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Originally Posted by Mr. Goodbar
Touch is definitely the way to go "if" it doesn't sacrifice readability and as you point out there is enough of a bezel to still hold the device without flipping pages. It let's you eliminate all the other buttons since it can now be handled through on screen actions.
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yep ! i've been convinced of this since the first time i used my eb1150.
but, i wouldn't eliminate *all* buttons ; for example, if i am looking at a linked index with the screen full of links, swiping the screen will not take me to the next page, but to the location linked wherever i swiped. so a few hard buttons are still good to have.
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The one potential drawback is the speed of the e-ink, but the new controller that allows localized screen refreshes may fix that problem. At least the good news is that the market seems to be moving in many directions at once which will give us good choices in the future. I'm just too impatient to wait 
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i know, me too !!!
particularly since there are so many really interesting projects starting to appear. very exciting !
(anyway i can tell you that the sony touchscreen is very reactive and quick, even when typing notes on the soft keyboard for instance. so that means it is already completely possible without loss of functionality due to poor screen refresh rates.)