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@cutterjohn42: What’s with all the capitalisation? It doesn't provide clarity of point and makes you look like you’re hitting the caps lock by mistake, or raving by shouting every other word.
As to your point, by what means are you contending that a LCD based tablet should be cheaper? All other things being equal are you contending that a LCD panel component (and the necessarily componentry to drive it) is cheaper than an eInk component?
I personally haven't looked at the supply costs so you may be right, but you seem to be adamant of this fact.
One thing to consider is a LCD is backlit (LED, ELP or something) which has a larger power draw than eInk displays means either much shorter battery life or a much larger battery to compensate likely balancing out some of the saving that may or may not exist with the use of an LCD panel.
I think Kobo developing a Nook Color competitor (if this is what this turns out to be) makes a lot of sense. There is a halo effect that often comes with having more premium devices, not to mention the new affordances of such a device. I personally would love to see more people (like Kobo) enter the Audiobook space for which Audible has a virtual monopoly on with digital distribution.
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