Kindle is a great little device. It's really come down in price from what it was and has a vast selection of ebooks. Only drawback for me personally, is that you need a light to shine on it at night. Since I read before going to sleep a lot, I need one with a back lit screen. Nook for the same price is about on par with the Kindle and the 3G option is handy if you have the money to spring for it. Otherwise, I think the sweet spot, is the NookColor which has a backlit screen AND is running an OS that is more Android like. B&N said that they will be adding the Android Market to the NookColor after the new year, once that happens I'm hoping that Amazon will sneak their Kindle app onto the device and then it will become an unstoppable force! lol