Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When I first heard of this product, I was seriously consider purchasing one. But after reading about the capabilities (or lack thereof) of this device, I have a feeling it will go down as one of the worst consumer electronic devices failures of all time. A few of the problems Amazon either failed to address or ignored: - Using DRM (Digital Rights Management). So when this device is no longer made, and it breaks, which all portable devices eventually do, and Amazon no longer supports the product, all of my ebook purchases, which I would have paid thousands of dollars for if I fill up the device, are gone forever. - No native PDF support. Come on, how can any product that claims to be an ebook reader not have this? A deal-breaker by itself. - CDMA wireless support. Who wants to be locked into one wireless carrier? And since the rest of the world uses GSM, it's useless internationally for downloading content. - Ugly. I mean, this thing got hit by every ugly stick in the tri-county area. Unlike Apple's devices, I wouldn't want to be seen with this thing that looks like it could be used as a prop in a movie set in the early 1980's. - Price. For $399, you can get a very capable laptop that does everything this device does, plus has about 6000 other uses, unlike the Kindle. Overall, a disastrous first foray into consumer products for Amazon.