Two big additions to the Kindle ecosystem.
Kindle at Airports starting today
HMS Host have put out a news release talking about an exclusive deal with Amazon to sell Kindles at Airports. Pretty important news.
NewsBlaze has the Peess Release talking about Kindles arriving at Airports -
”The Kindle’s readable ‘easy on the eyes’ screen and vast selection of titles are sure to delight travelers planning short or long trips.”Kindles sold through HMSHost’s stores are pre-charged and ready to read.
Ryzner added, “We’re making the day better for travelers who will find it convenient to download a book before boarding a flight, on the flight prior to take-off, when making a connection, or even on the way home from a trip.”
The stores that will be retailing Kindles are two chains owned by HMS Host – Simply Books and Authors Bookstores. They are present at 100 airports worldwide including the 20 busiest North American airports – The list includes airports in Atlanta, Charlotte, Orange County, Dallas, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Houston, San Jose, Tampa, Miami, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
It’s a pretty important step for Amazon. The Kindle is particularly well-suited to travellers and having it available for purchase at various airports at the new $189 price is going to lead to a ton of Kindle sales.
Kindle for Android arrives on or before July 21st
Android Spin talk about the Samsung Vibrant being released on July 21st and there’s an interesting little snippet -
The “Vibrant” is set to launch with some great things under the hood. Amazon’s Kindle app, The Sims 3, MobiTV and James Cameron’s “Avatar” just to name a few, are to come preloaded onto the device.
If they’re advertising it with Kindle for Android (which supposedly works on the Vibrant’s Android 2.1) you have to imagine K for A will be out by then. It’s quite interesting that the Vibrant will be coming to all major US carriers. It also has a Super AMOLED display and a text entry method called Swype which is really cool – you literally swipe through the letters of a word quickly and the word shows up.
The addition of Kindle for Android is interesting. It’ll probably not be long before it’s hacked and people start using it to read pirated ebooks.
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I may have mentioned this before, but I want want to dump my Blackberry for an Android phone, but the only thing holding me back is the Kindle app!! If this is true, I am going to go ahead and pre-order the Droid X, which comes out on the 21st also…..
Bianca, actually the app is now out.
Yay! I saw the post from this afternoon, I am def reserving my Droid X this weekend!!!