all of the units in this space had e-ink before.

now there is a break.  that is a turning-away.

i'm not saying the turn-away will be complete.
there's some question whether it will even be
successful.  if this machine, and the color kobo
which is rumored to be following quickly behind,
don't perform in the marketplace, there will be
a turning-back toward e-ink.  or, if they do ok,
then they might split the market from here out.

or, if the e-ink people provide the color that they
have promised would appear "in 5 years" for the
last 10 years, e-ink might regain the high ground.
(ok, i admit it, i was just yanking your chain to see
if you really still believe all those vapor promises.)

but, on a more serious note, we still have the
screen that mary lou developed over at o.l.p.c.
i sure wish that'd get out of the starting gate...

screen tech is finally getting interesting, after too
many years of overpromising and underdelivering.

-bowerbird