It has 2GB of flash, so not exactly an SSD, but still very usable as a reader.
Unfortunately, the devil is in the rather large detail of
actually making it:
"This is just a prototype," education expert Zubin Malhotra told Newsxlive. "We need to find people who will be able to manufacture these devices at these price points and continue to develop them going forward."
Um, right... That $35 price-point will probably go the way of the $100 OLPC once the realities of manufacturing take hold. Still, even at twice the price it's fairly attractive.