Thoughts On The New Kindle

I got my first I got my first Kindle last week, and have been toying around with it a little ever since. It is a very provocative little device, one of those technologies that--for all its imperfections--makes you realize that a whole new set of possibilities are just around the corner. I jotted down a few loosely connected thoughts and observations:

1. The iPhone interface has become so second-nature that a handheld device without a touch UI seems simply broken. It just seems inane to use the