The article does say that: >Amazon has been working on a multi-touch screen/e-ink hybrid tablet device. Presumably it's just much, much easier to develop the

The article does say that: >Amazon has been working on a multi-touch screen/e-ink hybrid tablet device. Presumably it's just much, much easier to develop the backlit tablet than one using e-ink. The technology will be there eventually, but it might take a while... :(