Kindle (for the iPhone)

Ever since Kindle 2 came out, I've been really interested in it. The price is the barrier to entry for me right now though. $359.00 is more than I can justify knowing that my life savings are hemorrhaging due to the current economic situation.

But today I discovered that Amazon has a Kindle App for the iPhone. And it's free. So I downloaded it. I went to Amazon.com and I bought my first Kindle book.

I have to say that I am definitely impressed. It's actually really easy to read on my iPhone. You can adjust the font size (you get 5 different size options - the middle/default appears to be best for me). The pages turn quickly. And the overall navigation is nice. And best of all, it remembers what page you read last.

They also have an application called Whispersync that automatically syncs your reading location on different devices. So if you have a Kindle and an iPhone, when you switch back and forth it remembers the last page read on either device. Very nice!

And books are much cheaper this way. Best sellers and new releases are $9.99. And a lot of older books are less than that.