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.

looks like an LCD screen of some sort.

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 ...

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
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?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 :-).

welcome!

and thanks for the info.

By the way, this is my first post in Mobileread. Hi all :-).

Well, you're clearly a person who knows how to make an entrance!

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...