Amazon releases Android Honeycomb version of Kindle App

Amazon has just announced that they have launched a version of their Kindle application thats optimized for devices running Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. For the 17 of you who own such devices, we are pretty sure you are jumping up and down right now. In all seriousness, Amazon is hitting it out of the park with their Kindle strategy. They let you buy a book once, and then let you read it on a wide range of devices, syncing your position within a book when switching between smartphone, tablet, and PC/Mac. As always, the application is free, all you need to do is search for Kindle in the Android Market and off you go.

"We have taken all the features customers love about Kindle for Android, and created a beautiful new user interface and a seamless shopping experience tailored to the look and feel of Honeycomb tablets," said Dorothy Nicholls, Director, Amazon Kindle. "As always, Kindle customers Buy Once, Read Everywhere, so Kindle for Android is the perfect companion for the millions of customers who own a Kindle and a way for customers around the world to download and enjoy books on their Android phone or tablet even if they do not yet own a Kindle."