Yesterday's New York Times gave us item #10 of our Kindle Can't Do list. One that we had not thought about...but will strike romantics and operators as an obvious one. No, the Kindle will not provide you with a great pick up line or as Ellen Feldman puts it, it may deprive us of an  "ineffable kinship among book lovers!" No more spotting a cover and sharing that sense that you know something about that person that is deeper than what they appear to be. You know something about their soul....

* For those of us who've carried Kindles out there in the real world, this argument only holds so far. Cause what we have experienced is "Kindle fellowship". The "Oh! another Kindle owner" -- or strangers' avid curiosity about seeing someone holding the "infamous" tablet. It does not compete directly with a cover, a dog or a baby but trust me: it is up there!

** As we end this mini series, one concludes that looking at a new technology with suspicion and sometimes resentment is only natural.