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Ok, jailbreak you iPhone or iPod Touch, install the eBook reader Books.app found at [code.google.com] and voila! No need to pay 400 bucks for an ugly kindle. The app is amazing!

@LindsayJoy: You're saying you'd rather be seen with something modern looking rather than a fax machine prototype from 1968?

Why is Giz missing the story of the woman actually suing the Ass. (aka FIAA), come on Giz get ur news feeds in check

check out the www.theregister.com

I'm more interested in the cake than the actual product. Would I have to wait several weeks for some of that cake to be shipped to me? I'll do an unboxing video if they send it to me. Mmmmm, Cake... ::drool:: (I'm diabetic..that's what makes this funny..get it? Diabetic? Shouldn't have too much sugar?...nevermind, I'm laughing at myself)

Someone actually bought a Kindle?

I've had two on order for about a month now.

@LindsayJoy: Voila! You now have eye strain.

Love my kindle. It doesn't look that bad. How many of you have actually touched one? When you do, get back to me...

An ugly bunch of plastic that makes an even uglier cake. Whooda thunkit.

I've seen Amish furniture that looks more modern.

I read Giz everyday and have NEVER been so compelled that I wanted to post, until NOW.
... The Kindle!, you're friggin' kidding me?!?! Have any of you actually held or used one? It's a horrible piece of c!@# and a disaster of form and function. Hold one and you'll know what all the Applehype is ALL about!
I'm sure the flyover states think it's a marvel of engineering. Keep it far from our beaches!

@The Full English Please!!:
You just don't give up do you??? It's the RIAA btw.

@halfro:
How dare you suggest that people actually try something before offering a definative opinion! That's what the Internets are for. What are you, some sort of book reading, screen size queen, anarchist?

@SchruteBuck: "I've seen Amish furniture that looks more modern."

As an Amish person (Mennonite, actually), I appreciate the comment. The Kindle looks too damn old fashioned, even for us! Although I'd take a piece of that cake.

@frigg: There's a large Amish population where I live, so I'm familiar with the quality, good stuff. The furniture, not the kindle.

15 comments and none include "THE CAKE IS A LIE?". I guess that's what makes Gizmodo different from Engadget.

Anyway, I want a Kindle, but not at $400.

When it comes to eReaders, I prefer the Sony eReader myself, I absolutely love mine, particularly its form factor. I can't say I'm impressed at all by what I've seen of Kindle so far, though I have yet to check one out in person.

Bought one for the wife for Christmas. She loves it. She seen a book on a TV talk show the other day and 60 seconds later she was reading it on her Kindle. She has saved nearly the $400 on books which cost $29-$39 for hard copy but sell for $4.99-$9.99 from the Kindle store. And yes she is able to get any book listed on the best sellers lists. I bought it two days after seeing it on Gizmodo and must say it's the best gift I've bought in years!

I just can't pull the trigger on any e-book reader that doesn't have a backlight...

The idea of buying either the Sony reader or the Kindle and then having to clip-on an LED booklight to read it makes my circuits fry...

@LindsayJoy:

Amazing? It only reads text or HTML files. That's pathetic, not amazing.

I HATE the Kindle, because it locks up it's content in its proprietary format. With the selection they have on e-book, if they'd open up the format to other readers, which can be read on smart phones and palms, they'd sell more books. But of course, they'd rather sell their damn hardware. Bastards.