The device integrates many different sources of reading materials (books, newspapers, blogs, and your own documents) which can be downloaded on the fly without additional charges over a cellular network and not Wi-Fi. Its other killer feature is a screen that is said to resemble the printed page without eyestrain.

Moreover, while this is not the first or last e-book, also see iRex, Amazon has the muscle, inventory and distribution network to make a go of it.

So what does this all mean for Internet Television/IPTV as video playback is not supported? It is not about this device, it is the story of convergence and a device that people can use without having to conform to it.

Wide scale Broadband deployment is a result of speed and costs factors that made the argument against it null for most people and it is this growth, which has enabled ITV to accelerate at the pace it has.

When simple to use ITV/IPTV platforms are coupled with ease of navigation to content, as is the case with the Kindle, we will be on the road to systems people will embrace in larger numbers. There is always a tipping point or inflection point that occurs from geek novelty to mass-market product; it is when this happens the next chapter in Internet Television will be written.