This whole ebook vs tablet discussion is very different in Europe and many other places in the world as the big companies don't offer their services or devices to the old world and beyond. Sure as of yesterday we are able to buy something like the iPad but the amount of books available to us is far limited compared to the US situation. Oh and of course the Kindle is not for sale over here.

Things like netflix or even movies and tv shows through iTunes are not available. Poor people who bought an appleTV in Europe are still staring at the empty menus. Only mp3 is available. I am watching and listening to media downloaded from usenet on my devices. He'll that's why I am probable still waiting for my Pandora.

For Europeans/average world citizen downloading illegal media into an open source device is more accessible than the legal route which does not exist in a lot of cases. It is a crazy situation where socio-economic and political inequality still rules the face of the earth. It all becomes more and more like a big tease filled with empty promises.