Kindle Cloud Reader
Aug. 11th, 2011 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
abortrephraseBack in April I suggested that Amazon might want to go the web-app route for Kindle.
Well, guess what Amazon just did?
Apple backed down a bit from their previous position -- if your app provides access to purchased content then you must make that content available via Apple, with a 30% cut going to Apple, and no discounts for customers who bypass Apple and go direct -- and the rule now is that you simply can't have any sort of in-app store or links within your app to a web store.
But presumably Amazon not unreasonably figured they needed a backup plan, and there it is. It's not bad. It's missing some features, but for a first cut it's a pretty decent effort. And it means they can support niche platforms like the HP TouchPad or RIM PlayBook without having to produce a native app.
I'll try reading the next few chapters of my current book with it on my iPad and see how it goes.
Well, guess what Amazon just did?
Apple backed down a bit from their previous position -- if your app provides access to purchased content then you must make that content available via Apple, with a 30% cut going to Apple, and no discounts for customers who bypass Apple and go direct -- and the rule now is that you simply can't have any sort of in-app store or links within your app to a web store.
But presumably Amazon not unreasonably figured they needed a backup plan, and there it is. It's not bad. It's missing some features, but for a first cut it's a pretty decent effort. And it means they can support niche platforms like the HP TouchPad or RIM PlayBook without having to produce a native app.
I'll try reading the next few chapters of my current book with it on my iPad and see how it goes.