Kindle for BlackBerry beta is now available as a free download from Amazon.com.
Readers rejoice, now you can download thousands of your favorite books directly to your BlackBerry Smartphone. Yesterday Amazon announced the availability of it’s “Kindle for BlackBerry†beta application. The Kindle for BlackBerry app will bring over 420,000 books, including 102 out of 112 New York Times Best Sellers as a direct download to your BlackBerry Smartphone.
Lets look at some features.
Read Kindle Books on Your BlackBerry
- Get the best reading experience available on your BlackBerry. No Kindle required
- Access your Kindle books even if you don’t have your Kindle with you
- Automatically synchronizes your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync
- Create bookmarks and view the annotations you created on your Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible mobile device
Shop for Books in the Kindle Store 
- Search and browse more than 400,000 books, including 101 of 112 New York Times® Best Sellers.
- Find New York Times Best Sellers and new releases for $9.99, unless marked otherwise
- Get free book samples – read the first chapter for free before you decide to buy
- Books you purchase can also be read on a Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible mobile device
- Kindle newspapers, magazines, and blogs are not currently available for Kindle for BlackBerry
- Kindle for BlackBerry is available to U.S. customers only
Future Improvements
As with all our services, we will continue to improve the Kindle for Blackberry application. Below are some of the features to be added in the near future:
- Scrolling
In addition to page-by-page navigation, you will be able to scroll text line-by-line. - Create Notes and Highlights
Along with viewing the notes and highlights you created on other Kindle devices, you will be able to create and edit notes and highlights. - Search
You will be able to search within your book.
The Kindle for BlackBerry app currenly supports the following BlackBerry devices.
- BlackBerry Curve 8520 and 8900
- BlackBerry Tour 9630
- BlackBerry Bold 9000 and 9700
- Storm 9530 and 9550
Click here with your BlackBerry Web browser to download Kindle for BlackBerry or go to http://amazon.com/kindlebb on your BlackBerry Smartphone.
Click here to read more on the Kindle for BlackBerry beta application.
