The Nook tablet is good... at being second place in a number of things, which actually works out pretty well.

I wanted something I could read on, something I could do occasional web-browsing and e-mail checking on, play a game every now and then, maybe read a comic book, as well as be a non-issue on size, and not make me wince thinking about the cost for what is basically an entertainment device. It does *all* of those things pretty well, if not best-in-class at any one of them, which makes it attractive for someone like me.