I'm typing this on my new google nexus. I have to say that I love this thing. It has it's quirks and takes a bit of getting used to' but its a great toy. Its an android based system, just like the kindle fire.The advantage is that it isn't slaved to amazon's content and so you can access google's stuff as well as blio, kindle and nook books. It's small 7 inch size makes it easily portable. Its also bright enough to read outside on a sunny day and the sound quality is good enough. One downside, I,mjust discovering now, is that when you type a post, you can't see the screen. And since I'using a stylus to hunt and peck on the popup keyboard and there is no spell check, I probably make TAB look like shakespeare.

Still for two hundred and fifty bucks, plus another thirty for a good case/stand, it is well worth it. Mikey likes it.