While shipments of the , I will resist the urge to become an early adopter and instead assess the market more fully for upcoming devices. I'm excited by the e-reader concept generally, but will need to ask myself what I plan to read most often in digital format on a portable device: Will I want to read newspapers more than novels? Or perhaps the occasional IT textbook or technical journal? I fear a single e-reader won't do it all, and that could get expensive.

In general, the market for e-readers is still young. I'm a careful buyer; I'm waiting for an e-reader that is better designed to read many kinds of materials easily and efficiently.