Kindle for iPad: So Much Depends Upon It

Screenshots and information surfaced this morning about Amazon’s Kindle app for iPad and other tablet computers. It looks really nice, offering, in some ways, the things the Kindle itself can’t: a fun-to-use interface, color, illustrations, a bigger screen. The image above shows the bookshelf screen, and apparently the sun moves across the background to match the time of day. E-Ink can’t do that! You can check out Engadget, Slashgear, and Amazon’s Website for more info about the app, but we want to take this opportunity to pontificate a bit about why this is an important step for Amazon.