Developers To Create Apps For Kindle
Apple Insider is reporting that Amazon.com are actively soliciting iOS developers to create apps for their Kindle device. Specifically, it seems they are seeking out educational app developers. We all know how good the Kindle is as an e-reader and it has become very popular within the educational environments, so in many ways it is no surprise to us that Amazon.com’s move will be successful. They are not trying to compete with Apple and the iPad and this is a good thing. Microsoft have tried but failed in the past to bring iOS developers to their Zune and WP7 platforms, enough to really fluff Apple’s feathers, that is. This Amazon.com…
Amazon Appstore DRM Applies To Android Apps Too
If you own a Kindle, you’ve experienced the power of having a Digital Locker and the ability to download your purchased content to just about any device. The notion of “buy once, read anywhere” will now also apply to your Android apps purchased through the Amazon Appstore. Customers who purchase an app will retain an entitlement to their app even if they decide to replace their current Android device and/or purchase new devices, as long as the new devices meet the installation requirements of the app. This provides insurance to customers that their purchased apps will be available for use on all supported devices, even if the customer has uninstalled…
Amazon Launches New Kindle Commercial – ‘Our Screen Is More Readable Than iPad’s’
Amazon have just launched a new TV commercial with a sting in its tail. Despite the rumors that the iPad 2 will have a non-reflective screen, like the Kindle. Amazon want to push on before the iPad 2 is here and this commercial sets the scene. It stresses how you can’t read ebooks in direct sunlight with an iPad – this is very true. Neither can you actually read the blogs from the Kindle store on your Kindle app on your iPad – although that has nothing to do with sunlight – we just thought we would mention it as we have recently gone live as a blog on the…
Kindle More Popular In US Than iPad and iPhone
Now this is an interesting bit of news from MacStories who received information from Market Research firm Book Marketing Ltd, via Gigaom, stating that the eBook of choice in the US is the Kindle and yet in the UK it is either the iPhone or iPad. It has not been made clear in the article whether the iOS user may actually be using the Kindle app on their device, this much was not clear, but there’s no question that in the US the Kindle is king. It’s great news for us of course, as we submitted our blog to the Kindle blog store only a few days ago, check it…
We’ve Just Gone Live In The Kindle Blog Store
As we all know the Amazon Kindle really is a triumph, it is a phenomenal device with incredible battery life and a screen that you can read even in the brightest sunlight. We wanted to ensure our readers are always in touch with us and we have now published our blog to the Kindle Blog Store. You can subscribe to our blog with the link below for free for 14 days and if you love it, which you will of course, then it is $1.99 per month thereafter. Now that is great value for money for the incredible content we bring to you every day, keeping you up to date…
Amazon Kindle For Mac App Store Now Available – How To Use It
Well it didn’t take Amazon long to get their Kindle app launched on the Apple Mac App Store. It is free to download and currently enjoys second place in the US Mac App Store Charts. Using it is straight forward, follow the steps below to maximize your pleasure with this app… Install Firstly, head to the Mac Store and click on the Kindle app to install it. Just before the install window you can read up on some further information regarding the Kindle app. It explains there are over 775,000 books in the Kindle store, including best sellers and new releases. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs with your last page read,…
‘A Magnificent Shining Light’ – The Apple iPad
That was this statement reportedly said by Best Buy CFO, Brian Dunn, when talking to the Wall Street Journal while explaining, that the iPad ‘had cannibalized sales from laptop PCs by as much as 50%’. Dunn went on to say, "People are willing to disproportionately spend for these devices because they are becoming so important to their lives". This holiday season, Best Buy hopes to capitalize even more on this shift in consumer spending by heavily promoting Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle in its stores. Target is also rumored to be getting the iPad as early as Oct. 3. In April, a Walmart VP told BusinessWeek that the company expects…
