I notice that the V9t and the previously mentioned V2t have full touchscreens. I'm hoping Jinke could fill us in on what the touchscreens will be able to do. Are they simply for navigation or will this provide us with search functionality? Would it be too much to hope for the ability to annotate or excise text as well?

No one except Jinke employees could answer that I suspect. Jinke certainly have experience with digitizers, as one of their previous models had an aux lcd with that capability. But, whether it'll have the features that the iliad has, who knows?
One thing to note though, is that irex use a 400mhz processor rather than the standard 200mhz. Doing that must of involved extra expense during the r&d phase and so they must of had a good reason for it. That might be just because their experience lay firmly with the intel chip, or that the extra features they demanded from the stylus required more cpu power.
If it is the latter, then the v9 might not have the raw power to handle annotation and the like because it only has the 200mhz samsung chip.

Yep. I was hoping maybe LVD would pop in. I believe he is with Jinke.

No one except Jinke employees could answer that I suspect. Jinke certainly have experience with digitizers, as one of their previous models had an aux lcd with that capability. But, whether it'll have the features that the iliad has, who knows?
One thing to note though, is that irex use a 400mhz processor rather than the standard 200mhz. Doing that must of involved extra expense during the r&d phase and so they must of had a good reason for it. That might be just because their experience lay firmly with the intel chip, or that the extra features they demanded from the stylus required more cpu power.
If it is the latter, then the v9 might not have the raw power to handle annotation and the like because it only has the 200mhz samsung chip.
The power of the CPU is an excellent issue. How much slower is the Samsung then the Intel? The iLiad was designed to be open and for that, I think hang a more powerful processor is a definate plus.

The first prototype V3 with the touchscreen from WaCom will be ready in September. In the same prototype will be WiFi. These options will increase device cost on 50 Usd. That is very sad.

As alternative WiFi we consider variant V3 with GSM/GPRS - the module.

One more remark. We do not see the big prospect of use of the touchscreen for electronic books at the given stage of development of these devices. The slow screen do not allow to receive expected effect.

We do not see the big prospect of use of the touchscreen for electronic books at the given stage of development of these devices. The slow screen do not allow to receive expected effect.
I understand this, but I think many people want to be able to create bookmarks or look up words. Maybe there could be another way of doing this, for example using navigation buttons to move a cursor around on the screen word by word. It would still be slow, because of the screen, but it would provide nearly the same functionality while keeping the cost low.

Yes. Without the ability to at least do a search I'm not seeing enough benefit to having a touchscreen to balance the extra expense.

I've got a V2 but unfortunately the lcd screen hasn't worked since day one.
I am desperately waiting for the V3 with wacom, because my experience with the V2 has put me into the camp of "I LOVE EINK"
I truly do love this thing it's got dozens of books on it, i find it brilliant to hold and use, and when i do go back to paper books i find them cumbersome and annoying. (especially hard backs)
But i am desperate for a small device that i can scribble meeting notes on.
And if you can add a optional portable keyboard it would make it superb.
(I like to type when i write and eventhough i have an ultra light 10" laptop the 2 hour battery and it's slghtly cumbersome nature lets it down)

The first prototype V3 with the touchscreen from WaCom will be ready in September. In the same prototype will be WiFi. These options will increase device cost on 50 Usd. That is very sad.

As alternative WiFi we consider variant V3 with GSM/GPRS - the module.

One more remark. We do not see the big prospect of use of the touchscreen for electronic books at the given stage of development of these devices. The slow screen do not allow to receive expected effect.

I noticed that altough you say "the first prototype" you seem to already know how much It will affect the final cost, are you close to mass production , I'm looking for a e-ink device for my college course wich starts next monday, so I'm a bit of a hurry and I would like to know if there's any chance I can get my hands on a touchscreen v3 in the next month and a half or should I just go with a regular reader without any touchscreen?

(although I must say a touchscreen and wifi v3 would be the perfect tool for me)

thank you for your time. I hope to be hearing from you soon.

zai jian
(an european studying zhong wen after regular classes )