Interesting, one thing I thought of after I typed the post is would my opinion be different if my kids were older. If I was back to purse instead of diaper bag and didn’t have to worry about sudden destruction. However I think in that case I’d just go back to carrying either a real book or a laptop. If I could budget the expense to buy a netbook then that actually sounds ideal, but still I don’t think a dedicated eReader. Not when so many similar things can do so much more.

On a side note my iPhone is the very first PDA/smartphone like device that has ever worked long term for both myself and my husband. All the others we’ve tried in the past were fun toys for about a month but then just didn’t “work”. With the iPhone I actually use the online calendar on the go, probably cause it’s linked to my google calendar. I agree typing on it isn’t ideal so no long emails, but for quick on the go communication, data searches, etc it really clicked. I even text occasional, something I almost never did on a regular phone.