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I don't know if I'm in mourning, but I am sad. I've used several different eInk devices in recent years, and the DR800 is, by far, my favorite hardware. The size is perfect and the technical capabilities are outstanding. Sadly, the software hasn't quite taken advantage of the device's full potential.
Worry about being wedded to an unsupported device prompted my purchase of the Sony Daily Edition (It doesn't impress me; I'll probably sell it.) and the new Graphite Kindle DX (I generally like it, although I'm annoyed by it's failure to support PDF Table of Contents, and it's a larger device than I'd prefer to carry about).
I realize that the European prices were shockingly high, but the US price was in line with other e-Ink readers. The DR800 met scathing reviews upon launch, and received literally no good press or marketing momentum. The 2.0 (RC 3) firmware remedies most of the complaints, but it's too little, too late. I think that the device could have taken the US market by storm, if only it had been fully featured at launch and had some kind of marketing support.
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