For a guy that is supposed to be a step ahead tech-wise, apparently he doesn't understand that people want a portable device that is easy to read. A laptop/ iPhone/ iPod is not an easy-to-read from device* so creating a reader for those devices doesn't really get rid of the initial problem of having to use those devices. Who reads a book on an iPod or phone?! Seriously? Do you carry around one of those magnifying screens from "Brazil"? *laptop...well, the problem is the back lighting and eye fatigue, not the screen size, necessarily.

Frankly, these were poor attempts at sabotage. Unless they sabotaged their sabotaging purposely to get a free flight to the US/ wherever.

...taste better after a little sensible drug use. Allegedly.