[mdibella]

Sounds interesting, and I would certainly buy an updated Kindle in a heartbeat, for several reasons.

Firstly, I love my Kindle but I am a bit bothered by the 'all of my eggs in one basket' concept. If my Kindle is lost or broken, I haven't just lost a gadget, I've also lost all of the reading material I've been carrying around. Oh I know it is not a permanent loss, but if it happens while I am on a business trip and can't get a new one right away, that could be fairly disastrous.

Secondly, I would like a larger screen. That might be a silly thing to ask for, considering that I read fiction pretty much exclusively, but if it were the same size as a paperback page, I would think folks would find it easier to switch to ebooks.

This does bring up a question though...and ain't THAT a kick in the DRM?

If I buy a new updated Kindle, how do I get my books moved from the old one to the new one? Do I have to redownload them all over again, and who pays for this (I expect it won't be a trivial cost if every Kindle owner needs to do it at once)? My current Kindle has 47 pages of books between its main memory and its SD card. Is Amazon going to provide a method for rekeying these books to the new Kindle so I can simply move them using USB?

Of course they aren't ALL DRM copies, I have a bunch of stuff I've gotten off Baen or other sites that aren't infected with DRM, but most of them are keyed to THIS Kindle...

You know, I have bought several new iPods and one nice thing about Apple is, they make it easy to move your library to your new toy....