iBooks Coming to iPhone

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Apple’s iBooks app, currently available only for the iPad, will come to the iPhone with the release of iPhone OS 4.0 this summer. Apple made the announcement during a special media event on Thursday where the company offered journalists a preview of the next version of iPhone OS.

iBooks is Apple’s ebook reader app and the front end to access the company’s iBookstore service. It’s currently available as a free download for the iPad in the United States.

The iBooks app for the iPhone will synchronize with iPad version, too, so users will be able to pick up reading where they left off no matter which device they pick up.

Like iBooks for the iPad, the iPhone version will presumably be available for free, too.

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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