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) reading device. The Hanlin v3 features a 6" (15 cm), 4-level

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material) with a resolution of 600×800

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s (167 ppi), while the v3+ features a 16-level grayscale display.Hanlin V3 + E-book reader
/ref> The Hanlin v5 Mini, features a 5" (15 cm), 8-level

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material) with a resolution of 600×800

s (200 ppi). The device runs a

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-based OS. The device is manufactured by the JinKe Electronic Company in China. It is rebranded by various

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s and sold under the names Bebook, Walkbook, lBook, Iscriptum, Papyre, EZ Reader, Koobe and ECO Reader. The Hanlin eReader works best with

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, and

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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

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, or TXT. It also uses JinKe's proprietary WOLF format (

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.wol).

Specifications of Hanlin Models

Hardware

*Size: 184 x 120.5 x 9.9 mm *Weight: 210 g, battery included (160 gram for BeBook mini) *Screen: 90 x 120 mm (3.54 x 4.72 inches) *600x800 pixels / black and white, 4/16 gray-scale 166

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for Hanlin v3/v3+ and 8 gray-scale 200 dpi for Hanlin v5 *Daylight readable / No

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/ Portrait and landscape mode *SDRAM memory: 32 MB for the v3, 64 MB for the v3+/v6 *

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(supports SDIO) (v3 supports up to 4GB, v5 supports SDHC up to 16GB (supports 32GB unofficially) *Connectivity:

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1.1 (client only) for Hanlin v3 and

2.0 for Hanlin v3+/v5

Software

*Operating system:

*Document formats:

, TXT,

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, WOL,

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, LIT,

, PPT,

. *Archives support: ZIP, RAR. *Supported image format:

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, BMP, PNG. *Supported sound format:

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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

References