Some things I find striking about the Kindle.

It's not all bad. Such a shame that Amazon let the money grubbing publishing industry garner all the attention with the book download service. All the compelling geeky features get passed by in the sycophantic stampede.

1. The web browser (to get around paying for RSS feeds (dumb, dumb, dumb)).
2. That you can get around paying Amazon to convert your text.
3. Cheap prices for old or public domain text (that should be free, but whatever).
4. Instant access to The New Oxford American Dictionary.
5. Instant access to Wikipedia.
6. The cover makes it look a bit like a Moleskine notebook.

Almost makes me want to be able to have a custom start up screen for it that says "Don't Panic".