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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
I wonder if fulfilling the State Dept. contract (see fjtorres post above) has either consumed too much of the available eInk screen supply, or has delayed the production of the consumer models.
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The State Dept contract was never signed because of a protest; they went back a couple of steps in the procurement process to give the protestors a chance to put up or shut up.
The delays are rumored to be due to problems with the frontlight lightguide layer. But since the source is Digitimes the rumor's credibility is debatable:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...indle-delayed/
With B&N having acknowledged *they* are having troubles in that area and Sony refusing to play in that arena the rumor does gain a bit of viability. But still... Digitimes... Keep a kilo of salt handy.
