Kindle 3

Have had my shiny new Kindle 3 for a couple of weeks now. It really is terrific. My main reason for buying it was traveling and books - both the bulk and the inevitable situation where you end up reading airport-trash.

An obvious question from people is why not an iPad. A couple of reasons:

• iPads are big and bulky - what? compared to a book they are. The kindle 3 is nice and light - like a novella.
  
• The e-ink display is fanatastic. I get eyestrain from LCD's.
• Lasts for a month on a Charge.
  
• Cheap @ £100 - this is in impulse buy territory.
  

Essentially there are different devices for different needs.

I can highly recommend it. You do need a little time to switch over from the learned response of reading a book (page-turning etc), but once you do it seems normal.