[slashclee]

She was right and wrong. The hardware was definitely better (and they beat the Kindle to market with major features, like touch screens and LED front-lighting, and they even kept hardware page-turning buttons when Amazon abandoned them).

I think Amazon's software is better, though. More responsive. Better rendering of the actual book text (margins, line-height, font size adjustments, etc). Not to mention how easy they make it to buy books right on the device. And the books are usually a little cheaper on the Kindle store. Plus Amazon has tons of Kindle-exclusive content, plus they have extra hooks for Prime members, like the Kindle Owner's Lending Library.