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Well, I'll answer my own question... (and you cannot download mags on apple stores or Best buy, locked ipads). I waited and I waited, but hell, I got one... Entry level, no frills.. It's awesome... It's one of those things that makes sense while in your hands, and it's not too big - it's actually pretty light too ! No more squinting or zooming. No issue reading in bed. sometimes I wonder if reviewers are frustrated whiners... Yes, it's expensive. No not everyone needs one, but if you think you do, wow !

Remember when the ipad came out and people derided it as a big iphone, and yet now everyone loves a tablet. It's the same here, one more size bigger (though I will concede they are raping us on price)... Why wouldn't you want a bigger screen (don't answer, I'm sure there are cases where you don't). Comfortable mag reading, Book reading (in landscape it looks like a real book with 2 pages open), comfortable movie watching (exceptional sound), comfy surfing. People mostly complain about the "Pro" part re:business use - I do not care (though the keyboard cover is very nice and the pen is cool - but not for my uses).

The magazines look FANTASTIC on it. All of the above ! I was reading GT purely Porsche and drooling over the glorious full sized pages... Pano looks great too. All the mags I mentioned initially look good and scaled well (well haven't tried flight journal yet). Can't wait for EVO full mags if they still do that (their blog style app sucks)

I also used it to watch the first 2 episodes of the Man in the high castle on prime. (great show). Yes, that will work nicely ;-) 4 speaker outputs, the bass vibrates in my hands.... Very very nice for when the wife and kids hog the TVs or I need to watch a WEC race not broadcast on cable. Added benefit: the battery life looks like it'll trounce a laptop.

In conclusion, while I wish it was a $600-700 device tops out the door, I still love it! And yes, it is lovely for magazines, thanks !