>The back lighting itself is a large part of the appeal, to be honest. That is understandable. Personally, I still love my (non-backlit, but with an integrated

>The back lighting itself is a large part of the appeal, to be honest. That is understandable. Personally, I still love my (non-backlit, but with an integrated reading light in the cover) Kindle; however, I suspect this is in large part because I spend the better part of my workday staring at a backlit display and so would do just about anything to avoid having to do so on my time off. My wife got a backlit one for Christmas and now call me a luddite for sticking with my backlit-less one. Imagine being called a luddite for using a thingy with a 3G modem in it... :-)