One of the most irritating things about the Kindle, apart from the overpriced books and lack of second-hand sales (which would apply some pricing pressure), is its lack of hyphenation.

The text looks absolutely hideous at large font sizes. I almost think it would be better non-justified.

I don't get jolted out of the flow of text with good hyphenation. It's more distracting to me to see irregular spacing in the line. The extra spaces when the justification is working very hard feels slower-paced, and the dense lines feel higher-paced, giving this weird rhythm, something like: "sooo tthheee mmmaaannn walkedacrossthe roooaaad".