Plastic Logic expects to ship QUE proReader in June

So, Plastic Logic perhaps isn't for sale, but what about that long-awaited QUE proReader of theirs? Well, we just got an update on that front. A hapless tipster who pre-ordered the devices way back on January 9th just got an email from Plastic Logic saying they should expect a June 24th ship date now. Pre-orderers at least have the opportunity to confirm or deny that they still want the device, and won't be charged until it ships. So, will it be worth the wait? And more importantly: what color will your hovercar be?

[Thanks, Shane B.]

[tklr08 Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:19PM]

Is this an extra thick mirror? Sign me up for 3!

[grummy Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:02PM]

Well ...hello there sexy ...

[tklr08 Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:06PM]

@grummy
Hello thar =] I'm no hoe, don't get me wrong. I think this will work.

[grummy Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:14PM]

@tklr08
I was talking to that thin beauty, sorry for the confusion

[tklr08 Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:54PM]

@grummy
I'm flattered :)

[Outsider Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:33PM]

@tklr08

Oh jeez, you guys make me LOL

[BrownSound Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:25PM]

wow looking sleek.

[Waltah Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:26PM]

Isn't that thing just a bit thick?

[schultz Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:40PM]

@Waltah

Thats what she said.


Sooo whats the price on this thing?

[Master Yoda Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:27PM]

mhhh mental reading in sparetime i do mhhhh

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:03PM]

You got the Mental part right

[Master Yoda Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:13PM]

@Lord Vader

anakin , grown you become mmh indeed.
if i knew you coming, baked i'd have your favourite cake.

mhhh

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:28PM]

I want my hovercar black

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:56PM]

Or red with grey stripes

[BSGadgetoffmylawnuffsaid Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:12PM]

@Lord Vader Can I order one in Banana-yellow please? Apple-red is not my thing...

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:16PM]

@BSGadgetoffmylawnuffsaid. (waves hand) Apple-Red is my thing...

[BSGadgetoffmylawnuffsaid Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:21PM]

@Lord Vader "You are right... Apple-red is my thing" *wondering where that came from*

[LeonardWashington Posted Apr 7th 2010 11:42PM]

@Lord Vader

You can only get your hovercraft in Vader black or storm trooper white

[ScienceProUSAcom Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:29PM]

I still think this thing is way too expensive for what it offers. Still it's a very nice product.

[ScienceProUSAcom Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:59PM]

@ScienceProUSAcom

Just consider that for about the same price as one of these, you could get both an iPad and Kindle.

[strikethree Posted Apr 7th 2010 11:23PM]

@ScienceProUSAcom

Definitely way too pricey.

The kindle and basically every ereader out there costs less than this thing. A LOT less.

I've seen video of the prototype and page loading/turning was quite slow. This was one of the issues they wanted to deal with. I'm not sure if they fixed it.

It looks nice. But, all it's just a black slab. Everything with a black border looks nice.

[User Formerly Known as Dave Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:34PM]

A hyperintelligent shade of the color blue.

[Onijin Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:43PM]

@User Formerly Known as Dave
That would be a Hooloovoo wouldn't it?

[glenskey Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:55PM]

@Onijin
it could be smarboo, hi-iqblu or smarterthanublu

[p0p0 Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:20PM]

@User Formerly Known as Dave That's impossible!! ;P

[User Formerly Known as Dave Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:49PM]

@Onijin Could be!

[User Formerly Known as Dave Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:35PM]

@hated one lol

[ty1911 Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:36PM]

I was going to get one, but the iPad fits what I needed to do and I have it in hand already.
Sorry Plastic Logic I wanted one so bad.
Or maybe I should say thanks for the delay or I would have been stuck with a device just to read .docs.

[Nexus Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:41PM]

@hated one
not better than the kindle app for windows loaded on an hp slate. I can read my books over HDMI on my tv screen. Now I know thats not a realistic usage senario but It owns your iPad.

always got to wait a bit longer for something better to come along.

[rdrunner Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:41PM]

wouldn't it be nice if the iPad maintains it's capabilities but becomes that thin and light? it may not be technically possible now...but here's to hoping someday...

[pishmish Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:05PM]

@Toshi I wonder how videochatting would be on a e ink display :)

[pavelbure Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:46PM]

Oh, you used a slate and ipad already to compare the two ?

[TheLondonExchange Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:58PM]

I'd like to see vids regarding this device?

Software? Specs?

That one picture doesn't cut it Engadget. But it is enticing...

[ty1911 Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:06PM]

@TheLondonExchange
go to YouTube and search "plastic logic".

[Valicore Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:05PM]

You know, hand models must be rolling in the dough lately. Ever since that guys hand introduced everyone to the original iPhone, manicured man-hands have been on almost all non-Korean advertisements. Anyway, any e-ink device interests me, because more than having an iPad or a Slate, I'm interesting in KEEPING my eyes, which an LCD just isn't gonna help me with.

[glennc2 Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:46PM]

@Valicore my girlfriends kindle is just awesome. how a monochrome screen this day and age can still make me stare at it claiming how goods it looks to my uncaring girlfriend just amazes me, but it is that good.

the annoying thing is once again it takes Apple to get the eBook market rolling for all the idiotic sheeple out there who can't use their own brains and discover something for themselves. the ipad is for light reading at most, but is no way a replacement for a real book, unlike an eInk reader.

basically it is a nice feature to have on the iPad, so is a camera on a phone, but it won't be as good. if you want to read for hours and hours you really need both devices. the iPad as a proper eBook reader is best left to the fanboys to justify and ignored by the people who have a clue.

[Luxury Guy Posted Apr 7th 2010 9:09PM]

@pavelbure Does it really even matter if he has used both the iPad and the HP Slate? The iPad is not about content creation in any form whatsoever.. It is ONLY about media consumption. While that may be just perfect for some, its clearly not for the rest of us. And that is why we are upset with it, we wanted more.. a lot more.. and we got pretty much nothing.

[vqro Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:21PM]

@Luxury Guy The iPad was anounced back in January. And you're still upset about it??? Seek some help, man.

[mukatuna Posted Apr 7th 2010 10:42PM]

What's this thng? A vapour-ware tea tray?

[Marmite Turkey Posted Apr 8th 2010 1:13AM]

Too late, too expensive. Sad. Bye bye Plastic Logic. Yet another bunch of scientists with no commercial sense. Go and next to the JooJoo guys over there.