New Kindle out now!

I've never been an Apple fan - no real need to. PC, Blackberry... I even started with a.n.other's MP3 player before getting an iPod.

But the purchase of an iPad did alter all that. The "app" is a real game-changer, and I am just waiting for iPhone 4.1 to come out in the autumn (we suspect) for the Apple wave to consume me further.

The other thing the iPad did for me was expose me to the electronic book. Whilst the iTunes book store is rumoured to be hugely successful, you can also run Amazon's Kindle software on the iPad, and have instant access to the USA Kindle bookstore. And THAT is bounteous and often inexpensive.

So, if reading books on a mchine is OK, acceptable, convenient, cheap, available, lightweight... the new Kindle at £109 is a complete no-brainer.