My favorite feature: Forget daily charging, two standard AAA batteries (included) will power WikiReader for about 12 months of normal usage. Or put in

My favorite feature: Forget daily charging, two standard AAA batteries (included) will power WikiReader for about 12 months of normal usage. Or put in those unused rechargeable batteries lying around in the house. Those will work, too. Sure, you can get an iPod touch or some smart device du jour, but that defeats the point. I'm sure reading text on that crisp b&w screen is far easier and with less distractions than on an iPod. But this is something you can throw in your bag just to have, or give to your niece or nephew or create a homebrew community around. Maybe its the nostalgia talking, but I have a fondness of these 'one use' devices that have just as much computing power as you need, don't need a wireless connection and don't need an power umbilical chord nightly. If I didn't have a Kindle, I'd consider playing with one.