The new color Nook shows that e-reader makers are acknowledging that digital books need to be beautiful as well as readable.
Amazon recognized they had to respond to the trend, too, but their recent Kindle TV ad took a different tack, poking fun at the fact that glossy LED screens (like the iPad has) are difficult to read in sunlight.
The rumored next generation Sony PSP would finally recognize the beauty of opposable thumbs, with back trackpads complementing a standard set of buttons on the front.
MySpace is hopping on many bandwagons at once with their redesign: focusing on content in addition to fostering social networks, adding location-based tools, and creating privileged classes of users.