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one reason often cited for the policy is interference with the flgith controls. i'll be honest that i doubt that's much of an issue. but i'd hate to be on the plane that had a problem with a weird electronic device someone brought on and was using during takeoff ...
but another reason for the no-electronics policy for takeoff and landing's also a legacy of the fact that in developed nations with good airlines, most crashes happened during the first few or last few minutes of flight, well into the '90s. And in third-world countries, that's still the case. Electronic devices most often used are those with headphones -- music and games. Prohibiting electronics until a plane's at cruising altitude is just to make sure passengers aren't distracted. Imagine how differently getting people out of the plane that ditched into the Hudson River a couple years ago would have gone if they'd had to be tapping people to remove their earbuds and listen to the instructions.
I'm not saying an ereader distracts you like an iPod ... but I think it would be hard to selectively allow one and not the other.
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