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The Playbook is a work in progress for sure ... and there is currently a serious Kobo glitch with it making it ... less than useful at the moment. But it is a gorgeous device (when offered at a much lower price); fingers crossed it will be a bigger his at 2.0
I agree positioning the Kobo Vox as an e-reader that is tablety, rather than as a direct competitor to the Fire and Nook Tablet, is critical. For reading, I am very happy with the Vox, including being able to get more out of pdfs than before. And the simple tasks -- like web browsing with Opera Mobile or games like Sudoku -- deliver a high standard.
The challenges, unfortunately, are consumer expectations (now driven by Kindle Fire, particularly video in a curated environment). Kobo has again, I hate to say, brought out 0.5 instead 1.0 at launch. I admire their ambition and cheer their successes and diligence at improving the product over a short period of time -- I am getting good value for what I'm buying. But, whoa, the early adopter phase can be a bit brutal.
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