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LOL kjk!! Well, not when you asked. When you asked I was still trying to do the setup. I didn't get to play with the totally cool rotation until I went to bed last night. But once I got that figured out, this thing is THE perfect ebook reader for me. I can swivel it, prop it on the pillow next to me, and use one finger to turn pages. I don't even have to hold it. I can adjust screen brightness from almost invisible to brighter than daylight - I had the light off in my room last night and the screen brightness down and it was extremely comfortable on my eyes. If I rotate it portrait mode, using Calibre I get a longer page of text - which is what I wanted. This is going to make an awesome comic book reader in landscape mode, too.

The one thing I'm not crazy about is the glossy finish on it. This thing would be a nightmare for someone with OCD. It is a fingerprint magnet deluxe. Chris is concerned about the swivel hinge giving out, but so far it feels pretty sturdy to me. I have found that I enjoy using the stylus and the virtual keyboard to type when I have it in tablet mode. I will definitely need to go get a couple of SD cards for this - I uninstalled a bunch of the software that came with it that I have no use for, but I still only have 14 gigs of the 32 gig drive left.

The battery life already seems longer than with my netbook. I read for a couple of hours last night and the battery indicator barely moved.

My summary: If you're going to use this mainly for reading and you already de DRM your books, like I do, install Calibre, throw your books on an SD card and have at it. However, as a full netbook I find it a bit sluggish in performance. Since that isn't what I bought it for, I'm ok with it, but someone else might not be.