They’re reading Kindle on their tablets. Are you?

Posted by | 11/10/2009 | 5 Comments

kindletabletsAmazon’s Kindle reader for PC has been out for less than a day, and already people are posting shots of it running on their tablets.

No surprise that Chippy from UMPCPortal was quick to try it on his ultra-mobiles. He’s showing it off on his Gigabyte T1028M convertible. Looks like a good fit on the 600×1028 screen.

Jezlyn of Late to the Party loaded Kindle on her Toshiba M200 almost immediately. The side margins on huge on the 1050×1400 screen. Page width, not full page, would be a better pick for that resolution.

Last but far from least, a tablet user previously unknown to me, Lance at AppScout, has a detailed run-down of the Kindle app running on his Lenovo X200 with multi-touch. He also notes the pages look narrow on his screen at 800×1280 resolution, but pinch zooming fixed that for him.

By comparing the three, we can see a clear need for multiple screen aspect options, which we can perhaps press for in future versions. Thanks guys for sharing your literal perspectives. Anyone else have other aspects/resolutions to share?

Update: Chippy’s also posted video of Kindle on his Viliv X70.

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My name is Mark Sumimoto; I am Sumocat. I dabble in all areas of mobile computing, but my focus is Windows-based Tablet PCs and pen input. They’ve been part of my arsenal since 2004, and I’m proud to have pioneered the field of ink blogging, earning a spot as a Microsoft MVP for Touch and Tablets in the process. My current tools include a Fujitsu Lifebook T900, TEGA v2, and iPhone 4. Email me: sumocat [at] notebooks.com
  • Joe

    You can change the width by changing the “Words per Line” setting.

  • http://www.notebooks.com Xavier

    Tried it on the 2730p. The pages were a little skinny until I increased the # of words per line. I think the application could have a few more bells and whistles. Look forward to playing with it more.

  • Frank

    i use the much more popular PDF file format. Annotation, printing, searching, editing, a plethora of very good viewers available, no license, no costs, the books I read and use are available in PDF form only, not in such a proprietary kindle format. So no, I don’t use Kindle reader for PC, and I don’t think that I will ever use it.

  • http://www.quillaja.net Ben

    All those images show one giant problem: too much wasted margin.

  • http://www.tabletpc.com.au Brett Gilbertson

    Downloaded a new Kindle eBook on the Viliv S5 while getting a haircut yesterday! Not bad, think the software can improve a bit, but it’s a good start.

    A fit to page / window option would be perfect. Couldn’t get the words per line option to fit to the screen nicely. It’s ok though. First impression is that the B&N reader is a bit nicer.

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