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The guy on the desk opposite me at work has a couple of Nokia N800's that he's using in a project at the moment, so I'm pretty familiar with them and the screens.
I'd have to say that comparing an E-ink screen and the widescreen aspect backlit LCD of the N800 is like chalk and cheese. The N800 does have a lovely screen; great for graphics and UI elements, but it's not something I'd want to stare at for hours on end. I've also got high end Dell and Silicon Graphics LCD displays on my desk and even though they are fantastic and a massive improvment over old CRT's with their visible refresh, you will always end up with a certain level of eyestrain because of the backlight and their /seemingly/ imperceptible refresh.
The no-refresh, non-backlit E-ink display is totally different; it has no active lightsource, so it's a much more natural looking image. But it's also unlikely that E-ink technology will be used for anything involving high motion or mainstream gui's in the near future.
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