The Hanlin is an e-Reader, an electronic book (
e-book) reading device. The Hanlin v3 features a 6" (15 cm), 4-level
grayscaleelectrophoretic 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
grayscaleelectrophoretic display (
E Ink material) with a resolution of 600×800
pixels (200
ppi). The device runs a
Linux-based
OS.
The device is manufactured by the JinKe Electronic Company in China. It is rebranded by various
OEMs and sold under the names 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 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
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 4GB, v5 supports SDHC up to 16GB (supports 32GB unofficially)
Connectivity:
USB 1.1 (client only) for Hanlin v3 and
USB 2.0 for Hanlin v3+/v5