[TheJohnNewton]

I realize people make purchasing decisions based on the look of the ereader which is why I find it funny. Then again I don't get the hype over the coolness factor of iProducts either so maybe I'm just not cool. I'm more interested in how well a tool works than in what it looks like.

Certainly the items you list are reasonable, doable updates (not sure how hot I'd be about a virtual keyboard though) and some people might be more excited by them than I but I would hope the announcement would be more interesting that just that. One other feature a lot of people (including me) would like is folders or tags but again it wouldn't make for much of an annoucement.