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"Stop using" a mature technology in favor of one that's little better than vaporware? Onyx would be insanely foolish to do so at least until they have an actual prototype in their hands to compare with e-Ink. Has anybody seen a third-party comparison of the rival techs?
Also, what's so breathlessly important about "video-capable and colors" in an eReader? I use my eReader to read novels -- static, black and white text novels. I would suspect that most people for whom V-C&C are important have long since bought themselves a smartphone phablet or tablet.
Yes, if somebody could develop a tech that implements V-C&C well (by which I mean competitive with LCD & OLED), in a reflective/low-power product, there'd be considerable potential for these markets to converge with eReaders. But this has been attempted a number of times before, with underwhelming results, and products that have quickly disappeared from the market, so I'm not holding my breath this time around.
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