Hanlin eReader

The Hanlin eReader v3 is an e-book reader, an electronic book (e-book) reading device by Tianjin Jinke Electronics Co. Ltd. The device, much like others on the market, features a 6" (15 cm), 4-level grayscale electrophoretic display (E Ink material) with a resolution of 600×800 pixels (167 ppi). The device is runs the Linux OS, and SDK is provided (though source code for many GPL-licensed components is not provided [ [http://openinkpot.org/wiki/BinariesLicenseInvestigation OpenInkpot Wiki] ] ), so functionality is easily extended.

The Hanlin eReader V3 is sold under various names [ [http://openinkpot.org/wiki/HanlinV3 OpenInkpot Wiki] ] :
* [http://lbook.ua/ lBook V3] (Ukraine, Russia)
* [http://www.walkbook.net/en/index.html Walkbook] (Turkey)
* [http://mybebook.com/index.html BEBOOK] (Netherlands)
* [http://papyre.com/portada.asp Papyre 6.1] (Spain)

pecifications

Hardware

*Size: 184 x 120.5 x 9.9 mm
*Weight: 210 g, battery included
*Screen: 90 x 120 mm
*600x800 pixels, 166 dpi / B&W, 4 gray-scale
*Daylight readable / No backlight / Portrait and landscape mode
*Battery: Li-Ion 950mAh
*Processor: Samsung Arm9 200 MHz
*SDRAM memory: 32 MB
*SD card (supports SDIO)
*Connectivity: USB 1.1 (client only)

oftware

*Operating system: Linux
*Document formats: PDF, TXT, RTF, DOC, CHM, FB2, HTML, WOLF, DJVU, LIT, EPUB, PPT (Mobipocket-support announced)
*Archives support: ZIP, RAR
*Supported image format: TIFF, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG
*Supported sound format: MP3

See also

* Dedicated e-book devices - similar devices

External links

* [http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/English/index.asp Jinke English Home Page]
* [http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/English/embedpro/index.asp Hanlin Product Catalog]
* [http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/embedpro/futurepro.asp Hanlin future Products]
* [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Hanlin_V3 MobileRead Wiki entry]
* [http://openinkpot.org/ OpenInkpot] - free/open source alternative firmware for the device, currently early stages of development.
* [http://www.lbook.com.ua Lbook] - OEM built ebook device (Ukraine), which uses Hanlin hardware with custom software
* [http://mybebook.com BeBook] - OEM built ebook device (Netherlands) which also uses Hanlin hardware with customised firmware

References