It’s a good ebook reader and it’s smaller than an iPad.
I haven’t decided yet whether that means it’s worth the 2/5 of an iPad because for EVERYTHING but size the iPad is superior. I think Amazon succeeded in making its Kindle ecosystem a competitor to iTunes but the Kindle Fire still has rough edges. If I had to choose only one I’d take the iPad.
I got my stepfather a Kindle Touch for Christmas. So far he’s loving it but I kind of wish I could be there to look over his shoulder; little things like the bookmarks and getting to new books are baffling him. Oh well.