Katie1 - It's possible some people received it early, as review copies. This happens on tech blogs, but it could also be an Amazon employee who got a test one early? I'd hope not, because that's a conflict of interest, but it could be a tech blogger, too (though I'd imagine they'd put the review on the blog not Amazon).
And, wow, it's gotten hot in here!
Fire, indeed. Thanks to all who tried to keep it civil in here.
Reviews are up in the tech blogs, and as pointed out in the Fire Review thread, they just can't resist trying to compare it to the iPad2, which it wasn't even designed to beat. *sigh* It's for a different consumer. Yeesh. And it sounds like it's "unpolished," as far as UI goes, but that's to be expected, since Amazon said from the get-go they were rushing to get this out there for Christmas. It'll be improved upon. It's like Kobo and the Vox, though it sounds like with fewer problems out of the box. This probably where the Nook Tablet will have some edge; its UI has matured in comparison and should be an improvement upon the original with fewer newborn quirks.
I wanted to kill the NYT review this morning, however, when the author seemed to say you could only download library books on Kindles and not the Nook. WTF?
The OverDrive app works great on the NC ... Fact check, please!