I've had the original Kindle for more than two years, and love it. You can change your own batteries. Good thing. I think having to send it somewhere to change the batteries would be a deal killer for me!
BTW, if I were buying a Nook, I would NOT get one with only WiFi, even though I have wireless home network. The great thing about the e-reader, is the ability to read anywhere. Wouldn't it kind of defeat the purpose to be sitting in a doctor's office that had only a private network (or anywhere without public WiFi) and not be able to use the e-reader? Might as well go back to carry around books.
