Can't help wondering are you comparing apples with oranges?

This device is not intended (as far as I can see) to replace a bog standard, wintel based laptop, or even an Eepc.

Try looking at its functionality in terms of it's all you've got - using it as an eBook reader instead of buying textbooks for your class in a rainforest village, showing the concepts behind being able to connect to anywhere in the world.

I'm not saying it's perfect, or even ideally where I think they could have spent the money - though I can kind of get my head around the idea of planting the seeds of the knowledge sharing power of IT and seeing where it takes them.

It'd be interesting to give one of these to a 8 year old with no prior IT exposure and see what they make of it.

Paris, cos she wants one for the beach - the bunny ears are so cute