Kindle App Heading to the iPad, Seriously

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We already know that Amazon has Kindle apps available for various mobile platforms including iPhone OS and we are not really that surprised to hear that a Kindle app is going to be heading to the iPad. After all if Amazon can’t beat Apple when it comes to Kindle vs iPad sales and popularity, it might as well try to win the fight from within.

Just like Barnes & Noble, Amazon is getting ready for a new eBook environment one that will be heavily populated by more and more eReaders and tablets. We’ve seen Barnes & Noble commit to deliver an iPad application last week and now we here that a Kindle app is en route for the iPad too.

As you can expect, the Kindle app will be totally free of charge but the content it will offer will cost you extra cash. If, for whatever reason, you end up not liking any of the titles Apple will have listed in the iBook store then having a Kindle and/or Barnes & Noble app around will surely help you find your favorite books in digital format.

The Kindle app for the iPad has apparently been totally redesigned in order to adjust to the new gadget and I would only assume that other tablets will also get similar Kindle apps in the months to come. Therefore Amazon should still make a large chunk of money off its eBooks even if it won’t sell as many Kindles as it did in the years before.

Now that we know both Amazon and Barnes & Noble are getting their iPad related-affairs in order we will expect other eBook manufacturers to make such free apps for Apple’s tablet and any other similar machine from the competition.

Not to mention that the screenshots of the Kindle app for iPad we have today seem to reveal what the next Kindle will look like. And the future Kindle is filled with colors from where I am sitting.