This is very cool, especially the choice of screen!
I've often thought about how the PDAs of yore (and Nokia dumbphones) had monochrome LCD screeens that were perfectly usable for text and had week-long battery life.
It's something I'm hoping will make a comeback as more people begin to realize that the "there's an app for that" mentality is leading to the creation of apps that aren't necessarily the right fit for a smartphone anymmore.