Hey All, I'm considering getting a e-Ink based reader to replace my Palm Tungsten C which I've been using for the last few years, mainly because it's hard to sit and read in the sun with the Palm.
I narrowed my choices down to the iLiad, Cybook and Hanlin. The iLiad nearly covered everything I wanted (and more) unfortunately, I was put off by the estimated 15 hour battery life and high price tag.
The Cybook and Hanlin aren't as feature rich as the iLiad, but I don't really need all the extra features anyway, cost and battery life are more critical than extra things such as wifi support.
There's not too great a price difference between the Hanlin and the standard Cybook + optional cover, and feature wise they're both similar with the exception of the Cybook supporting mobi-pocket. I read in a post on here that the Hanlin may be getting mobipocket support in a firmware update, has this happened or been confirmed?
I don't have many DRM'd eBooks at the moment and plan to buy from Bean
for my sci-fi addiction. There's also the option of buying .lit and converting if needed for mainstream books not available on Bean. So the mobi-support is more a convenience than critical.
Has anyone on here owned or used both the Cybook and Hanlin. Which do you personally prefer? Which has the better build quality and which has the better interface? The Cybook looks to use a nav pad to move around, whilst the Hanlin has a few more buttons, any comments on which is nicer/more flexible to use?
One plus for the Hanlin is the support for folder based navigation. Although again I read on here that the Cybook is supposed to be adding support for this in a future firmware?
I really can't decide between the two at this time.
