Irony: You Can Buy Kindle eBooks on Amazon Mobile Web Page But not Amazon iPhone App

After reading Fortune’s article…

Amazon re-Kindles the iPhone

…about Amazon’s mobile web site gaining the ability to purchase Kindle ebooks, I took a look at Amazon’s free…

Amazon Mobile for iPhone

…and was disappointed to find that I didn’t see a way to buy Kindle ebooks through it too. Although I do not own a Kindle, I did install the free…

Kindle for iPhone

…app on my iPhone and iPod touch. I’ve only bought one book (and I’m still reading it) so far. But, the Kindle for iPhone reading experience has been a good one and I plan to buy Kindle ebooks for it going forward.

You can find Amazon’s mobile friendly website at…

m.amazon.com

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