Believe it or not, this is the sort of reader device I'd like. If battery is long lasting anyway. Check out the JE100 here..
http://asuseeehacks.blogspot.com/200...ch-jl7200.html
They also have a netbook (can't remember, but I think might be WinCE based), for $125 in large quantities!
Who knows? Maybe these netbooks, together with battery tech, efficient processors and OLPC type screens might just give drive the cheap e-book readers that we need to spread the fun to the general public!
And more importantly to me, if the screen is big enough, maybe I'll finally have that inexpensive and effective pdf reader for tech docs that I've been longing for!