Ken, you're a very patient man. So patient I would probably beat you over the head with something hard if we were in the same room, patient people make me crazy!
Seriously, I really don't have time to wait for that. I'm expecting that mid 2012 I'm on my second or third large Android tablet. I have had my current phone (HTC HD2) for almost a year now, and I think that's a new record for me the last ten years. Likewize with laptops, in January my current Dell Precision M6500 (17" i7 monster, the power supply weighs more than my reserve Asus Eee) will be one year old in February, and that is very long for me as well. Gadgets are fun until something newer and better comes along, then it's time to demote them to one of the kids and go on!
As for the price the Pixel Qi screen to me means that I would pay twice as much as a one if those crappy, locked down, limiting iPads without flinching since it works in direct sunlight, and I enjoy sitting in my garden in the summertime reading proof. So far I have had to use paper for that. Now I can get on with saving trees!
And now the first one's in the books. Preordred and paid for, insured by VISA.
I see many people freaking out on the Notion Ink blog thinking about maybe or maybe not...
Worst case scenario the thing never appears and you'll get your money back (minus 5-10 %) from VISA. If they can't afford to take a chance that may cost them $50 I really don't want to be around when those kids buy their first car!
Me, I'm an optimist. I think I will have it in my mailbox before January tuns to February.
