[JSLTIGER]

For what it is meant to do (reading books) it is fantastic. I have the Kindle DX, and I love it. It is a fantastic reading device, and the e-ink screen is not hard on the eyes at all. It's really like reading from paper. Battery life is wonderful (especially with 3G off).

It is NOT an iPad, however, so don't expect it to do everything an iPad can do. It does some (but not many) games, most of which are text based, but it does not have apps, and it is not a good web browsing device (although for rudimentary text based websites, it does do OK). For reading though, I think it's the device to beat. You can take an entire library of books with you on vacation in one slim portable device.

EDIT: Wow...unintentional, but almost the same post as the one above mine posted at the same time...guess that means our observations line up pretty well!