Having just bought a Kindle 2, I kind of freaked when I learned it would soon be replaced by a newer model.

That happened when I bought my first iPod – it was obsolete within a week.  The bitterness I felt toward Apple because of that was both ironic and silly, but it was undeniably there.  I wanted to kick Steve Jobs in the balls.  I was pissed.  It didn’t keep me from buying the iPhone, though.

Thankfully Amazon didn’t do that to me.  This isn’t a replacement, it’s just a newer, bigger model.  I have the sports car, and this is the luxury sedan.

And for nearly $500 for the Kindle DX, I don’t feel any kind of buyer’s remorse for having the smaller model.

This is cool, but I remain happy with the DX’s little brother.  Though hopefully the Kindle 2 will have a OS upgrade soon and get native PDF support.

That would make me really happy.