You know, it figures that the people who would be most prone to bash the Nook would either be predisposed to like its competition (most likely posting for Amazon incognito...), or are such techno-geeks that nothing EVER meets their impossible-to-meet criteria. They are quick to criticize, and slow to praise. I've read all the criticisms on here thus far and while some have a point, most are absolutely ridiculous or downright untruthful. One guy said he bought four Nooks for Christmas and three out of the four were either rendered inoperable or ceased to function altogether. Sounds like an Amazon-paid poster to me...fishy story.