Amazon Kindle App Updated With Dictionary, Search, Lookup

Amazon has updated their Kindle App with dictionary, search, Google and Wikipedia lookup, and iOS 4 fast app switching.

The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, providing users the ability to read Kindle books using a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. You can discover and read over 620,000 books in the Kindle Store, including the latest best sellers and new releases. You can also read your Kindle books on your Kindle, Kindle DX, PC, Mac, BlackBerry, and Android-based device. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across all of your devices, so you can pick up right where you left off no matter what device you are reading on.

Shop the Amazon Kindle Store:
• New! Experience Kindle Editions with Audio/Video
• More than 620,000* Kindle books available in the Kindle Store, including 109 of 112 New York Times® Best Sellers
• New York Times® Best Sellers and new releases in the Kindle Store from $9.99, and tens of thousands of the most popular classics for free, including titles like The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice, and Treasure Island
• Free book samples—read the first chapter for free before you decide to buy
• Amazon.com customer reviews, personalized recommendations, and editorial reviews


Get the best reading experience available on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad:
• Customize background color, font color, and font size to your preference
• Tap on either side of the screen or flick to turn pages
• Read in portrait or landscape mode, with the ability to lock the screen orientation
• Add bookmarks, notes and highlights. To add notes and highlights, simply tap and hold on a word
• Instant dictionary word lookup with 250,000 entries and definitions. Tap and hold a word to view the definition. Use the Google and Wikipedia links to get more information.
• Search inside the book to find a character, topic, or section you want to revisit
• View Popular Highlights: See what the Kindle community thinks are the most interesting passages in the books you're reading
• Pinch and zoom on images in books

Additional iPad features:
• New beautiful user interface tailored to the size, look, and feel of the iPad
• New Home library view with pinch, zoom and scrolling support
• New page turning animation that replicates the look of turning a page in a book. Customers who prefer a simpler, unadorned reading experience can use the default “Basic Reading Mode” option to turn off animation
• Adjustable screen brightness within the app to help reduce eye strain

Read your Kindle books anytime, anywhere:
• Kindle books can be read on your Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, PC, Mac, BlackBerry, and Android-based device. You can download our free Kindle app on each device that you own.
• Amazon’s Whispersync technology automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across all of your devices. Read on your Kindle, read some on your iPad or iPhone, and always pick up right where you left off.

What's New In This Version:
• Instant word lookup on included dictionary with 250,000 entries and definitions
• Search inside the book on iPad
• Improved experience for searching inside the book on iPhone and iPod Touch
• Improvements to line-spacing on iPad
• Look up words on Google and Wikipedia
• Fast app switching and bug fixes on iOS4 devices


You can download Kindle from the App Store for free.

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