I agree that the current Kindle is not the best format for college - I have one, and I'm doing a business degree (technology MBA). In my experience, both paper

I agree that the current Kindle is not the best format for college - I have one, and I'm doing a business degree (technology MBA). In my experience, both paper and traditional tablets (such as the iPad) are much better suited for case studies and reference material - the refresh rate and lack of touchscreen of the older Kindles are both dealbreakers, and it would need a tablet-like UX to be more usable. I actually use my Android cell phone for classes, download the PDFs of the case studies and all that. I still prefer paper (I'm used to spreading multiple pages around, something you can't do with a tablet. Maybe with a Microsoft "Surface".. err Microsoft PixelSense).