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Summer Debut for Android Kindle App Allows You to Buy Books

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There’s no surprise that Amazon will be bringing its Kindle App to the Android platform. In fact, many have been wondering what’s taken so long. But Amazon says it will roll out this summer and the big news of the announcement is that users will be able to purchase books directly from the app.

Up until this announcement Kindle users had to use the web interface to make their purchases, but that looks to change with this. That will become another differentiator between the iPhone platform and the Android platform for some. The reasoning has been that Amazon has wanted to keep this away from the iPhone platform to avoid having to give Apple a piece of the action. The question is will the buy books feature become available for other platforms.

Here’s the lowdown on specs that Amazon says you’ll need:

  • Requires Android OS 1.6 or greater
  • Requires an SD card
  • Supports Droid Incredible, Google Nexus One, HTC MyTouch, Motorola CLIQ, Motorola Droid, and many more Android phones

Via TechCrunch

4 Comments

4 Comments

  1. Adam

    05/18/2010 at 7:06 am

    FINALLY! I’m excited about this news.

  2. Oliver

    05/18/2010 at 9:37 am

    Re: “The reasoning has been that Amazon has wanted to keep this away from the iPhone platform to avoid having to give Apple a piece of the action”

    That’s an interesting way to phrase it. I am sure Amazon didn’t *want* to keep the feature way from the iPhone at all. They simply can’t afford to give Apple X (30?) percent of the purchase price for each book.

  3. Strodtbeck

    05/18/2010 at 11:31 am

    Just in time for the Android tablets. . . don’t think my eyes can handle reading an ebook on a phone ;)

  4. Ben

    05/19/2010 at 1:44 am

    That IS great news, but how about e-readers that run on android, like the Nook? Wouldn’t it be damned sweet if the Nook could read kindle books?

    However, I have no hope for that happening.

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