[Steven Lyle Jordan]

The U.S. government and the military have already discovered laptops and the Toughbook. I doubt we can depend on them to support color e-book readers when they already have a workable solution (and a means to pay the high price tag for it).

However, organizations that don't have such deep pockets could possibly spur such a drive. If they are involved with major business ties, that could spread to other outlets in pretty much the same way that Windows PCs and fax machines spread through American businesses.

But even better: Get them into the hands of the young people entering the workforce, and they'll bring the devices with them, incorporating it into the way they work, and transforming business from the bottom-up.

Regarding price: If that device has some compelling feature that people want, they will pay ridiculous amounts of money for it. The price is almost irrelevant... find the "killer app", and you're set.