Say what you will, the past couple of days have been littered with signs of a rapidly expanding set of functions that the iPad can perform. Latest on the block is the iDisplay desktop extender, which will turn any of your iPhone OS devices into a WiFi-connected second monitor, allowing you to finally unchain your Mac OS (Windows version forthcoming) desktop and take it on the move. Introductory price is $4.99 and you’ll find an early hands-on experience at the TUAW link. Next up we have the Kindle for iPhone app contracting its name to just Kindle and making the expected jump to iPad compatibility with version 2.0, which comes with iBookstore-like page turning and, best of all, won’t cost you a thing. We’ve also got Read the full story

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Amazon has updated Kindle for iPhone [$0 | AppStore] to version 1.1, adding new features like background and text color options, reading in landscape mode, multitouch pinch-to-zoom for images, and a new way for turning pages that involves simply tapping the page. Screenshots after the break.

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