8 and that's a stretch. I really wasn't going to jump on this thing' until the dash-3 but for an international trip it's great. I'm currently in Italy as I type using wifi. I don't really see a need to purchase a local sim for 3g but its easy enough to do. Keeps me in touch with my bills, payments, and mail. However, until the gods figure out a way to provide true native non-proprietary text messaging I can't possibly rate any higher. Likewise, I find the current iPad centric apps to be slim on substance unless you're the type who must have games 24/7. Now that I bashed it I will say that an '8' is pretty high in my book so it's a keeper. It remains as a stepping stone to a world of potential.