The Millions has a really good article that talks about the Apple Tablet (scheduled to be revealed on January 27), and what it means for the future of e-readers. And, hell, what it means for the future of readers.

Here's what I want to know about the Tablet: will the screen be backlit, like a computer monitor? If so, it will suck as an e-reader. And if the screen isn't backlit, then it will suck at everything else. In this tech-dummy's opinion, the real breakthrough in these tablet-y devices will come when some genius makes one that can toggle back and forth between a backlit and a non-backlit screen. Here's hoping the Tablet is just that device.

In other Tablet news, U.S. publishers seem to be looking to Apple as their best hope to kill Kindle before it kills them.