that's the biggest complaint i have. It looks like it is competing with multiple things (e-reader, netbook, media player), but doesn't do one thing very well. well, it is probably best as a media player. But then only for videos. Why would you carry around something that big for music?
but it uses a backlit screen, so reading on the thing is going to kill your eyes after a while, so not as good as, say, a Kindle. As for the netbook comparisons, it doesn't have a physical keyboard, you can't install just any program on it (gotta use apps), and you can't run multiple things at once.
but how did it sell 300,000? because of this:
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008...pple-products/