[ypocaramel]

It's true e-ink devices are being forced into a lower price range, they are more specialized, focused devices. But e-ink still has the weight, battery life and sunlight visibility advantage (I haven't been convinced by the eyestrain arguments, glare is a problem though for capacitative touchscreen LCDs) so there'll be a place for them. Also, if someone picks up foldable e-ink again like the Readius that could be a major tip in the hat for e-ink.

Pixelqi, Mirasol or some other evolved LCD might take care of the sunlight visibility problem for LCDs, as far as I know they don't have e-ink battery life.

But the problem is that reading habits are changing, you can deliver good content on websites and blogs on the internet as well, which with good design will be as visually compelling a magazine (see a good fashion website or something like Pulse or Flipboard). Readers have a good form factor, but if they want to go beyond books and into news and magazines, they need to accommodate a 'holistic' reading experience and embrace both print and internet derived formats, and that's what I think these Android e-readers are getting at. LCD + touch is a good way of getting there, though it's not impossible with E-ink.