Nook

I'm inching ever-closer to eBooks. By which, I should say, I'm probably not that much closer, really, but I do find myself more attracted to the simplicity of Barnes and Noble's new Nook device than I ever was to the Kindle, which has always struck me as inelegant. I think it's the promise of the virtual keyboard that makes all the difference here, for me. By hiding all but the most essential controls, it all seems so much less — distracting.

That said, however, I still love my books, my real books. I can't imagine having any real use for an eBook reader until, say, the time comes that books can be lent from a digital library (perhaps as a subscription) rather than sold on a per-book basis.