Nothing fancy as E Ink, but Panasonic seems to be interested in the e-book market as well, for they have just introduced the Words Gear reader. It has a LCD XGA screen with 5.6 inch and 1024x600 resolution (that's 210ppi!).

Engadget has more (http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/26/panasonics-words-gear-color-e-book-reader/).