First off, I am not in the "if it glows, it blows" camp because I have not tried all the various glowing devices. All I can comment on is the difference I notice between reading on my E-ink device and my LCD screens. For me, at my age, E-ink wins hands down.
Judging by a few of the comments here, some folks may not have read the New York Times article so let me quote the most relevant section.
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First of all: doctors say that reading on a screen won’t cause any harm.
“Most of what our mothers told us about our eyes was wrong,” said Dr. Travis Meredith, chair of the ophthalmology department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “Sitting close to a television, or computer screen, isn’t bad for our eyes. It’s a variety of other factors that can cause physical fatigue.”
For example, the ergonomics of reading screens and the lack of blinking when we stare at them play a big role in eye fatigue. “The current problem with reading on screens is that we need to adjust our bodies to our computer screens, rather than the screens adjusting to us,” Dr. Meredith said.
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Note exactly what Dr. Meredith says: "...we need to adjust our bodies to our computer screens, rather than the screens adjusting to us." Why should I adjust my body to read on a screen when there already exists a solution that works for me?
Which brings up another point: Good enough technology. A big reason in the exploding popularity of netbooks (or notebooks or subnotebooks) is that a 10 inch screen with 1GB of ram and an Atom processor is "good enough" for casual surfing, checking email, etc. For me, my E-ink device is good enough for my purposes. Others may want more, but I don't need more at this time.
All that being said, I would look at a colour device that allows me to read magazines, newspapers, etc if it was reasonably priced and as comfortable to my eyes as E-ink. Yet I would still use my E-ink device for reading novels, etc.