Backlighting: I hope instead it will come with small LED lights built around the screen that are operated by a switch in the back. Backlighting is a pain on the eyes, and the on-off switch would make it the best of both worlds.

Location numbers: I give up. They are truly random. On the bright side, they do go in order. I actually bookmark the beginning of every chapter to make my life easier, though, but I wish Amazon would do that for me….

The price will fall, eventually. Generally, for electronics either quality doubles or price halves every other year.

The Kindle also apparently has some strange extras they didn’t mention, including the time, mindsweeper and photo viewing.

http://igorsk.blogspot.com/2007/12/hacking-kindle-part-3-root-shell-and.html

Mine actually crashed multiple times, but it was my fault. Dang thing is apparently temperature sensitive, and runs really slowly at 40 degree Fahrenheit. Not surprised.

Finally: Mobipocket’s .mobi generator is amazing. Especially when paired with a Kindle