Editor’s Note: Molly Wood is an executive editor and on-camera personality at CNETTV.com. Molly hosts the weekly Buzz Report video blog, a sort of "Daily Show" for tech news, and co-hosts the hilarious "Gadgettes" podcast, which proves that girls can (and should!) be geeks, too.  

When Amazon first announced its flagship gadget, the Amazon Kindle, I admit I was both befuddled and amused. Really? An e-book reader? Are we still doing those? But the Kindle did come with some tantalizing features: a free wireless data network so that you could actually download books and newspapers on the go; the nice big high-contrast screen; the ability to use one device for all your books, newspapers, and magazines. I was intrigued, but not quite ready to accept.

Now? I am ready. Books are piling up on every surface of my house! Last week, I went on vacation with the family, and as I packed one half-finished book plus another book to start in case I finished the half-finished one, plus two magazines and the day’s newspaper, I thought to myself, “Self? You need an e-book reader.” The books are cheaper to buy electronically, I can just pull it out and buy them on impulse when I hear about them on the radio, and the Kindle is one paperback-sized device to carry around instead of two or three paperbacks! It’s perfect!

But the Kindle is a first attempt: It’s too expensive right now and it’s got some big design flaws, like no backlight, and the page-turn buttons, which are too big and placed on the sides of the device so that you accidentally turn the page when you’re holding it. And if it’s going to include free data service, I’d like a browser and some better options for putting my own files on it. Therefore, I am pinning all my hopes on the Kindle 2, a device widely expected to be announced at an Amazon press conference on February 9. I’ll be waiting, Amazon. Don’t let me down!

Anyway, here’s this week’s Buzz Report, featuring the Amazon Kindle 2 and some furious thoughts about Apple patenting the technology behind the iPhone and iPod Touch touchscreens.

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