Francis

Kindle 2: Still Expensive

Not to be a Kindle fan boy but

- it handles several formats, PDF included
- as for a black and white screen vs. an iPod touch; I can't read the web on a touch ( I have one, great mp3 / video player, but sucks for browsing.

If I had a high quality screen that is easy on the eyes, I'd happily give back 2+ hours of screen time on my laptop in trade for this device.

I have a LOT of PDFs and ebooks I get off the net; I can finally put them on a device I can read easily (I hope, I haven't seen the screen on a live kindle). That alone is worth the price to me.

And I can load up all my own documents for free.

it's not an ipod, which is a different usage model...