Amazon US has launched software allowing the iPhone and iPod Touch to read books available for its Kindle ebook reader. The application is free to download from the US Apple App store.
Consumers who own the latest Kindle 2 will be able to synchronize books between the products. It will also allow the reader to keep their place in the book regardless of what they are reading from. Amazon launched Kindle 2 in February, claiming faster download speeds, longer battery life and an available library of 230,000 books.
The Kindle's main competitor in the nascent sector is the Sony Reader. It is estimated around 500,000 Kindles have so far been sold, however industry experts believe there is still some way to go before there is a book-version of the iPod.
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