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Amazon to release Kindle app for Google Android phones
Amazon.com is marching ahead with its multi-device strategy for Kindle. The company said it will release a free Kindle application for mobile phones running on Google's Android software this summer. Amazon already has Kindle apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, PC, Mac, and BlackBerry.
It's another sign that Amazon is going at the electronic book business in two ways: developing its own lineup of electronic readers, and ensuring that people can browse, buy and read its Kindle books on a range of smartphones and other devices.
Amazon's work with Google Android comes as Google itself moves ahead with plans to start selling electronic books as early as next month.
Here's the full press release on Kindle app for Android.
Also today, the New York Times Bits blog notes a bunch of new Kindle-related job postings from Lab 126, Amazon's Kindle division, and searches them for clues about the timing and features of Amazon's next e-reader (which will compete with Apple's multi-function iPad).
The blog drops a hint about games going into the next Kindle, but says it's unclear when the new version will come out.
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