On September 23, 2010, Amazon released upgrades for its Kindle Android e-reader. The new Version 1.1 comes with a host of new features like in-text search via typing or voice.
According to Amazon, the Kindle Android App is the only application that allows its users to make annotations, highlight texts, and sync books and bookmarks across devices automatically.
Like Ping, the music-centered social networking website of Apple, the Kindle gives access to readers to Shelfari, an e-book centric social networking site, where readers can get information about various books, characters, etc.
In the previous version, there was no screen lock option. In the previous version, users had to disable automatic screen orientation for all applications on the phone. In version 1.1, the orientation lock option appears when the user rotates his phone. Touch the option would lock the screen in orientation.
Another great feature is the new app allows readers to look up words and phrases in Wikipedia by selecting text. All this can be done without leaving the app.
A major problem of the Amazon Kindle Android app is that it would not be able to tell which book you have in you collection. This means, you would end up buying the same book twice if you are not very careful.
Amazon first released the Kindle Android app in June 2010. The upgraded version is now available in Google’s Android Marketplace and users who already installed the app would get the update automatically.
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