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Originally Posted by junkyardwillie
There haven't been any other eReaders announcing that they are going to have mobile support so it has to be the DX.
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Both Jinke and Netronix have been talking about 9.7" Readers with WiFi/3G for years. When you get to this size and price point there is really very little reason not to add mobile connectivity. What has stopped them delivering is the expected screen breakage rate. So the current hangup is mass production of PVI's 9.7" "flexiscreen". This is supposed to happen this summer or fall, and hence the lack of current competitors to the Kindle DX isn't going to last very long. There have been hints of competitors in the wings, but if I was Vodafone I would go with EInk and most likely with a Netronix design because that is the proven approach. Another "proven" design would be the iRex DR1000SW (with 3G in place of WiFi), but I doubt that iRex could deliver in the volumes required. A major customer, like Vodafone, might explain why the DR1000SW has not made its appearance yet.