Tony Curtis will spend eternity with an Armani scarf, a Stetson hat, a copy of Anthony Adverse and… his iPhone. That last one doesn’t sound in the least bit crazy to me. In fact, I think I’ll update my control freak dictates list of funeral requests. I mean, having a phone in your coffin just makes sense in case coroner was wrong!
Something else my loved ones better place in my casket: my Kindle. Actually, I’m not worried about them honoring that wish. They probably won’t be able to pry the thing out of my cold, dead hands in the first place since I will, no doubt, have died playing Scrabble on it.
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October 5, 2010 at 12:26 pm
I love my kindle too, and scrabble on it. I’m wearing away the letters on the keys.
October 5, 2010 at 12:58 pm
I love having Kindle on my phone..been re-reading the entire Sherlock Holmes collection. Only part I haven’t figured out for my phone version is the audio reader. I’d love to be able to listen to my books.
October 5, 2010 at 1:31 pm
@Kimsch – It’s so much easier to play Scrabble the Kindle on a sunny day while waiting for the Big-Eyed Boy to get out of school than to try it on my cell phone.
@Red, I don’t think it works when using the Kindle app on the phone. Sorry.
October 5, 2010 at 1:52 pm
I barely find time to read all the books I’ve accumulated on my Kindle. I damn sure don’t need to add a game to it that would slow my reading down even further.
But you go on and enjoy it, little lady.
October 5, 2010 at 2:24 pm
@Red, the audio choices on the Kindle are male and female and very robotic and monotone. I set it up for a Beatrix Potter book to show my mom. It reads, then says: illustration, illustration because there are placeholders for illustrations that aren’t on the kindle. Now if the kindle version would come with audiobooks audio….
October 5, 2010 at 2:33 pm
I think Audible.com offers actual audiobooks that can be installed on a Kindle. Red’s reading on her phone, though, and the Kindle phone app doesn’t offer even the robot-like voices of the Kindle.
@Boyd, Thank ya, Sir. I will!
October 5, 2010 at 10:20 pm
I do like the “read along” aspect of of the combination of print and audio tho.
October 6, 2010 at 2:38 am
Yet another scrabble app… on the kindle. Soon may be the kindle will be able to take a call ;p
October 22, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Thanks for the article – I’ve been looking for an excuse to get a Kindle and I think this is it. I’ve looked at all the different ebook readers and the Kindle seems to beat all the others hands down.