Bye-bye Kindle, E-reader Screens Coming for Netbooks

From PC World -

Pixel Qi will show off engineering samples of its first screen product at Computex Taipei 2009 next week. Called 3qi, the a 10.1" screen designed to work in three modes: a black-and-white e-ink battery-saving mode for reading text documents and e-books, and two color modes, designed for use indoors or in bright sunlight, that are more suitable for Web surfing and video playback. The screens should be in netbooks and available by the end of this year. In addition, the new models will likely have displays that can swivel around to cover the keyboard, a tablet mode good for an e-book reader.

Given the most successful e-book reader, Amazon's Kindle, costs US$359 while most popular 10" netbooks such as the Asustek Eee PC 1000HE and Acer Aspire One AOD150-1165 are similarly priced, the new technology could spell doom for dedicated e-book readers.