[fjtorres]

The basic difference between resistive and capacitance is cost and responsiveness. Especially for gestures, such as scrolling swipes.
Capacitance is more responsive and better suited for multitouch applications.
High quality resistive exists that can do multitouch and be very responsive as well as accurate but you don't see it in low cost devices.

The value of this reader clearly isn't the hardware but rather that it comes pre-configured for their target audience; you could easily tweak any other Android device for filtered browsing and their ebook reader app, but you would have to know how to do it and where to find the apps.
They are, in effect, bundling a service.
For people needing or wanting that kind of filtering the price is not execessive.
Not my cup off tea but I do understand where they're coming from: they know *their* market and what *their* customers prefer.