I never have been behind the curve so fast; I’m still digging my Amazon Kindle 2, and now there’s this new thing called the Kindle DX.

I have no quarrel with the screen size, quality, and ease of use of the Kindle 2. The DX has entered the mix in an effort to better render newspapers, a feature which fails to excite me. However, part of the DX allure is a native PDF reader, which should deliver my personal long-sought holy grail of having one device capable of holding any vendor-supplied manual that I might need or want. Add the additional storage capacity of the DX, and I’m salivating. At $489, though, the DX has entered netbook, if not low-end laptop territory in the price category.

I have no burning desire to have the newest Big Shiny Thing; were I Kindleless, I’d seriously entertain a DX, even at that price point. Had I been prescient enough to bet $10 on the Kentucky Derby winner on the nose, I’d be a DX’er for sure.

I wait, and watch.

-k-