[koland]

Originally Posted by Robotech_Master

Are "most of us," really? Stats from Fictionwise head honcho Steve Pendergrast suggest that more people are reading on the iPhone or iPod Touch than on the Kindle.

I have the Kindle and an iphone (used only as an ipod touch), as well as many palm models (I'd forgotten I'd bought books for the palm until I downloaded the ereader for the iphone and blundered into my account at ereader.com). I only buy in the ereader format if it is the only choice available (and even then, it needs to be quite cheap or I'll search for the book used instead). Reading on the palm or iphone simply isn't the same as the Kindle (although the OLD palm's come close - but with the same small screen limitation of the iphone) and onscreen presents it's own challenges/problems (for any reader format).

Considering the dismal battery life of the ipod touch/iphone (and their primary use for music and phones), I doubt much actual reading occurs (other than web surfing), despite the number that have experimented by downloading the reader. ereader.com likes to claim a certain number of books downloaded -- that includes all my old ones that I downloaded, out of curiosity, but none of which I'll re-read on the iphone.