[quote name='PDboy;39612]I do have to wonder why the reviewer thinks these tablets don't make good ereaders. That's primarily why I bought mine and I think it works fantastic as one. He mentioned the swiping on the native reader as an issue. But even though I prefer a tap to a swipe I don't seem to mind it with the PDN app. I can easily hold the white PDN with one hand and swipe with the other. Besides there are so many other reading apps that are more flexible. And I just don't see how pressing a button would be any better (except having an extra button for Home) than a screen tap. But the reviewer shows where he's at when he suggests the Nook or Kindle in place of it . I suspect that he doesn't fully understand that some people want more than a single purpose device' date=' want a back light, want fast page turns that don't flash to black, want a bigger screen, want color, want better contrast, want B&N and Kindle stores on the same device, want to really surf the web, etc. I don't know what he means by "they are tablets first and e-readers second". They can be whichever the user wants. Just because a tablet type device can be more than an ereader does not mean it can't be used as one. Perhaps the reviewer was bothered by all the available choices on the PDN? To conclude that if a device is more than an ereader it shouldn't be used as one is just [URL=silly.:confused]silly.:confused[/URL]:[/QUOTE']Easy. They're ENTIRELY useless as reader outdoors(or rooms w/many windows) on nice sunny days. I do most of my reading during the day, so I want eInk OR monochrome LCD so that I can use it on sunny days as a reader. Yeah, after dark it doesn't matter so much as not many eInk readers have integrated lighting and when they do, they suck. (Also never seen a good clip-on or usb light.) Which oddly enough leaves the old-fashioned mono-LCDs which can be easily backlit as the best all arounders, although I've REALLY come to like eInk screens the only reason that I got one was because I cracked the corner of my Palm IIIx screen and my Franklin reader has a bad backup cap so it loses everything every time you change the batteries... (OS is stored in RAM on that one, only a minimal bootloader in ROM and I never got around to getting an MMC card for it(can be used to restore OS, etc. from).)Probably some other problems too like weight maybe, although I've never handled the PDN, I know the GT is the same size as my PRS-505, just a little thicker. The GT is a little bit lighter than the PRS-505 too boot, but I imagine the added weight of the 505 comes from it's aluminum chassis, plus case which I ALWAYS leave it in... saved it from damage as I've dropped it twice accidentally...