Kindle: Amazon's 6" Wireless Reading Device Price: $299.00

The Amazon Kindle... also known as :"The device I didn't realize I couldn't live without until I got one and loved it beyond anything other than my children and cold gin...but that's a really long name, so let's just stick with the original, if boring, Amazon Kindle.

I resisted buying one because of the price tag. Hello, I have SO many things on the list of stuff I could use $300 for, it's not even funny... (and I mean that. I have an actual LIST of things that I could spend $300 on, and it doesn't make you laugh.
At all. I know, I've tried it on several people.)

...but then my BFF, who is a truly awesome gift-giver, gave me one for my birthday. So the dilemma was gone, the Kindle was in my hands, and I immediately began buying books to be downloaded via free "whispernet" ...and it's quick, too.
There are some beta-testing-kinda thingies on the Kindle, like web browsing. You can visit the Kindle store from the menu. You can download blogs and newspapers and audiobooks, so they say. You can listen to some books in this really bizarre, robotic voice (male or female, your choice, as well as the speed of reading...so if you like your books to be read to you like..."The quick brownuh Fox jump-ed overthe dog was the questeeown you askedme...", well here you go. I think it's horrible, and I have a computer and or blackberry for my other Internet needs, so I use my Kindle solely for...reading.

My first complaint was girly in nature and a bit embarrassing to admit, but hell, I'm all about being real, yo. So here goes.... It wasn't very attractive .
It's plain, and white, and the screen is shades of black and gray. This thing could be in sooooo many cute colors and designs, but nope, three hundred bucks for a 6" by 8" WHITE PLASTIC device with a boring old b&w screen.
Secondly, I thought they couldn't possibly have enough books for this thing yet, it's a fairly new technology, and it will take time before the titles and authors I want to see.
Well, I was right about the first thing. It's boring to look at. I was wrong about the second. There are a lot, a LOT of books available for this pretty little critter.
Let's just give you the official Amazon spiel, shall we?