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 designed for…

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The Aldiko freeware allows you to download, view, bookmark, change format ebooks that you can view on a handheld. In this case, I’m using the Android HTC Hero.

You can’t annotate, which most other ebook programs support. However, you can move through the book very quickly, and the search function works fast. For me, it’s easier to read than on the Kindle, and certainly more convenient, but you can’t buy books from Amazon.com. The iPhone has Kindle software, but I don’t know if this will ever come to the Android platform.

Another downside to reading books on your phone is that once the batteries run down, you can’t make any calls unless you have quick access to an electric outlet. Unlike the iPhone, the Hero has a removeable battery, so you could carry a spare.

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