Hanlin eReader explained

The Hanlin is an e-Reader, an electronic book (e-book) reading device. The Hanlin v3 features a 6" (15 cm), 4-level grayscale electrophoretic display (E Ink material) with a resolution of 600×800 pixels (167 ppi), while the v3+ features a 16-level grayscale display.^[1] The Hanlin v5 Mini, features a 5" (15 cm), 8-level grayscale electrophoretic display (E Ink material) with a resolution of 600×800 pixels (200 ppi). The device runs a Linux-based OS.

The device is produced by the JinKe Electronic Company in China and is rebranded by various OEMs. It is marketed under different names including Bebook, Walkbook, lBook, Iscriptum, Papyre, EZ Reader, Koobe, and ECO Reader.

The Hanlin eReader works best with EPUB, RTF, FB2, and Mobipocket documents, because of their simplicity, interoperability, and low CPU processing requirements. These files also offer more zoom levels, and more options like search, landscape mode, and text to speech than with PDF, DOC, HTML, or TXT.

It also uses JinKe's proprietary WOLF format (file extension .wol).

Specifications of Hanlin Models

Hardware

Size: 184 mm × 120.5 mm × 9.9 mm
Weight: 210 g, battery included (160-gram for BeBook mini)
Screen: 90 mm × 120 mm (3.54 in × 4.72 in)
600×800 pixels / black and white, 4/16 gray-scale 166 dpi for Hanlin v3/v3+ and 8 gray-scale 200 dpi for Hanlin v5
Daylight readable / No backlight / Portrait and landscape mode
SDRAM memory: 32 MB for the v3, 64 MB for the v3+/v6
SD card (supports SDIO) (v3 supports up to 4 GB, v5 supports SDHC up to 16 GB (supports 32 GB unofficially)
Connectivity: USB 1.1 (client only) for Hanlin v3 and USB 2.0 for Hanlin v3+/v5

Software

Operating system: Linux
Document formats: PDF, TXT, RTF, DOC, HTML Help, FB2, HTML, WOL, DJVU, LIT, EPUB, PPT, Mobipocket.
Archives support: ZIP, RAR.
Supported image format: TIFF, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG.
Supported sound format: MP3.

Product Version

V Series: V2, V3, V3+, V5, V60, V90
A Series: A6, A9, A90

External links

http://www.bebook.net.au - Australian reseller. BeBook version includes both Bebook1 and Mini models

Notes and References

http://www.helikon.bg/electronics/457/153921_hanlin-v3%2Be-book-reader.html Hanlin V3 + E-book reader