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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 12:43 pm
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Originally Posted by adambadam
For those wondering, I have been reading on some other Web sites that the reason, perhaps, that Amazon did not include a "store" to but books straight on the iPhone is a limitation imposed by Apple on letting App developers generate more income from withing their App.
I dont view that as a big concern. You can order Kindle books using the Safari on the iPhone and have them sent directly to your phone so I dont see it as a big deal at all. I suspect it was more to do with the cost of building the browsing and stuff into the Kindle app. Why should Amazon do that when it really isnt needed. I think people are always looking for conspiracies, but I dont think this was anything other than expediency and cost considerations at work.
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