I love my Kindle because IT DOESN'T FUCKING RING, you dipshits. Hey, I'm trying to make a decision between the iPhone and the Roomba and a Porsche Cayman and a Turkish Coffeemaker. Which should I get? - Eric Rice from Bookmarklet

Can I look up slashdot on the coffee maker? - Phil G

I got a Mustang convertible at first, but ended up getting a leafblower instead. I'll never go back! - Robert H

Well you know what they say... once you go leafblower... - Eric Rice

Why does one device have to smoke/kill another? I own both an iPhone and a Kindle. I love them both. They're both in my pockets right now (cargo pants FTW!). I use them both a ton, but for different things. The iPhone SUCKS for reading books. As in, you can't, because it's almost impossible to get books onto the device. And there aren't many available. And the UX is awful for long form reading. So I don't use my iPhone to read books. I use my Kindle. But my Kindle sucks at the web. Trade-offs. - Josh Bancroft

I think the iPhone will kill my toaster.... with an iphone who even needs toast? If I was wonderbread I would be researching my own mobile device as well! The face that they don't have a mobile device out shows they have had horrible management for years. - Stefan Hayden

Only thing I hate about the Kindle is the hardware UI. I still don't know how to hold the thing. Did I say it doesn't ring cuz, well, it's not a phone? :) BRB I have to answer the blender. - Eric Rice

Oh man, this article is ridiculous. - Daniel Andrlik

a ringing kindle... hmmm.. (prepares pitch) - Ruben Llibre

eric: like answering blender very funny - mike "glemak" dunn

The iPod Touch doesn't ring. And if the iPhone gets and ebook reader then it's likely that the touch will too. - Rob Safuto

more like the istrain :) - Steve Lowe

haha steplow, I agree. I love the iPhone in general but for reading lengthy text it's a bit too small of a device to be the best option. - Robert Seidman

@mikedunn my ear, WILL IT BLEND?! - Eric Rice

Just because one device CAN do something absolutely, doesn't mean will absolutely use it. My playstation is basically a computer with memory card slots, hard drive, wifi, bluetooth media players, web browsers and all that, and yet, I will use a computer for computing. - Eric Rice

Even though it's hacky in practice, Sony's PSP makes a great e-book reader as well. There's a small desktop application that converts the text a sequence of jpegs that you flip through in the image browser. You'll be surprised how fast you can devour a book if you take the 10 minutes to set it up. - sergiooo

Personally, I'd love to see color e-ink take off so I can get all my comics on a larger, Kindle-like device. - Daniel Andrlik

Daniel: I had some manga on my Sony Reader... it worked so-so, but felt like reading the weekday newspaper version. - Eric Rice

Sergiooooooooo a few years ago Jason from Insomnia Radio made some amazing PSP formatted media magazines, tied to music and such. This is of interest to me since Sony is paying attention now to this multimedia document format. When is a document a thing that contains all media? (Disclosure: I'm developing mixed media content for console/gaming/device audiences) - Eric Rice

Balls. The Kindle is made for reading. Sure the iPhone could handle ebooks but there would definitely be some tradeoffs so that the damn thing could do all the other 10000 things it does. - EricaJoy

All this makes me wish the old Eric was back. The one that complained about everything and told us what was wrong with EVERYTHING -- the one who brought nothing to the table. - DYKC?™

@dykc i see what you did there xD - Eric Rice

@dykc Damn you beat me to it. - Jim Stanger

OK Donna,errr Eric-Roomba Turbo FTW! Can it get SL in Android? - Mark Forman

You know what makes an awesome ebook reader? The Nokia 770 internet tablet. Open source ebook software. Oh, and you can use voip on it. And the battery last longer than on a iPhone. Did I mention the screen is 800x480 but only 4.3" diagonal? And you can find them on eBay or even Woot for under 200 bucks? They have Wireless-G with no restrictions built-in? Bluetooth? They fit in your pocket? I could go on... - Phil G

But does the Nokia 770 battery life compare to the Kindle? Nope. - Josh Bancroft

Josh - damn that e-paper and its persistent display! hehe .. actually I have a lot of problems with the Kindle hardware. I don't like the entire left and right edge are giant buttons.. I'd be accidentally turning pages all the time. .. If someone developed a cheap snap-on cover that could be snapped to the back when you were using it, that would fix that problem handily. - Phil G

Yeah, I have to pick up my Kindle gingerly, usually from the top (above the screen) or bottom edges, to avoid hitting those buttons. But I've gotten in the habit of "locking" my Kindle (hitting Alt+aA to put it into sleep mode and lock all the keys) when I put it down, so when I pick it up again, it doesn't matter if I hit ANY of the buttons, until I unlock it. - Josh Bancroft

"Just because one device CAN do something absolutely, doesn't mean will absolutely use it. My playstation is basically a computer with memory card slots, hard drive, wifi, bluetooth media players, web browsers and all that, and yet, I will use a computer for computing. - Eric Rice" >> Aren't we making calls and taking photos with a pda? If the product is good, the users will come. I'll tell you where this is going, pretty soon, a kindle can be rolled up to swat a fly too. - Carolyn Chan

Heheh Turkish Coffee maker. What a great wish list : ) - Erhan Erdogan