Skip the Googlebook for now. Not because the platform is broken, but because the timing of this launch is working against buyers. Ben Schoon at 9to5Google makes the case that your wallet, not the hardware, should be the deciding factor here.
The argument is not a teardown of specs or software. It is a structural critique: something about when this device arrived makes it a bad purchase at this moment. That framing is worth reading in full because it sidesteps the usual review checklist and asks a more useful question: why now, and for whom.
If you are considering a Googlebook, read Schoon's piece before opening your browser to checkout. The timing argument he builds has implications beyond this one device, touching on how Google launches hardware into product cycles that may already be shifting.
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