How awesome would be a e-reader in color? We might get one in early spring from Barnes and Noble, or rather from Plastic Logic. Here’s a link to the full article and pictures. And in Japan, they already have color e-readers! Fujitsu has released the world’s first dedicated e-reader with a color screen.

Time: Attack of the Kindle Killers:

Interesting quote about the future of e-readers, or if they have a future at all:

And there’s the looming threat posed by next-generation tablet computers. Apple, the king of cool handheld devices, is rumored to be readying a tablet computer with all the functions of a laptop as well as iPhone-like touch capabilities for release early next year…   “E-readers are a transitional technology,” says Rotman Epps of Forrester Research. Which means that just when the e-reader is taking off, it may be becoming obsolete.

I love the photo gallery here–Nine Gadgets to Gawk At–almost as fun as window shopping for shoes

But bottom line is that I want to see the prices lowered. At the moment, some e-readers are still way too expensive. Oh, and DRM–it would be nice if DRM could become a thing of the past as well.