Supposed change in Apple policy has e-book fans worried about their apps

Insufficient, and certainly one sided information is all that's so far available. I'm taking it with a large grain of salt but if true, it's a monstrously stupid move. Unlike most Apple App "restrictions", even the most tech-unsavvy iOS owner will notice this one. You can bet it'd feature in upcoming ads for other tablets.

For these reasons, I'm suspicious. It's either just wrong, a silent test of the waters that will come to nothing, or a policy that won't last until Spring (much like the "Only Obj-C" attempt). If it's anything else, I worry for the future of the Apple App platform.

So the choice will soon be between getting an iPad and repurchasing all your books through the app, or buying an Android tablet and reading the books you already own without having to pay again. Sounds like a tough choice. Good thing Apple products have good resale value, because mine's ending up on Craigslist fairly soon.

I really doubt Apple would boot Kindle from the app store. I think what happened here was just Sony getting turned down because they had an in-app store that was not going through Apple.

I think Apple realizes how huge of a mistake it would be to ban Kindle from the App Store.

Edit: this is pretty obviously just Sony feeling burned and wanting to spin this into as scary a story as possible.

Apple seems to have a policy of regularly testing the water for further lock-down/lock-out/lock-in.

Almost as if they think because an awful lot of people have accepted it on iTunes, a similar number accepted it from Microsoft for such a long time (and still do) that it's simply a matter of waiting until the public are too jaded to care any longer.

Neat, everybody loses. Now that's thinking different.

I just started using the Kindle app on my iPad. Loved it so much that I planned on buying a Kindle 3G as a companion device for my iPad (to handle the outdoor summer reading that iPad struggles with).

It looks like Apple is just testing the waters, but if they were to eliminate the Kindle app as it lives now, my next tablet would be an Android one, for sure.

I always wondered why you couldn't purchase a book directly from the kindle app on the iPad (it makes you open up a new browser window to do it)