Panasonic Sigma Book?

dreadnought · 06-18-2006, 10:47 PM

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.

drachasor · 06-19-2006, 01:36 AM

looks like an LCD screen of some sort.

Sischa · 06-19-2006, 04:06 AM

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 ...

Antartica · 06-19-2006, 10:05 AM

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 :-).

CommanderROR · 06-19-2006, 10:14 AM

welcome!

and thanks for the info.

NatCh · 06-19-2006, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antartica

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!

arivero · 06-27-2006, 02:11 PM

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...

06-18-2006, 10:47 PM	#1
dreadnought Sony Reader owner wannabe Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Device: Archos PMA400	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.

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06-19-2006, 01:36 AM	#2
drachasor Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2006	looks like an LCD screen of some sort.

06-19-2006, 04:06 AM	#3
Sischa Evangelist Posts: 428 Karma: 2370 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Device: Nokia 770, Ilead, Cybook G3, Kindle DX, Kindle 2, iPad, Kindle 3, PW	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
Antartica Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 1517132 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: quaderno, remarkable2, yotaphone2, prs950, iliad, onhandpc, newton	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
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	welcome! and thanks for the info.

06-27-2006, 02:11 PM	#7
arivero Guru Posts: 607 Karma: 2157 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: NCR3125, Nokia 770,...	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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