[zetareticuli]

Ok, so I have decided to buy the Kindle DX Graphite model. For a while there, I was really against buying now and in favor of waiting for the better devices that will come out by the end of this year. However, I have thought about it a lot and here are the points that have influenced my decision in favor of buying the Kindle DX Graphite model right NOW:

1. I already have a high-end portable computer with all the bells and whistles on which to do whatever extras cannot be done on an e-reader.

2. I already own a 11" netbook running Windows 7 with all kinds of features.

3. I already own an iPad and it is great for reading except the weight and the LCD screen, which causes eye strain.

4. I want something specifically for reading that has eInk and is easier on the eyes. I don't need it to do anything else other than reading. 90% of reading material is in PDF.

5. Any device would be obsolete in 6 - 12 months anyway. Whether it is an e-reader, laptop, netbook, tablet, car, media player, anything.

6. I don't care much for annotations, text-to-speech, highlighting text, etc. It simply needs to display the reading material on the screen. Most of the reading material is PDF. The rest are text files.

7. Adding external storage would be a nice feature such as the ability to add an SD card. The Kindle devices have no such features. However, I don't plan to have hundreds of thousands of documents stored on my reading device. Since I am human, I can only access and read one a time. I see no need to have hundreds of thousands of documents accessible on the storage device when I can only deal with a handful at a time. Though it would be nice to have external storage, I think the 2 GB storage on the Kindle DXG is plenty for my current and any reasonable future need.

What do you guys think? Does the above seem logical to you to simply go buy the Kindle DXG right now? Or is my logic flawed?