Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 10-16-2008, 10:04 PM   #929
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Originally Posted by AJ Starr View Post
Can someone explain why everyone seems so down about Astak using Hanlin instead of Jinke. Is Jinke inheritantly (or apparantly) better than Hanlin.
Jinke is the company that makes the Hanlin. The Jinke device is also OEMed as other brand names such as the BeBook, lBook, and a couple others I can't remember.

If you've read the opening dozen of messages you will see that Astak was planning on a "NEW' device, that no one else had. The device was to have superior hardware features like touchscreen/wifi/bluetooth/built-in light... and software like file manager with folders, etc. options that no other 6inch device has. Also, the price point was originally announced at under $200.

The EZ Reader is none of the above. It is an OEMed Hanlin V3 branded by Astak as the EZ Reader for the US market.

While there is nothing wrong about this reader. It was nothing like what was originally being anticipated by all due to early annoucements and info in this thread. Also, we have threads on the Hanlin/BeBook so....

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