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"Optimized for iPad: shop the integrated Kindle Store for Tablets"

I was expecting this for a few months now, especially after Apple wanted to introduce that policy of theirs where they wanted a %30 cut. Amazon is not taking any chances with Apple anymore. Good for them. All content providers should use web-apps.



Web apps sacrifice offline operation. I can't say I'd be totally sanguine about that, specifically with content providers.


This one doesn't. It works just fine offline.


You can cache stuff offline with HTML 5. My tablet is wifi-only (didn't want to spend 100$ on an overpriced data plan) and this works fine with it.

Google Books also has an 'available offline' option, BTW. I can't quite decide which I prefer.




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