GOT IT!!!
I've had it out of the box about an hour and am pleased as can be. It's charging right now so I can enjoy it at full power tomorrow. Read a few pages of the "Banana book" and made a drawing with the handwriting option. Also used the dictionary feature, and had to laugh that it didn't have an entry for the word I clicked. Happily I knew what the word meant, but was doing a demo for the kids!
Bought the AC adapter, just to get it over with. My kids use a DS, not a PSP. Figures...
I'm making sure I've got software installed and configured before I go shopping for a book. I will likely save that for tomorrow. The good thing about working for a publisher is when I get into the office tomorrow, I will have several ebooks to choose from for testing purposes!
Here are some photos that I hope people will find a little different than some of the other "first photos" posted. Not sure if they're too original, but they are different.
The standard "welcome home!" photo:
The mother ship has arrived! My Sony Walkman MP3 player with the Reader:
With a US dime and nickle under the navigation buttons for scale:
I love Sony!