Well, I suppose it will appeal to some. Whatever floats your boat, as they say.
I do think this obsession with making the digital world look like the real world is holding us back though. I've been reading my newspaper (Le Monde) on my iPod lately, on an app that is designed for iPad. The interface is based on copies of each page of the paper version, and you must click on an article to read it. I'm sure it feels reassuring, but as interfaces go, it's pathetically inadequate. This is an extreme example, but I'm sure this is true in many small ways that we don't even realize.
As for me, I haven't much use for an e-reading device that would need two hands to hold. As it happens, two hands is all I have, and usually I need at least one of them free when I am riding the train to and from work, which is when I do most of my reading. And even when I am at home, how will I hold that glass of wine if I am holding the reader with two hands?
