Here are my thoughts on the Amazon Kindle

 1. What happens when Amazon decides it’s not profitable and shuts down the “Whispernet”. Then that “no computer, no syncing” thing goes from a selling point to a major boondoggle

 2. How do you use it if you’re not within Sprint’s network? Why would you not stick wifi or some way to sync it with the computer, and make it optional? I am all for the KISS methodology and the sync it over the air method they use now, but they really need a backup

 3. Want to sell 10 million of these things? Get textbook publishers signed up. I would be completely willing to pay full price for textbooks if I could get them in electronic format. Give them away to college students, charge them regular price for the books. Publishers will love it because it kills the used textbook market. Students love it because you don’t have to carry 60lbs of books. Amazon loves it because they have tons of new Kindle customers that will probably use it after college. And college graduates are likely to continue reading after they’re done with school.