[ColdSun]

I do a lot of reading in the dark at night in bed. My wife doesn't want a light on and I find that many people I recommended to buy an REB-1100 or Ebookwise-1150 had the same issue and loved those devices for that reason.

Why is it that none of the new e-reading devices coming out support a backlit screen? I don't really understand technically what e-Ink is, and perhaps it can't support it, but if that is the case then in my mind the e-Ink technology just isn't what I would be interested in. I read quite a bit and would love to buy a Sony E-Reader or something like that due to the amount of titles available in the library. What is it with technology like this? They always leave an important feature out.

Does anyone know of any future devices that do support a backlight or am I stuck with my Ebookwise-1150 and that is it until they close their doors? Do I have to buy one of these Ultra Mobile PCs instead, even though all I want is to read ebooks (I purchased my Nokia 770 for reading ebooks on because my ebookwise broke and I sent it in for repairs and used the 770 for reading until it came back).

Regards,
ColdSun