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one of the neat features I just noticed is the MATTE finish display. That alone puts it on my radar for a mobile device. And given the MBB options it should be very easy to add a service such as Millenicom for a flat $50/mo with unlimited bandwidth (used them for over a year until I stopped traveling as much.
The weight looks fine as well...at 1.7lbs it's only a bit heavier, practically speaking, from a Kindle DX or even a DR1000S. The one negative is the phrase "built-in battery" which to me implies a non-user replaceable battery which in fact might even be soldered in place to thwart those of us who can mange to replace the battery on our own. With that in mind it's a 3yr device, max before the battery is rendered pretty ineffective and near to a 50% max charge of the original capacity. For this it better be very cheap. In fact that spec would be enough to turn me off from buying one.
I am waiting for a Win7 device over Android. Win7 will have an entire host of reader apps which can run including Amazon PC version = the ability to read my existing Kindle books and buy more when the mood strikes. I really want a device like this for reading reference books and photography mags and books as well.
Time will tell I suppose but I will hope things will end up good. Oh, the comments on the device are in line with everything Jepsen discussed in the interview with Charbax earlier this summer, including her flatly stating that the Kindle was better in direct sun than this generation of 3Qi panel.
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