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Thanks markom for the link to the very informative video.
So, this ereader definitely has useful tab-based multiple-document features, and good annotation tools too. A first Yes!
A second Yes! for the large screen... I personally could easily live with something that gives me a full, unscaled rendition of and A4/Letter page; even if zooming is not available at all. After all, paper documents don't allow zooming and we use them all the time without complaining :-)
Refresh time seems acceptably fast. Provided that the device does not introduce additional waiting time to actually prepare the new page to be shown on the screen when you jump from one tab to another, even pretty frequent tab changes should be reasonably comfortable.
Finally, a third Yes! for the (supposed) ruggedness coming from having a flexible backplane. This Sony device seems able to live in a bag or knapsack without breaking (which is essential for a "workhorse" product that you bring with you everywhere... at least this is how I would use the thing).
Now I hope very strongly that: (i) it actually goes on sale and (ii) if it does, the price won't be too high.
(It would be surprising if tablets, that many expected to be the killers of electrophoretic devices, should instead contribute to the development of rugged large-screen devices, after all these years of useless waiting!)
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