Amazon Kindle ebook reader

[Pauline McNamara]

Anyone touched one of these?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m2S5YCKCJJ64W8:m1KUZNR4TVZSMM

[Bear Bibeault]

Despite being an avid reader, I don't find these compelling for a number of reasons. Primarily:

the price point is too high

even though Amazon has said that they'll keep content for perpetuity, they said that about Unbox too, and...

restrictions on non-Amazon content and formats

and (least importantly) did it have to be so ugly?

[ November 29, 2007: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Pauline McNamara]

Though ugly may be least important in that list, it's definitely an important factor. Did you ever see one up close? I've only seen the ad.