by Ian Paul, PC WorldOwn a Kindle and an iPhone? If you were hoping to take that copy of Lisa See's Shanghai Girls to the beach with you in your back pocket think again. That's because the restrictions on books you buy and downloaded to your Kindle may not be transferable to the iPhone's Kindle App. These restrictions stink and lesson the appeal of the Kindle and the ultra-portability of digital books.
Ever since the Kindle was launched in 2007, it has been touted as the literary equivalent of the iPod. In other words, the Kindle is supposed to do for digital books and magazines, what the iPod did for digital music and video. That vision has changed from time to time, but seeing Kindle as the savior of the print industry has remained a common theme. There's only one problem with this view: it's just not true.
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