Sorry... But, if I wanted a tablet PC, then I would buy a tablet PC. I do not like the route B&N (and Amazon, according to rumors) are going with these new "E-Readers". E-Readers are supposed to mimic the experience you get when reading a book, not the experience you get from a using a PC (emails, internet surfing, games.. yadda yadda yadda).
Amazon Kindle is tops for a reason.. reasonably priced, book-like e-ink, light weight and long battery life. Basic, Simple and does what it supposed to do. Now you get these "E-readers" coming out (B&N NC) that are big, bulky, cost more money, do a bunch of things other then reading (the whole point of it) and have battery life of about 8 hours (if you are lucky). Even the Nook got to "cute" with the color touch screen... all that did was cut battery life down drastically for no other reason then to be trendy with touch and to say they had color added.
Sorry.... but these things are not for me. So, note to Amazon.... if you want to try your hand in the tablet PC market, then by all means, go for it. BUT, do not mess with the winning formula that is Kindle. Name your tablets something else and keep the Kindles as true E-Readers, do that and I think you will see people continue to choose you over B&N.