Plus, you can also use an iPad for other activities that a Kindle is simply not designed for!īut, which device is better suited for reading, a Kindle or an iPad? When buying a Kindle, it is easy to get tempted to spend a few extra dollars and go for an iPad instead! After all, you can read ebooks on an iPad as well. – meaning I may get a commission if you decide to purchase through my links, at no additional cost to you.
Other small improvements include better line spacing on the iPad version, and fast-app switching for iOS 4 devices.Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. (The in-book search for the iPhone has also been improved with 2.2.) The latest iPad version of the Kindle app also allows you to search inside a book for the first time. But those definitions are an extra click away (you highlight a word then select “Dictionary” which bring up the definition in a pop-up). This dictionary contains some 250,000 entries, Amazon says.Īs I said, this dictionary functionality matches that of Apple’s own iBooks app. Clicking on this will take you to the new Oxford American Dictionary that is automatically downloaded with this 2.2 version of the app. The feature also includes a link for the “Full Definition” of the word. Though this dumps you out of the app and into the iPhone/iPad web browser, it’s a pretty nice feature.
And that’s not all - there you’ll also find links to further investigate the word on Google or Wikipedia. Now in the Kindle app when you highlight a word, a definition will automatically appears at the bottom of the screen. This matches the functionality of Apple’s own iBooks app, but the Kindle implementation is even a little better. Today, version 2.2 of the app brings a full dictionary with it. Despite their clear commitment to the hardware version of the Kindle, Amazon continues to make the Kindle apps that run on the iPad and iPhone better.
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