Well that really sucks. I would have no interest in that. 7" screen is the killer. The good news is I love my Kindle and for regular text books it is perfect for me. Looks like PDFs will live on the laptop for another year unless Toshiba drops the price on the Thrive to around $300.

Or this might be fun

http://androidcommunity.com/toshiba-excite-ultra-thin-tablet-pictured-at-ifa-20110831/


>I have an older B&W Nook. The color Nook does more than books. Browser, email, Angry Birds, and yes, it is a touch screen. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookcolor/features/index.asp?cds2Pid=35583. The Nook Color 2 will reportedly be available this month. http://www.pcworld.com/article/239474/nook_color_2_coming_this_month.html
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>BTW, the latest on the Kindle tablet says your info is incorrect. http://phandroid.com/2011/09/02/amazon-kindle-tablet-more-nook-color-than-honeycomb-heavyweight/
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>>Perhaps. my understanding of the rumor mill is that Amazon will be a tablet, not just an e-reader positioned to compete with iPad. I think the Nook is less ambitious in terms of processing power, memory etc. Is it touch screen? Do you have one? ( and I think nook is android 2.0 or something unlike the Honeycomb they are saying wll be on the Amazon tablet. If it is positioned to compete with iPad I would expect a 10" screen where a Nook is 7" ( put a PDF of an Apress or OReilly book up on a 7" screen and see how you like it )
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>>( Nook however gets points for not being an Apple <g> )
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>>BTW do you remember about 10 (?) years ago at Whilfest (?) when Calvin showed up with a Touchscreen notebook of some kind ( Fujitsu, Toshiba ?? ) and was touting the idea that touchscreens were the must have that would make everything else obsolete?
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>>I do have to admit their appeal goes up when you take away a keyboard <g>