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The Kindle for PC application syncs with Amazon’s popular e-readers so people can switch from one to the other without losing track of which page they were on in a given work.<\/p>\n

“Kindle for PC is the perfect companion application for customers who own a Kindle or Kindle DX,” said Amazon vice president Ian Freed.<\/p>\n

“Kindle for PC is also a great way for people around the world to access a huge selection from the Kindle Store and read the most popular books of today even if they don’t yet have a Kindle.” Amazon e-books can also be read on Apple iPhone or iPod Touch devices. The Kindle store online at amazon.com\/kindlestore boasts a library of 360,000 digitized books for sale.<\/p>\n

The new application can be downloaded free in more than 100 countries at www.amazon.com\/KindleforPC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Program features include letting people read books in color, prompting speculation that a Kindle device capable of graphics in more than just black-and-white is on the way.<\/p>\n

Computer chip giant Intel meanwhile unveiled a handheld device designed for people with vision or reading difficulties.<\/p>\n

The Intel Reader is about the size of a paperback book and converts standard size text into a digital format, then automatically reads it aloud. The devices scan written words using built-in cameras.<\/p>\n

“As someone who is part of this dyslexic community, I am thrilled to be able to help level the playing field for people who, like me, do not have easy access to the printed word,” said Intel researcher Ben Foss.<\/p>\n

“Feelings of loneliness are often the experience of not being able to read easily. We hope to open the doors for people in these communities.”<\/p>\n

Kindle books on PC<\/strong><\/a> – discussion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amazon.com on Tuesday released free software that lets people read the online retail titan's electronic Kindle books on personal computers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}