New way of reading books, newspapers, blogs

I have been accused many times of bringing too many books and other reading materials when I go on trips.  Although I have pared down quite dramatically in recent years, I still yearn to bring more books and magazines than I could possibly read, just to keep my short attention span from wandering too far.  Several devices have appeared on the scene in the last couple of years, but none have really captured my attention.  From my early adopter years with my Palm III the early attempts at bringing digital materials with me to read were seriously lacking.  Sony has come up with its eBook, but since the days of the Walkman the company has failed to capture the consumer's attention (can we say Memory Stick, Universal Media Disk[UMD], MiniDisk, PSP, Playstation 3); this is coming from a guy who does own a Sony camcorder, a recently deceased Sony Cybershot camera (now replaced by one of those cameras Ashton Kutcher hawks on TV) and a Playstation 2  I think my LP turntable is a Sony too.  Needless to say the eBook does not grab me as the new Kindle 2 does.  When the first gen product came out I was worried that this would be another gimmicky dead end platform; it reminded me of the Apple Newton, a device that came to market before its time and that I desired but could never afford.  Yet the appeal of carrying many books and other media caught my eye, so I have been regularly checking to see what is truly available for it in terms of a substantial  library .  Having lost my taste for most fiction literature a few years back the availability of non-fiction and periodicals is a must have feature.  So far the initial vibe is good, as this review of the New York Times on the Kindle 2 testifies.