e-Ink is interesting in that people describe it as being "just like paper." Intelligent people realize that's not the case - those who describe it so just don't really understand what they're looking at. But then you actually see one in person, and all you can say is that it's just like paper. Glossy paper, but paper nonetheless.

I bought the Kindle 2 when it was released earlier this year. For many years I have been wanted an e-Ink display device, because reading on a computer screen hurts my eyes. I can, however, work in front of a computer all day. There's something different about reading. Anyway... I also wanted a way to carry reference material with me. Dictionaries, book collections, song lyrics and chord charts, etc.

However, every e-Ink device failed in some major way for me. When the original Kindle came out, I said "oooh, almost there!" When the Kindle 2 came out, the problems I had with the orginal had been addressed, so I bought it.

I agree that it's a little pricey. I would rather pay $299 for it. But I allow myself to make one big purchase a year, and the Kindle 2 is it for 2009, and I am very happy with it.

Wait a tic... you move your head to the left to hit the keys on the right? I hope the software is making a mirror image of the video output.

I, for one, welcome our new robot middle-managers.

Squee! Finally the candybar version of the RAZR (the only thing that has kept me form the RAZR is my immutable distaste for flip phones).

Funny story: when I told a friend about the upcoming candybar RAZR, he thought I said "candybar razor," and his side of the conversation followed the path of psychopaths on Halloween.