It was probably my desire to root for the underdog, but when I first decided to invest in an e-reader, my feet were planted squarely against an Amazon Kindle.  Now, after trying the Kobo and the Nook, I’ve become fully invested in the Kindle.  The latest enhancements to the Kindle Paper White and Amazon’s acquisition of Audible.com have made for my perfect reading experience.

Whipsersync for Voice (WfV) and the combination of Kindle & Audible.com allows one to have almost non-stop reading.  When it is available on a title, its like magic!  I might pick up my Kindle in the morning before work and read a few pages.  When I’m finished reading, my position is automatically updated to the cloud.  If I hit the gym over lunch, I can fire up Audible on my phone and it jumps me to where I left of reading on my Kindle.  In the evening before bed, it takes me to where my Audible audio book left off!  This is the perfect companion of those who enjoy the convenience of being able to multitask with audiobooks, but also enjoy reading when they have the time.

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I didn’t bring a book to Turks & Caicos… I brought an iPad with some books on it via the Nook application. I had never really tried to read outside with the iPad, but found it, well, not possible. There was simply too much glare and the back-lit screen isn’t bright enough. When I got home I decided to invest in an eReader.

I knew that I didn’t want a Kindle or the Sony reader, and the new Nook Simple Touch and Kobo Touch seemed very appealing.  I read reviews and summaries but couldn’t decide which to get, so I got them both and took back the one that didn’t measure up.  I’m not going to get into specifics comparing the hardware specs, since Kobo has an accurate comparison chart right on its website.

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Let me start out by saying the Logitech Revue with Google TV is pretty sweet. I’m calling this a first impressions post though, since despite it being a production release, I still feel it is in its infancy and slightly unfair to judge just yet.   I also do not subscribe to any sort of cable/satellite service, so I’m not able to test its full functionality. From what I’ve heard, having it hooked up to a subscription service really makes the product shine as it helps control your TV and DV-Recorder.

The packaging for the Revue is nice, and on par with any Apple product.  It sounds funny to say, but I was impressed that not only did it come with Duracell batteries, but they were pre-installed in the keyboard.  The device itself was very easy to install, and guided you through the setup process quick and painlessly.  Between the device, keyboard and RF blaster (included – it also looks like the device itself has a few RF blasters built in it to hit those devices near by) it functions splendidly as a Harmony Remote.

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Electronic Arts put many of their iOS games on sale yesterday for only $.99!  At that price, I picked up quite a few.  While browsing there game, I noticed a “Customers who bought this also bought” message that showed a tiny little icon near and dear to my heart…. The 7th Guest.

The 7th Guest is famous, not only for being a great game, but is the first game available exclusively on CD-ROM.  Previous to this, games were a mash of floppy discs or occasionally available on both floppys and CD-ROM.  The game is almost entirely done through video sequences.  As you slid your skeletal mouse cursor around the screen, it would direct you towards puzzles, story sequences and Easter Eggs.

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The original AppleTV didn’t excite me much.  While the HDD space seemed huge at the time, I knew that if I really committed to it, I would eventually fill it up.  Since the new AppleTV streams all your media digitally, you are only limited by the size of your own HDDs.

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