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Originally Posted by Shaggy
They were in the reader business?
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Shocking, huh?
They actually did ship a production model in "quantity" for a pilot ereader program in Russian schools.
Moving to screens-only is a good way to leverage the value of their real corporate assets and get out of non-core activities (software, consumer electronics). They were dead in the water as a consumer electronics company but might still have a future as a component (or technology) supplier to the giant multinationals.
At least they're staying in the business for now, unlike Bridgestone:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/15/bridgestone-e-paper/