So instead, I'll be content to keep reading the old-fashioned way: On my iPhone.

I still say that e-books and handhelds will never completely replace traditional books. But thanks to the iPhone, I've refined my taste in , fallen in love with , and even rediscovered some of the classics with .

As I mentioned previously, Classics is a great app with a beautiful interface. But you are limited to the titles that the developers format and upload, which, at the moment, are 16 very fine books. Most important for the purposes of this review, you cannot add your own books.

Stanza by is the e-book solution for the iPhone and iPod touch. With Stanza, you can download books from more than dozen sources, including of more than 27,000 copyright-free books. You can import your own library, including ePub, eReader and PDFs using Stanza's desktop application. And if that weren't enough, the app also doubles as an RSS reader.

Stanza's interface may not be as elegant as Classics', but it might be the most versatile around. Stanza lets you customize as much or as little as you want and readability is never, ever a problem. The app sorts your books by title, author, subject and latest reads. Browsing is easy and searches are a snap. And it never seems to crash.