– Portable (about 8×11)
– Video integration
– Instant shopping
– No printing or shipping costs
– Unstackable (no need to store in cabinets and corners)
A MediaWeek article mentions the “grey presentation” of Amazon’s Kindle as a possible con, but I’m pretty sure that color will be what developers will be after with the magazine e-reader. Bookworms haven’t protested the black and whiteness of books for centuries, and I can’t see them making a huge fuss over Kindle’s decision to stay in the same thread. On the other hand, if somebody decided to put magazines in “grey,” it would be like trading in an ’09 Sony flat panel for a ’32 Baird TV kit.
– Natasha Dorsainvil