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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
...for no particular reason that I can detect, other than wishful thinking. 
I concur that the PL will be an expensive device, and I can't imagine that B&N is going to subsidize any of its cost.
Having seen the Kindle DX, it strikes me that the PL's larger form factor will be great for PDF's and technical documents, but less than ideal for portable reading -- it's just too big, especially with a half-way decent case. This could be balanced out by the ability to put your B&N books on multiple devices -- if there is some way to sync your last page and notes to them, which afaik is not the case. Otherwise it's going to be a real drag to switch from device to device.
Is it clear why PL will use wireless access, other than some type of web browsing? |
Your opinion seems to exactly match what the information provided on the Plastic Logic web site says. The device is NOT a book reader, it is a document reader. It's size is intended to match the size of documents that it is intended to read. They even go so far as to state that it is too large for a book reader. The wireless access seems to be for accessing newspaper subscriptions and document retrieval from the home office. Web browsing would be a terrible experience using an eink display, IMHO. B&N seems to be positioning themselves to support all *generic* book readers, so this PL tie up is probably just a marketing venture not directly tied to books in any way.
http://www.plasticlogic.com/