Friday iFAQ: Kindle 3
Every Friday we publish a list of inFrequently Answered Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple user, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
It’s just bad luck that our iFAQ for the Kindle landed on Friday the 13th.
Q: Oh, man, hey, sorry I had to call this one in. I can’t make it to the studio, so we’ll just do this over the phone, ‘kay?
A: O-Okay.
Q: Great. Anyway, I just bought this new Kindle, and I really like it, the e-ink screen, the cool graphite shell, the…whoops, man, I almost hit that black cat with my bike. Good thing he got out of the way so quickly! What was I saying? Oh, yeah, I really like it and all, but sometimes I wonder if it’s really enough.
A: What do you mean?
Q: Now, don’t get me wrong. I like having a reading device that’s also got free Wikipedia access anywhere I go, and having books delivered to me in “under a minute” is awesome, full stop. But WHOA! Man! This place is crazy today! I just barely fit under that ladder!
A: You were saying?
Q: I’m just saying that maybe the Kindle could do more.
A: More than just books, you mean?
Q: Well, that’s not entirely fair, because it also does magazines, blogs, heck, even Instapaper, that sweetheart of the iPhone, has Kindle support.
A: So you’ve got a high-tech miracle device that allows you to consume just about any print form of media from anywhere, but you want more?
Q: Look buddy, if you didn’t want that mirror broken you shouldn’t have left it out on the street where anyone could run into it like that! I’m lucky I’m not all full of glass shards and stuff, you know?
A: Maybe this is a bad time, Q…
Q: No, no it’s fine. Look, yeah, I get all the print stuff I want delivered to me wherever I am. But what about music? what about videos? What about long, moonlit strolls along the beach with the person I love? What about living the life I’ve always dreamed of?
A: NO MUSICALS!
Q: Sorry about that. Man, that lady across the street seems to agree with you. She’s totally givin’ me the evil eye. My singing isn’t that bad.
A: It kinda is. So, you want to know what you should do to satisfy all your other media-based lusts, right?
Q: You make it sound so dirty.
A: And you don’t want an iPad?
Q: Can’t afford an iPad.
A: Well then. Get ready to squint.
Q: What’s that now?
A: Grab yourself an iPod Touch or an iPhone and watch your movies and listen to your music on a more handheld device.
Q: And my Kindle?
A: You can read Kindle books on the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Or your Mac. Or your PC. Or just carry two devices. You’re not really losing out.
Q: Well, okay, yeah. But… hold on… Daaaaaang, that piano almost landed on me! So that’s your answer. Get an iOS device and call it good.
A: Pretty much.
Q: Hey, I just found $100 in the gutter! Maybe I CAN afford an iPad after all. Wow, today must be my lucky day!
A: Must be.
Except with an iOS device, he could use iBooks (or a bunch of other reader apps) instead of Kindle’s reader.
Wow, first post two times in a row. Must be my lucky day.
Okay, J0n. I don’t think you understand your place in this here comment section. I was busy writing checks, okay? Yes, I still write checks.
Be careful what you wish for and all that.
Don’t need a kindle but really really want one.
It’s not that hard to glue a Kindle and an iPhone back to back. Using your new hybrid is hard, though, but hey…
Luck favors those who are really, realy lucky.
Sue, my apologies for not waiting for you to finish writing your checks.
BTW, I neither need nor want a Kindle. I got an iPad for my birthday a couple of months ago.
J0n, no apologies necessary. You were first, fair and square. I should have procrastinated. So what if they turn off my electricity and I have no air conditioning. I should get my priorities straight.
I love my iPad too. But I still crave a kindle. New toy……ooooohhhh…….