Amazon.com recently unveiled the Kindle, a “wireless portable reading device” that can store up to 200 books, weighs only 10.3 ounces, and combines your love of reading with your even bigger love of putting your book down so it can recharge for three hours. We here at Cracked were curious when we first read about the Kindle. “What kind of person would actually need 200 books on them at any one time?” Then, we stumbled upon this ad. Now we know exactly what kind of person the Kindle was …
lol dumbass
“The end of the books itself as we know them.”
Doesnt that scare you at all? Farenheit 451 dude, thats whats gonna happen.
I’m not sure but trying to comment.
im wondering what do you mean???
It is really scary. To think that technology is taking over everything? I love my computer, and my cellphone,don’t get me wrong, but it’s scary none the less.
Well think of it this way. If all our books are computer programs, just think how easy it would be to delete them and make them a fading memory. Not that this is a bad idea, but replacing books for good with something like this seems a bit more risky than helpful. Know this it’s not hard to see why someone would be a little overwhelmed by the thought.
It is a col device but i think it is not for me.
I kinda wish there were some stainless steel sheeting “books” with the words pressed in, so they can out last us, but that takes some moniez.
It’s basically a console for books?
Wasn’t the best I’ve seen from cracked, although I chuckled at the end!
not nesesarily. especially electronic books are very small in size (digital size that is). You can make several backups on dvd’s magnetic media or even online. backup and recovery of thousands e-books will take only a few minutes while copying ONE ordinary book might take up to an hour (maybe more depending on the size of the book).
lol, all the religious books … and richard dawkins lol
Cracked has mocked the Kindle for being unnecessary, but if you think about it, you could have said the same for cellphones decades ago. “What kind of moron needs to be able to call someone all the time at ANY time?” And yet now it’s practically become a necessity. I could see something similar happening with the Kindle, if the price comes down and they extend the battery life.
0:01 – 0:02 : no shit we can tell
Actually, if you look hard enough you could probably find just about every program that ever existed on the internet. For free! I wouldn’t mind having access to free books that could keep for as long as humanity is still around.
i love my kindle
So what happens to all the books you’ve bought and stored on your Kindle when you drop it on the sidewalk and it’s damaged beyond repair? Does Amazon send you a new kindle and let you download all those books again for free?
not that funny
I like cracked, but by this logic we don’t need MP3 players right, I mean rarely do you listen to more than an hour of music at a time or portable gaming systems because one game can take 30-40 hours. Yeah you only read one book at a time but for the same weight, and price which would you rather have one book or a small library?
Well, what kind of moron DOES need to be able to call someone all the time? Cel phones have not improved communication. most people make dozens of totally unnecessary call each day. “Oh, I just have one for emergencies.” Last time my car broke down, 5 people stopped to offer use of their phones. I guess I really didn’t need one after all.
Yes, the cel phone has “practically become a necessity” …ha!
I prefer making xerox copies of all of my books, always good to have a back up if needed.
Just because YOU consider calls from outside the home unnecessary doesn’t mean they are for everyone. Some people actually have shit to get done that, 30 years ago, they would’ve taken longer to do because they could only accomplish it from the office or at home.
I love this man’s embouchure.
Why are you angry? It’s not like cell phones are hurting anything.
If you don’t like them, don’t get one and shut up?
I would give this comment 10 thumbs up if I could. Thats the whole premise of the Kindle. The fact that you can carry so many books at once. Some people read through books quickly, travel often or read very long books. For those reasons the Kindle is great. You can immediately start reading a new book when you finish one since you have so many in your hand to choose from. It holds your place in all of them and public domain books can be downloaded for free/cheap. You have a dictionary built in