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The problem that devices have is that they do a bunch of stuff half @$$ed. I like that the ebooks are marketed as ebooks not as laptops or web browers or music devices or TVs or video players. Its silly.
If I want to listen to music I have an iPod that does a great job, if I want to watch a movie I watch it on my TV, if I want to surf the web I use my computer. I dont understand why people now want every device to do everything, I'd much rather have my iPod get 20 hours of music life than to get 2 hours because it jams a bunch of other useless stuff in there.
Wifi is pointless for an eBook reader, if you have an ebook reader you probably have a computer, if you dont then I feel very sorry for you. They need to strip these devices down and get the functionality working seamlessly and stop adding more stuff on. The more you add the more you can ignore core problems. Concentrate on speeding up boot time and page turns dont worry about web browsing.
People aren't not buying ebook readers because they can't watch TV on it, its because there isn't content regularly available and the devices are slow. Companies should concentrate on that and throw the bells and whistles on at the end. As Obama said about Palin, its like putting lipstick on a pig
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