Color-screen Kindle is years away - does anybody care?

Color-screen Kindle is years off, says Bezos | Fully Equipped - CNET Reviews. I just don't get the Kindle. Why is a big, bulky ereader necessary? I love reading on the iPod Touch. Even with my old eyes, the print is easy to read, and you can hold it in one hand. What is with the fascination with the Kindle? It is big, expensive, and the books cost real money. I already have a color screen eReader. It is called the iPod Touch, and it works well. It downloads thousands of free eBooks, and I read my RSS feeds with the mobile Google Reader just fine, thank you very much. Can you put your Kindle in your shirt pocket and carry it with you to the Doctor or the ball game or anywhere else for that matter? In addition to watching live stats of the Rays games on the iPod Touch, I can spend the half hour or hour before the game reading RSS feeds or eBooks or whatever. If I ever carry a Kindle to a ball game, shoot me.

Comments

[Norcross]

I keep running into the fact that I have trouble reading an LCD backlit screen, whether it's the iPod or a laptop. If I anywhere outside, I can't see the words, regardless of size. I can on the Kindle. Also, the battery life is amazing (1-2 weeks between a charge)

I see them as a lot more functional (overall) in places that have good public transportation, where you may gave an hour or more to drive. Having the larger screen built specifically for reading helps.