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Originally Posted by ReaderTom
Hmm, how do you know they are waiting for a "plastic backed screen" ?
Anyways, as my DRS1000 has a big screen, which is one of the few things of high quality on this device, I don't get your point: the screen of my DRS1000 doesn't break easily - at least not on my device - and if other users had a problem there, there would be tons of bad comments on this problem, which there is not. I cannot tell though, if iRex uses plastic backed or glass backed screen.
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As an 'expensive' purchase, it's likely you do treat it with some care. As these things move into the mass market, durability becomes more of an issue. Look at the cases where Apple have made minor mistakes in iPod screens that have been turned into major consumer campaigns.
Besides, the thing with glass backed screens isn't necessarily that they will break more easily but that the manufacturer may have to build a stronger, heavier and more complicated shell to protect it. With the larger screen sizes, you really want the rest of the reader to be as small as possible, or you end up with something that's far from portable. Your DRS1000 has a (slightly) smaller screen than the Plastic Logic one, but is nearly twice as thick, and weighs a third as much again.
Another issue with plastic backed screens is that notionally, they can be part of the case itself - which reduces manufacturing costs, and enables a much more sophisticated design.