06-18-2006, 10:47 PM | #1 |
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Panasonic Sigma Book?
Just stumbled across this while browsing some Japanese gadget sites.
http://www.japan-direct.com/cartitem.asp?prodid=557 Does anyone know anything about this? I kind of like the fact that it has two pages like a real book. |
06-19-2006, 01:36 AM | #2 |
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looks like an LCD screen of some sort.
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06-19-2006, 04:06 AM | #3 |
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But sounds like e-ink
"Read the screen easily - even in bright sunlight with the digital paper it uses." But you are right the photos "smell" like LCD ... |
06-19-2006, 10:05 AM | #4 |
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The panasonic SigmaBook uses Cholesteric LCD. It's just a monochrome LCD display that retains it contents while is powered off.
So it has the power saving fetures of e-ink, but lacks its contrast and "paperlikeness". It's the same technology as the one referenced in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...?threadid=6745 Not as interesting as the Jinke V2/V8, Sony Reader or the iRex... By the way, this is my first post in Mobileread. Hi all :-). |
06-19-2006, 10:14 AM | #5 |
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welcome!
and thanks for the info. |
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06-19-2006, 11:31 AM | #6 | |
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06-27-2006, 02:11 PM | #7 |
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I got one but I can not see how to crack into it, I opened it and it is a Panasonic chip, and no idea about the software. If at least I were able to dump pdf into it...
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