IDG Contributor Network: Does the Amazon Kindle Oasis belong in your laptop bag?

Amazon is making a bold attempt to lure us back to e-books.

I will admit I’m impressed with the new Kindle Oasis e-reader, which I’ve been testing for a few days now. It’s light enough to hold easily in one hand, weighing only 4.6 ounces. It’s also about the size of two card decks, which is small enough that it would fit nicely in a laptop bag.

However, you have to make a tough decision if you want to stick with the high-res, super-white screen for book reading. Tablets are much more flexible in terms of the apps you can run, using a physical keyboard, playing games or watching (ahem) Amazon Prime movies.

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