Hmm...this makes me rethink the viability of the rumors that Apple is going to come out with a new iPad of a size closer to the Kindle. Maybe a mid-sized tablet, bigger than a smartphone, but still small enough to fit in a pocket or purse has a niche.

Don't get me wrong, if I had one of those, I'd use it from time to time to read a book too. Not sure if I would get through a whole book, but with the Kindle app, I could sync up my saved place easy enough that I wouldn't have to worry. When I was field testing one of the Android phones for work, I started to play with the Kindle App, and it wasn't bad. Better than it is for my Blackberry (which is maybe half the screen size as your Touch). But I still am not sure I'd have wanted to read for hours on it.