Amazon Kindle 3: better than the iPad?

The e-book reader has finally come of age. Apple has defined smartphones with the iPhone and the iPad defines tablet computing, but Amazon trumps everything else by defining the e-book reader with the stunning Kindle 3. It's small enough, the display is breathtaking and the battery life great. But it's the integration with the Kindle Store, the choice of books (including thousands of free ones) and the totally intuitive ease of use that makes the 'All New Kindle' truly shine. All that and the price of course, which places this particular gadget firmly on the must-have shelf. The Kindle 3 has become what the iPad could not as far as the e-book hardware market is concerned: a game changer!