"We'll admit we're a bit surprised to see a working model already "

It's called simultanious or concurrent development, and it's happened for centuries. And it'll happen more and more in a world of 6, 7 and soon 8 billion people. It's the best argument against patents; let technical ability and first mover advantage take over from patents!

Now if only you could get rid of the margins in pdf's, then you could actually read a pdf properly on an electronic device

I just use my wiimote connected to my 1000he via bluetooth. But extra accuracy without the need for line-of-sight is nice, I guess.

Write speed is only important if you plan on using these as your swapfile diskdrive. Or in a server with high user interaction. For a desktop, writespeed is not important as you just install software once and who really cares if that takes the same time as HDD speeds. Hell, I'd take a pair of two 30 gig-ers and put my OS on one and my swapfile on the other and be very happy.

So what's the resolution on this thing? A millimeter? Half a mm? A micrometer?

I love the innovation; take the existing infrastructure, remix it and make something better.

But what I love even more is the fact that I might be able to retrofit this tech into my just bought 1000he eeepc! That would so be awesome that I'd have to pre-order and pay for that pre-order right now if only I could.

All those ngatives, for a steep $600 bucks? Shouldn't that be 'a cut UNDER other netbooks' (and screw grammar!)?

Points one and three make NO SENSE.

#1: Applications that are or distribute alternate marketplaces for content types (applications, games, themes etc.) that are sold or otherwise distributed through Windows® Marketplace for Mobile.

Erm...so if you are the first to create a pdf reading app, no one else is allowed to put one on the MS MP? WTF? Same for any doc, txt jpg reader displayer. This is idiotic; forces monopoly for first to market....it's insane.

#3 Applications that promote or link users to a website, or contain functionality within the application itself, which encourages or requires the user to purchase or pay to upgrade the application outside of Windows® Marketplace for Mobile.

So, if you put your app/game on MS MP, you can't sell it on the game's website if you have a link (for support reasons or promoting your other apps) in the app/game's splashscreen/info/about page. IOW: MS MP will be your only POS if you don't want to write two websites for your apps/games.
This one actually has some kind of twisted, sick, strange logic to it...but it's a bearer of much hassle.

MS MP is kinda like the Wii friendscodes thing: 'they' just don't get what they're trying to achieve; they don't get the space they're entering!

Jesus, man. This article could have been written years ago. Furthermore, articles like this WERE written years ago!

Xbox-as-MS'-trojan-horse-to-the-living-room-and-beyond is a meme at least as old as the original xbox, has it's origins in the dvd-equiped ps2. I read nothing more in this article to make it interesting or even relevant. Get up to speed! It's mid 2009, fer cryin' out loud!

IF they can price this at or below 200 euro's, it'll be a hit. Anything above and I just can't justify it to myself.

Thing is, I consider myself to be firmly in the demographic which wants one of these things, and I firmly believe that if they sell one to me, they'll have hit a huge market. Sure, they might sell a few at higher prices (yes, Sony and Kindle do sell), but the money will be in the larger market.