I’ve been reading ebooks on my handheld devices for as long as I can remember (we’re talking about US Robotics Pilot circa 1997 here), and have been absolutely fascinated by the success of the Amazon Kindle.   For one, they’ve turned their entire retailing model from moving paperback books to an estimated $1 billion business moving ebooks.  With the launch of the Kindle 2 last month, Amazon has refined their ebook reader product and made it even sleeker and sexier to behold.

For me, the main attraction is the display technology – …

In the face of rough economic terrain and increasing numbers of HD streaming providers, will people choose Blu-ray over HD movie streaming? With the average price of a Blu-ray disc rental costing about the same, or even more than virtual HD rentals from iTunes or rumored Amazon HD service, it’s easy to see why many may choose the virtual rental. Virtual rentals also provide an “on demand” type of availability meaning they can be rented at any hour of the day or night, and users don’t even need to leave …