Hasta La Gadget!

Earlier this week, Amazon held an event in midtown Manhattan to launch the long-awaited follow up to its popular Kindle ebook reader. The Kindle 2 features a thinner body, a sharper screen, more hard drive space (2GB, which should hold about 1,500 books), text to speech, and a handful of other new features. Of course the new device also has its pitfalls, including a lack of expandable memory, no color screen, and a still-high $359 price tag. For a full rundown of the device, check out our hands-on preview at PCMag.

So we want to know: Are these upgrades enough to convince you to pick up the Kindle 2? If you already own a Kindle, do you expect to upgrade? If not, what sorts of improvements would Amazon have to make to get you to pick up a Kindle 3?