Size. Thin is only a by-product of the real issue: portability. The Kindle 2 may even be too thin--I often worry it’s going to snap in my bag. The screen should fold or roll up. Pocket Size is the key. And if the keyboard could fold under or even detach, Kindle would be more mobile. Pockets that’s where things are carried.

Joystick. You picked the wrong 80’s arcade tech to revive. People like smooth motions, no stop and go. Think Scrolling. Once a scroll was an object written on, but now it's a motion. More verbs and less nouns please. People want a touch screen; you want to make it affordable. Until both are possible: Scroll.

Battery Life. The two-week battery life amazes me, but who’s that for? Who's away from an outlet for that long? Campers and hikers? Is that really the market? More speed, memory, and less girth, then just two days of battery life would still amaze me.

Screensaver. Give the people control.

Keyboard. The internet taught us that readers should be writers, which is why everyone has a blog and an opinion. A full-sized external keyboard should plug into this. Fill the market for a truly portable writing device. Not only could students, business men, renegade poets, dictators, monks read on the Kindle, but they could write on it as well. The Kindle should be more of a verb (for historical precedent, see the word "scroll").

Poetry. What you got against poesy, Mr. Bezos? Why no poetry section on Amazon? Why this horrible lack of control over line breaks on the Kindle? This is a travesty. Careful, Mister, or they’ll hang an albatross around your flightless neck. The poets, hopped up on cigarettes and madness, are watching you with a quill in each angst-strong hand.

Games. Newspapers are trying to keep their crosswords purely to encourage more people to buy paper editions. Destroy them. Give the Kindle crosswords and Sudoku. Tell Will Shortz to do a Kindle edition. Something more than the Minesweeper egg (I am a fan of the game).

Web. Surfing the web requires a faster screen. A detachable lcd screen that would eat up more battery life but allow quicker navigation would do fine.

Apps. Iphone has made the trade of these ideas called Apps (short for Apple Shite) a big business. And since Amazon.com is actually more about selling other people’s ideas and not manufacturing, it makes sense to open up the Kindle to Apps, let others create them, take a slice of that sweet, sweet pie. Mmmmm, pie…

Speakers. Lose them. They only take up space. Ipods don’t have built in speakers. Headphones jacks are enough.

Pages. Kindle pages should be marked where the physical page begins and ends--a feature turned on or off depending on the user’s preference--then documents can be used in, say, business situations where non-tech geeks have printed pages and the other geeks have the Kindle (the same idea would also apply to well-planned Breakfast Club scenarios).

Stocks. In this failing economy, people shouldn’t be flailing around trying to find out how much money they’ve lost. Tell them right away. Google’s stock ticker is better. Why not allow us to buy low and sell high? Why not be a part of that? hmmm?

Music. If Kindle can play music, why can’t it download music? Slap some upgradable memory on that bad boy and let the good times roll (laissez les bons temps rouler for Louisianans). Amazon is a major player in music sales--especially in Britain--when you finally get to sale these overseas, don’t you want them fully capable? Ask yourself What Would John Lennon Do?

Local News / RSS. Local Papers should be easier to attain and read. A simple RSS feed going through Whispernet would allow people to get local news. It’s almost too easy. Almost…

Datebook/Calculator. Add a calc and d-book. An alarm would be nice--a silent warning--so the reader can set how much time to read/browse while waiting for loved ones to finish shopping.

PDFs. I hear there’s already a hack for this. It should just be a standard option to read PDFs on the Kindle.

Google Books. Kindle should be able to access the new Google books and download them. 1.5 million books and professionally rendered for PDAs. It should be more than just a web accessible site. This should incorporate into the Kindle.

Purchasing Books. If I buy a book through Amazon, why do I need to re-buy it if I want it on Kindle--either there should be a small fee to do both or the physical version should include the electronic text.

Organization. The Kindle’s “My Clippings” option is great, except its order is always chronological. I want to be able to order these by book too.

Loss. Lose one book and you have to replace that book, but lose a Kindle and you’re out about $350 plus your notes and time. There needs to be a locater device on this thing.