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 – …