Same here. Considering I don't have an iphone, netbook, e-reader, or even laptop (wife has taken over mine as well, though, but more for Facebook), this is exactly something I would love.
If the device turns out not to multitask ("no multitasking" seems to be the consensus, but I'm withholding judgment,because it seems like such a serious mistake to drop these without multitasking), give it some serious thought before buying one.
I recently restarted grad school and reading journal articles and textbooks
But not a textbook and the web at the same time.
Include the gaming possibilities
What, exactly, and how useful without multitasking?
I don't mean to harp on this, but ... I was
this close to buying an iPhone, only vaguely aware of its lack of multitasking. But as a Palm loyalist, I waited for the Pre and I am so glad I did. It turns out that I almost never have only one app open on my Pre, and usually it's three or four. (Email with a PDF attachment sends me to PDF Viewer, Friendsbook sends me to YouTube, and so on.)
For gaming, I could see having open two or three books, an app to play sound effects, a dice roller, and so on.
You may very well be different in how you use devices, so all I'm advising it that folks give thought to the importance of multitasking for them.