Kindle for iOS Updated with Retina iPad Support, New Library Design

MacRumors · Mar 15, 2012

One issue noted in several of the early reviews of the new iPad was the fact that Amazon's Kindle app for iOS [App Store] had not been updated to support the Retina display on the new iPad. While iOS is capable of scaling up most text to display at the crisp resolution of the new display, some apps such as Kindle package their own fixed fonts and are thus not compatible with Apple's upscaling.

New library design on iPad (left) and iPhone (right)

But just in time for the official launch of the new iPad, Amazon has updated its Kindle app to version 3.0 to include support for the new iPad's Retina display, as well as several new features including a new library design and cloud view for browsing content.

What's New in Version 3.0

-New library design - view your content in a new, updated look and feel. iPhone users can now choose view their library in grid view.
-Cloud view - easily access all of your content in the cloud in a simple, combined view.
-Optimized for the new iPad retina display.

Kindle for iOS is a free download in the App Store.

Article Link: Kindle for iOS Updated with Retina iPad Support, New Library Design

HeadGear · Mar 15, 2012

Someone just asked about this today, glad to see this come out so fast!

nagromme · Mar 15, 2012

That’s great! iPad + Kindle app is currently the best way to read e-books checked out from the library, in my view. And the new iPad has to be the best-looking electronic print ever.*

(I wish Apple would institute a lending system for libraries too—then I’d read in iBooks.)

* If you read indoors, or outdoors in shade, and especially in rooms with dim lighting that is a problem for e-ink Kindles with their gray-on-gray text. But if you prefer to do most of your reading outdoors in full sun, a light, thin little e-ink Kindle comes into its own.

garylapointe · Mar 15, 2012

The iPhone Kindle app was already better than the Kindle Fire version.

I can't wait to see the new version on my new iPad 3 tomorrow!

Gary

SeniorGato1 · Mar 15, 2012

Its 18.3 mb vs 17.5. Not a bad Retina update.

nwcs · Mar 15, 2012

I like the kindle's selection but the iBooks app just appeals to me more. I'm just glad there are ways of liberating content from one system so I can use it in the other. I'm getting the iPad 3 tomorrow so now I have to figure out what to do with my Kindle 3...

GenesisST · Mar 15, 2012

SeniorGato1 said:
Its 18.3 mb vs 17.5. Not a bad Retina update.

There were probably a lot of the assets for iPhone 4 that were the same and used "for free". Only the iPad specific asset would need to have the @2x version added.

In short, most were already there

CapnJackGig · Mar 15, 2012

Thank you, Amazon. Better selection than iBooks, and now also a better app.

Dranix · Mar 15, 2012

If only they finally give us folders to sort the books...

Akarin · Mar 15, 2012

nwcs said:
I'm getting the iPad 3 tomorrow so now I have to figure out what to do with my Kindle 3...

A great way to use your Kindle 3:

(it would look better than the wooden plank

)

.

jpow112 · Mar 16, 2012

All my books have gone....

except Steve Jobs Bio.

can't find them in the archive-

new iPad3, have upgraded Kindle App, registered, and only the sample book, and SJ book there- I've at least 25 books purchased?

everyone elses OK?

EDIT- sorted, deleted and reinstalled app- all there now..

macconservative · Mar 16, 2012

jpow112 said:
except Steve Jobs Bio.

can't find them in the archive-

new iPad3, have upgraded Kindle App, registered, and only the sample book, and SJ book there- I've at least 25 books purchased?

everyone elses OK?

EDIT- sorted, deleted and reinstalled app- all there now..

I had to go on the Amazon site and deliver all my books to the iPad. Only books that were showing up before that on Cloud were the ones that I archived. I do like the new app.

zaphon · Mar 16, 2012

nagromme said:
* If you read indoors, or outdoors in shade, and especially in rooms with dim lighting that is a problem for e-ink Kindles with their gray-on-gray text. But if you prefer to do most of your reading outdoors in full sun, a light, thin little e-ink Kindle comes into its own.

This simply must be a matter of opinion, as I've got 4 kindles, including a 1st generation (bought on launch day) and unless you're trying to read in a pitch black room, I don't see the issues you're describing. I have an iPad, and the iPad's display makes my eyes start to hurt after reading for an hour or two with it, a problem I don't have when using my Kindle (note I have the same problem with my Kindle Fire, which I also can't read books with).

Cougarcat · Mar 16, 2012

SeniorGato1 said:
Its 18.3 mb vs 17.5. Not a bad Retina update.

Apparently the UI graphics aren't retina optimized.

tyke65 · Mar 16, 2012

Not working for me!

As soon as I upgraded to Version 3 I found that I couldn't open any of the books I had converted to .mobi format (using Calibre) and neither could I delete them. I've tried everything and Amazon are looking into it.

csjcsj · Mar 17, 2012

The books are there, you have to click on the iCloud tab, then click on the book and it downloads. This is one of two features of the new kindle app I don't like -it was better when the archived (really already read) titles were separated.

The other problem for me is that they've seemed to increase the screen space for going to the next page (and back). If you try to get a definition of a word too close to the edge, it changes the page instead of highlighting the word

tyke65 · Mar 17, 2012

csjcsj said:
The books are there, you have to click on the iCloud tab, then click on the book and it downloads. This is one of two features of the new kindle app I don't like -it was better when the archived (really already read) titles were separated.

The other problem for me is that they've seemed to increase the screen space for going to the next page (and back). If you try to get a definition of a word too close to the edge, it changes the page instead of highlighting the word

On my iPhone the iCloud books are readable, the previously downloaded .mobi converts can't be opened and can't be deleted.

Since my last post I've bought a new iPad and it is exactly the same.

garylapointe · Mar 18, 2012

I love the new retina iPad Kindle app!

I think it's great. It's beautiful to read.

I'm not really sure if they updated the icons (controls) to be 2x buttons, but who cares(?), I can't actually see those when I'm reading.

What I don't like, is they give me too much white space around the edges. I want more text on the page! It's not a printing problem, it's a digital book.

The Kindle app is my favorite eBook reader for the iPad (or iPhone) because it syncs with the book (or personal documents) on my actual Kindle. In daylight I use the Kindle and when it's not light enough, I'll use my iPad to read.

Gary

isoMorpheus · Mar 21, 2012

Infinite Jest.

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