Opened the box, plugged it in, downloaded my first book and I am reading! It is what it says it is and I love it already. :-)Updated:Due to some issues with my vision, I passed my Kindle to my daughter at Christmas time. Even before then she was using it and I purchased a large number of books she would enjoy. Now I find out that I cannot pass the books to her account along with re-registering the Kindle to her. If I had invested in the paperbacks, I could pass them on to anyone I pleased. I think anyone considering a Kindle purchase should be aware of this. I read quite a bit when Kindle 2 came out and I did not see that policy anywhere. I will go back to paper and choose my book vendor carefully.K