[cartesius13]

E-ink display though

>You could also do this easily on that $60 laptop or any chromebook

You couldn't because these devices don't have an e-ink screen. This would be the entire point of having a kindle as a writing device. Otherwise you would be correct

[jfim]

It's too bad that transflective displays didn't pan out, the OLPC display was perfectly workable and worked well outdoors too. It would be the ideal kind of display for such a device, which doesn't really need high resolution.