this is total and utter refuse… i don’t think amazon is being too truthful here. but why would they want to release a color e-reader anytime soon, wouldn’t this cannibalize their own [passé monochromatic] lineup?

no people, we will not see a color e-reader from amazon until they have recouped the r&d, paid off the marketing budget, and turned a solid profit. however, if another company pumps out a color e-reader that has even a modicum of the battery life the kindle has, amazon might be forced to move quicker (iRex in Q1 2011, fujitsu already has a 40 hour color e-ink reader for 1k USD).

personally, i think convergence is where e-paper/ink devices are headed… lightweight devices capable of static images and text (books) but with the ability to display fluid, high-definition video (albeit, at a cost to battery life).

So really amazon, tell the truth – either you don’t have the proper tech to pump out a color e-reader or you just don’t want to canabalize the sales of the monochromatic kindle (me thinks it’s the latter).

peace

(Whoops. Freudian slip.) Anyhoo, at present, it's a paperback novel experience for size, and though the resolution is okay, could stand being larger, even for portable, rather than attempting to make text pretty with color.