To be honest, I rather like the look of the device. I would prefer black or dark blue for the reasons already mentioned, but I otherwise think it looks pretty nice. However, I reserve final judgement for when I actually hold one in person. Of course, I look forward to this:
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But if all goes well for Amazon, several years from now we'll see revamped Kindles, equipped with color screens and other features, selling for much less.
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Now I just hope that Sony will release a firmware update for the PRS-500 & -505 that adds support for .mobi (and .epub). (Yeah, I know, wishful thinking. Oh well, I'll probably switch to a black, color-screened kindle in a couple years, and use some freeware program to rip apart the DRM of any books I buy from Connect between now and then. Screw the DMCA.)
Oh, BTW, where the heck does it say anything about Wi-Fi? All I see is EVDO, Whispernet, EVDO, Sprint, EVDO. I don't see one mention of Wi-Fi anywhere in the article.