hanlin v3 [LWN.net]

hanlin v3

Posted Aug 30, 2008 23:51 UTC (Sat) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: hanlin v3 by s52d
Parent article: iRex iLiad e-Reader: Linux's Answer to the Kindle? (informIT)

$350 and, more importantly, http://openinkpot.org/... wow, that is mighty compelling. How's the stock firmware? Have you tried openinkpot?

I'd like my ebook's bezel to be the same color as the page background... Wonder if I could find a version with lighter plastic.

If they slapped a touchscreen on it for taking quick notes I'd buy it right now. As it is... hard to say. It sure looks attractive.

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hanlin v3

Posted Aug 31, 2008 21:42 UTC (Sun) by fb (subscriber, #53265) [Link]

I have a Hanlin v3 as well. I haven't tried to use openinkpot but the problem there is that they still haven't released anything other than this "v0.0" developers only release.

The good news is that they are active.

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About the v3: I like it a lot but

- .chm navigation sucks (important for me)
- opening directories with too many files (hundreds) is too slow
- I find the screen a bit too small

Other than that, if you can control the generation of the PDF you are loading into it (the Guttenberg project has an interface for setting page dimensions and font size & type), then it is quite nice to read on it.