I’ve pretty much decided that I’m not going to buy a Kindle. As much as I love the concept and while the reviews have been mostly positive, I’m not doing it because:

* One major component of the US$360 price is the wireless capability – both in terms of the hardware and the network usage (paid by Amazon but of course that’s included in the price). My guess is this adds at least $100 to the price and this is a feature I will never be able to use.

* There are rumors flying of a touch screen Kindle before the end of the year and also of them going international, so I might as well hold off.

* Too many books that I’ve bought lying around that I haven’t read yet. What am I going to do? Buy them again for the Kindle? Lug around a book and a Kindle? Doesn’t make sense.

Oh, there’s now a free Kindle app for the iPhone. But I don’t know who in their right mind wants to read a book on a screen that small. Certainly not me.

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