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A lot of these reviewers seem to live in a world where money flows like water. How could any reasonable person say, essentially, "This device only costs twice as much?"
We really need to learn or relearn the meaning of the word "value." For instance, using less gasoline is a value to me. I'll pay more for a car that uses less gasoline without sacrificing performance, e.g. a hybrid. So when people ask me how long it'll take for that hybrid stuff to pay for itself in gasoline savings, I have to explain to them that that doesn't matter to me. I'll pay more just to consume less oil.
"More features" is not necessarily a value. It could be, but so could "fewer features." I don't want a canoe paddle on the end of my baseball bat. Just give me a device that does what I want it to do, well! Adding all that iPad stuff to an ereader is, to me, like grafting on a Pocket Fisherman. No thanks!
I'm not anti-iPad by any means, but I'm also not going to say that it's "better" than a dedicated ereader just because it does more stuff!
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