Comments on: Plastic Logics eInk Device Hands On Look at Gizmodo

By: Karen Wester Newton

Karen Wester Newton — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:12:20 +0000

From everything I have seen, Plastic Logic is aiming at the “mobile business user.” In fact, I think they call their as yet unnamed device a “document reader” instead of an eReader or a book reader, and often demo it with a spreadsheet or pie chart on the screen. They seem to have the most overlap with Kindle DX, and as they’re being remarkably coy about the price (“we don’t set the price; the market sets the price”), I assume it will be in the DX range, a little above or below $500.

It will be interesting to see if PL is the B&N reader and if so, if B&N subsidizes the price in any way. Hearst is another possibility, since they would need a large screen. Ditto the subsidy question.

By: E-reader reviews « Romantic Reads

E-reader reviews « Romantic Reads — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:46:49 +0000

[...] DearAuthor reports on Plastic Logic’s new eInk device–which if I remember correctly is supposed to be a larger size to capitilize on newspaper, [...]

By: XandraG

XandraG — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:43:58 +0000

Okay, I love that it’s big, I love that it’s thin. I love that it’s all touch screen–mixing buttons and touch confuses people. I wish to all the gods who grant wishes that the next iteration would include a swipe gesture (and if it pleases the apple gods not to trademark the hand motion of swiping a screen or I might be tempted to trademark the hand motion of a single-digit salute).

What I don’t love is that it appears to be that butt-ugly putty color that makes it resemble a Buck Rogers in the 25th Century prop.

Dear Hardware Tech Developers–putty-colored plastic is the “bomp-chicky-bomp-bomp” of the personal technology industry.