They last crossed my desk in 2012 when they announced that the C920, a 9.7″ ereader with a color E-ink screen, would be licensed to Ectaco and sold in Europe, Russia, and the US as the Jetbook Color.
Hanvon was at one time (2009 – 2011) a leading OEM of ereaders, but I have not seen much from them in a couple years now. The hands on video I found would seem to confirm that detail. There is also criticism of the frontpanel, which several users described as shiny. Many complain about the slowness and disappointing screen resolution. &0183 &32 Hanvon E-book Reader enables you to read both English and Chinese books as well as books in other languages.N518 is the only e-reader device with handwriting technology to let you make notes, comments, and highlights the same way you do when read paper books. Like some other models on the market, many. It’s been on the market in China since August and garnered mixed reviews from users. The Hanvon e-reader offered in Hungary, its N516 model, comes with a 5-inch screen and costs about 60,000 forints (US320). They’re showing that the E930 costs 2675 yuan, or about $435.
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It’s not clear whether users can install Android apps, but I do know that the E930 supports TTS and has a rear-facing speaker. The E930 also supports a wide variety of file formats: MP3, wav, and arm for audio, and Heb, Epub, PDF, FB2, Mobi, doc, html, chm, and txt for ebooks.Īt this point there is literally almost no English language coverage of the E930 I can’t find anything aside from a mention at MobileRead Forums. But many Chinese retail sites do list the E930, including Amazon. That is a stylus you see in the slot on the left, but it’s optional. It does have a frontlight, and one retail site also mentions that the touchscreen is fingertip friendly. The 9.7″ E-ink display has a screen resolution of 1,200 x 825. This Chinese ereader maker launched a new 9.7″ model this summer which combines a frontlight, stylus, and Android.ĭetails are still sketchy (several sites are offering contradictory specs and prices), but what we do know is that the E930 runs Android on a 1GHZ CPU with 4GB internal storage and a micro SD card slot. Hanvon, the number one ebook reader outfitter in China, sells some products in the U.S., both online and through electronics retailer Fry's.The market for large-screen ereaders may have been supplanted by tablets but that hasn’t discouraged Hanvon. Hanvon president Liu Yingjian said the product, fitted with a 9.68-inch color screen and Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, might be sold in the U.S. Hanvon's new ebook reader will go on sale in China in March for around $440. The iPad has been available in China since Sept. Peruvemba, a vice president for E Ink, told the Times. "I'm convinced that a lot of times it takes one company to prove the market," Sriram K. This is why Amazon, for example, hasn't yet embraced color E Ink on its Kindle e-reader.
The colors aren't as vivid, and appear to be more muted, and the screen can't support video. According to the Times article, the color E Ink that will be featured on Hanvon's e-reader isn't the same quality as LCD technology on, say, an iPad, however. The benefits of using E Ink as opposed to LCD are that E Ink uses less battery power and can be read in direct sunlight without glare. Like many tablets on the market, Apple's iPad also uses LCD technology. Last month, Barnes and Noble announced the Nook color, but the 7-inch screen uses LCD technology, similar to what is used in televisions and computer screens.