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It's not for me, the screen is too small for my roleplaying game pdfs. It also lacks 3G, which in rural Eastern Indiana is a fail because of the dearth of WiFi hotpsots.
Plus the idea of reading more than a short while on an LCD screen is a non-starter for me. I know many times I've told people about how much I love my Kindle DX and I get a reaction like, "Ughh, I don't want to read on a computer screen!". Then when I explain to them how the e-ink screen is different from an LCD screen and show it to them I get a lot of interested questions about how it all works, what it can do and how much it costs.
B&N may find a niche here between the iPad and the Kindle, I don't know. I think it remains to be seen how far they limit the apps and the Android software, the more open they leave it the more likely it will be to succeed. Yes, it costs quite a bit less than an iPad, but it costs almost double what a Kindle WiFi does; does Nook Color do quite a bit more than a Kindle WiFi does, we'll see. Will someone who isn't a heavy reader want to invest $250 in a narrowly functioning device?
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