I bought 2 for my kids for Christmas. They love them. Heck, I love them. I'll buy myself one soon enough. Once you get past the fact that they are primamrly a device to consume Amazon content, they are pretty sweet. I've loaded Netflix on them and now the kids don't fight over movies. I've checked out e-books from the library, and I'm working to load a large amount of music on to the Amazon cloud. For $200, they are pretty cool. Are they as "good" as an iPad? No. Are they great for 1/3rd the price? Oh yes, they are.