>dakretz said:
>>   Try this with a kindle.

>well, there are lots of people who will _prefer_ the kindle
>for the precise reason that it _won't_ do things like that...

My relatives love the iPad for playing Pictionary remotely with each other.

The Kindle could be a much better Kindle, and the iPad could be a much better iPad.  I’d have to say that we are still very much in the early innings of ebook reader development.