I've had two of these from Wendy Lou: The first had Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) on it but unfortunately failed to charge after the first 24 hrs. Wendy Lou promptly replaced it (And refunded the postage cost) with a second unit which has worked OK. However the second unit had Android 2.2 (Froyo) not Android 2.3 which was a little disappointing.
I then took the unit away on holiday where it fulfilled the main purpose of being able to read eBooks on it (using Kindle).
General comments: the device is quite large (good screen, can read a whole page width of technical text book in PDF format on it) but it also quite thick and heavy and not the most comfortable device to hold and read for long periods. It's important to note what this device does not have (I guess you get what you pay for) - it does not have 3G, GPS or Bluetooth.
With the first device (A2.3) I was able to connect an external bluetooth dongle - and thus access a GPS receiver - but the replacement device with A2.2 on it would not connect to the external bluetooth dongle and thus could not be used with GPS. I have now upgraded it to Android 2.3 and hope to able to connect to a dongle and thus access gps - the device comes with a suitable connector to do this.
I've also found WiFi performance rather poor. The unit will connect to my home wifi (and at work) but often looses the connection and will refuse to reconnect for some time which gets very frustrating. I'm not sure if this is the device or the wifi - but will continue to investigate now that I have upgraded to Gingerbread (seems better), and will try different wifi systems and settings.
Further and ongoing notes can be found at http://stepsinandroid.blogspot.com/
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