[firekat]

My pessimistic prediction of a product launch is going to be mid June, which is going to slide to the end of June. Sorry there Commander, I don't think that it will be available for your trip though I certainly wish that it would be. I myself would like to see the device at my house before the end of the month. I will be in Europe/Middle East/Far East in June, it would have been nice to have it on this trip. I would have been able to check out the newspaper feeds though I don't think that there are any in English just yet.

After release and delivery of the device websites like this will be flooded with discontented rhetoric centered around poor battery life, slow load times of pdf's, lack of the ability to read numerous file types, and who knows what the full myriad of maladies that would be addressed.

All this discontent would be for a premium price. Right now with the recent exchange rate, shipping costs and the unresolved VAT issue for North American customers, I am looking at the cost bumping the lower edge of $1000.00 USD! Yeow! That's a lot for a dedicated device.

3 months after the initial launch of the device iRex will release another more capable, reliable, and less expensive unit. All the initial customers will feel cheated and betrayed.

This is the life and times of techno-geek, "early adaptor"!

I hope I am wrong on all this and iRex will change the status quo of most electronics companies.