I think it is pretty slick and a good option for someone who was thinking about getting a netbook or who wants a large ebook reader for PDFs. There's a general sense of letdown about it now because the pre-launch hype had gotten so wild. I'm not sure what people expected. Apple has to use the same component suppliers that everyone else does, so an OLED screen was never a realistic possibility. And it couldn't be offered at the price that everyone likes if it had all the features that people wish it had. A balance had to be struck. So reality punctures fantasy once again, as it always does.
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