I agree with the previous poster regarding some kind of stylus input. If they were able to implement this somehow (whether with a capacitive stylus or some kind of Wacom input), it would be an ideal device for College students. Being able to read textbooks and pdfs in the low-power BW reflective mode as well as marking them up with handwritten annotations is something no one else is offering in this convenient size and form factor. Without annotation, this will not appeal as broadly to the academic/student market.

The final price in US is still largely a mystery but it will surely be within 300-450 $. This I can be certainly sure about.

As for pricing, again, we don’t know anything more than the rumored scale. As far as we know there’ll be two versions, one with Pixel Qi and one with LCD, the latter being the cheaper and thinner model. Anything beyond that is unconfirmed.

i’ve got 2 questions:

1. does anybody know what q3 will really mean? if i’m not wrong that can be anytime between july and september

2. no real info about the pricing yet. i’ve heard somewhere between 300-800 dollar, but does anybody know anything more specific. and will there be 2 versions or many more (like the ipad) with different equipment like gps, 3p, storage differences?

I was hoping for a wacom tablet, but it still looks like a great piece of engineering.

What’s worth remembering is that Notion Ink are a small start-up, and it’s a pretty big challenge to develop in effect two tablets with a new chipset and various high-profile hardware partners. When you start dealing with things like that – and then factor in negotiating time with carriers – it’s easy to under-estimate how long some of this stuff will actually take. They could still make an appearance at CeBIT, of course, which tends to be a more tablet/netbook focused event anyway rather than MWC’s phone focus. That’s less than a month away.