I have a Kindle Paperwhite, and while it's great and I use it all the time, I feel like there are a couple issues with it that I never see mentioned:<p>(1) The front light is a really weird ghostly blue. Wit the light, the kindle looks blue; without it, gray. There's nothing "white" about it in my opinion.<p>(2) Because of the presence of the touch screen (and maybe the light?), the text is pretty recessed under the screen, and you can quite easily see glare that highlights the depth the text is recessed. When I use my kid sisters base-level kindle, I'm always struck by how much more "book like" it is, because the text sits closer to the surface.<p>The touch is a wash-up -- it makes navigating and looking up text much easier, but it can be annoying for turning pages. Also the overall responsiveness of the system is light-years behind something like an iPad (which is to be expected with an e-ink display, but I also feel like I'm waiting a lot for the Kindle itself).<p>If it weren't for the super-duper convenience of being able to read in the dark, I would prefer the baseline kindle. (If you're thinking about a kindle vs no ereader at all, the answer is GET AN EREADER -- overall they are amazing devices.)<p>Postscript:<p>A couple other small gripes that may be deal-breakers for you, depending on how OCD you are:<p>(1) Sometimes the screen doesn't turn off for a long time, even after you've 'locked' the kindle, emitting an annoying glow.<p>(2) You can never turn the light <i>completely</i> off, which can be annoying when the faint glow is distracting while reading in a low-light (but not low enough to want kindle-light) environment.