Same group as you. I primarily use it for reading. Just want to group together a few response to you and others about my experience: -battery life has been f

Same group as you. I primarily use it for reading. Just want to group together a few response to you and others about my experience: -battery life has been fine, especially when used mostly as a reader. -no web browser/apps is actually a plus to many who are focused on reading or creative things as they are a distraction. LCD tablets fulfill that need fine. -no swiping on docs is ok by me - less marks from dirty paws -refresh rates in my use are not 'one or two seconds.' I think people tend to exaggerate wait times in general. A page flip is probably about half a second when reading Reviews of Modern Physics -I've only had one crash/reboot. -The latest software seems a bit snappier and has some improvements when it comes to pen use settings -No issues while annotating pdfs -its a little bit slow refreshing the document lists/library but we are talking a second, maybe second and half worst case -I understand why they are using cloud, though its not really important to me (syncing docs across multiple devices). Likewise, nothing I have is super confidential so that again is not (yet) a big concern to me -the zoom feature is a little bit clunky and can be improved -I would like a future iteration to include a backlight -Any future version should also be slightly larger, perhaps 1x1.5. This would likely enable viewing of letter size docs without the need to crop the margins. That said, its only a minor inconvenience to crop things like journals so they are viewable without the need to zoom -Some ask for handwriting recognition though I think first (and easier) would be some type of option to do version control on modified documents. -A fair price is probably closer to $450 but have to remember this is hardware version 1 All in all, I am pretty happy with the device and hope they continue to improve the software. Were a second generation to be released, I would consider upgrading if it had a backlight and faster cpu/memory combo. [edit for clarity]