Not a joke, and not a misprint…Yes a color e-paper display. The very thing that has been said to be years away, is being sold in Japan today. FLEPia (got love the name) is already selling at a fairly brisk pace and shows what I believe is the high water mark for devices of this type. FLEPia and the rumored "maxi-iPhone" from Apple will point the direction of future development in this sector. FLEPia is not a Kindle but shows just how fast this marketplace changes:"Fujitsu Frontech Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the start of consumer sales in Japan of the world’s first color e-paper mobile terminal, FLEPia, available for purchase from today through Fujitsu Frontech’s online store "FrontechDirect". Developed by Fujitsu Frontech and Fujitsu Laboratories, FLEPia is the first ever mobile information terminal to feature color electronic paper (color e-paper). In addition to being lightweight and thin, the color e-paper mobile terminal features an easy-to-view 8-inch display screen capable of showing up to 260,000 colors in high-definition, in addition to being equipped with Bluetooth and high-speed wireless LAN. FLEPia is also power-efficient, enabling up to 40 hours of continuous battery operation when fully charged, and does not require power for continuous display of a screen image, consuming power only during re-draw. Featuring significant storage capabilities, when used with a 4GB SD card, the color e-paper terminal can store the equivalent of 5,000 conventional paper-based books when each book is 300 pages long at 600KB per book, thus being environmentally friendly.　In Japan, FLEPia can now be easily ordered from Fujitsu Frontech’s online store. As an additional option, through Fujitsu Frontech’s dedicated website, FLEPia users can purchase e-books from the largest e-book online retailer in Japan and download the e-books directly into FLEPia. As the only color e-paper mobile terminal commercially available, FLEPia offers a convenient, paper-free and eco-conscious enriched innovative mobile reading experience to users."http://www.frontech.fujitsu.com/en/release/20090318.htmlThis link is more fun. http://www.frontech.fujitsu.com/services/products/paper/flepia/Cost??¥99,750OrJust over $1000…I still love my Kindle and fully support Amazon, but my Kindle 2 is just a slight shade of Green with some color envy…

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