i think it's hard to believe that one day no one will read physical paper books. i mean what about cookbooks, learning manuals, health and self help books. for instance a href="http://www.gurgle.co.uk/articles/Lifestyle/36496/New_gurgle_com_books.aspx" /a are about pregnancy and babies, i can't see expecting mothers wanting to snuggle up with their iphone! or cookbooks, maybe it'd be handier and more compact but who would ever cook with their phone??

You have a pocket in your pants? How do you get things in and out? Do you have to take your trousers off first?

Paper books suck, especially paperbacks. Though I probably couldn't tolerate reading books on that tiny iPhone screen, I can understand why it'd be preferred over reading paper books, especially if there is superior screen technology like on the Kindle. The ability to search the text, the lack of curling pages into the book spine, no need to lose your bookmarks, the ability to store thousands of books in one device, the ability to download and share the books easily--all these things and more make it superior to paper books. What is not superior: device cost. However, for those who already own the device, why not use it as a reader too?

When's the last time you read a paperback you could fit in a pants pocket? Some people don't like to haul around any more bulky crap than they have to.

They fit in my coat though. But then so do 2 liter bottles of Coke.

I have an iPhone (shock horror!) and I have the eReader app and have just finished reading Oliver Twist (that's a book by Charles Dickens, it's not just a film and show) and there are no pictures in that (again, shock horror). How did I cope? Well I'm an educated man, which is why I chose the iPhone, because it is the best phone suited to my needs.