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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Well, it depends on what you consider long way and affordable. The DR1000 is here now, and it is $800. The Plastic Logic device is about 1 year away and they have hinted at "Kindle like" price... but that was when the Kindle was $400.
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Well Pixel Qi is promising ebook readers after June of this year. Based on LCD technology (but with 5x the battery life of LCDs) they say they expect cost to be competitive with LCD screens and volumes to basically unlimited also since they can use LCD facilities.
Since these folks have already delivered the screen tech for the OLPC, this is not just wishful thinking. I have watched false promises in this field for 10 or 20 years, and I know nothing is a sure thing, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
On the other hand, there are many manufacturers in the market and change is constant. E-ink? Flexilbe screens? Touchscreens? Pixel Qi? Toshiba's e-paper (and several others), iPhone and stanza. There will always be a better ebook around the corner. It's like waiting to buy a pc because an even better model is going to be out in six months. If you take this approach you will be waiting for quite a while, because there will always be better things on the horizon.