If you recall, I’ve already made a friendly note of the opinion of some that the iPhone could replace the Kindle as an eReader.  That story seems to be surging ahead.

Dan Frommer in Look Out, Amazon: iPhone Gets Real E-Books (AAPL) says: “While

Amazon’s sold-out Kindle is missing in action this Christmas, Apple’s iPhone is becoming a more attractive e-book reader: NYC-based ScrollMotion has just started selling the first of many e-books it’ll sell via the iPhone app store, including big-name books like Philip Pullman’s “The Golden Compass.”

While there’s plenty of e-books for the iPhone already, ScrollMotion has two advantages over its rivals: A gorgeous, feature-filled e-reader app called Iceberg and deals with several major publishers, including Random House, Simon and Schuster, Houghton Mifflin, Penguin, and Hachette.”

Frommer thinks Kindle is still in the running because of the Iphone’s smaller screen size and limited battery life.  But there are always pocket sized, portable battery battery chargers and you’re already carrying the iPhone with you.  With a Kindle you’d have even more electronic gear to carry with you.  Now that’s the kind of problem I would like to have.  Wouldn’t you?

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