E Ink was silent on screen resolution, but from
First look at Hanvon’s new color e-reader:
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But luckily for us, NN took a few minutes to get a good look at the new screen. They weren’t impressed with the colors (they looked washed out). And they also were disappointed by the screen resolution. This last is a good point; 800×600 is low on a 10″ screen.
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Compare this to the standard E Ink 9.7" screen (e.g. in the Kindle DX) resolution of 1200 x 875 or 150 ppi. 9.7" at 800x600 is 100 ppi, but now each pixel has 4 subpixels (3 color one clear). If 100 ppi (which E Ink calls 200 dpi) is the highest resolution available it isn't surprising that the first device has a 9.7" screen. A comparable 6" screen would be 480x360, which isn't many pixels.