yep all round cracking toy.
Thats what I do but I do belive there are differences in the charging structure between US and UK kindles and fires.
For instance the only way we can get films to play on the device is by uploading them onto it. Otherwise we have to stream them from Ilovefilms.
I have a film on mine down loaded from youtube then uploaded onto it after changing it to MP4. ANd also I have played ripped DVD's
I find ripping DVD's is best done on a Linux laptop then made straight into a MP4.
Also its worth getting a HDMI cable for it then you can plug it into hotel flat screens and get the bigger screen.