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Originally Posted by mrdini
Oh wait, was this me? Oh heh - sorry for the late arrival in this thread then!
Yes - I got mine, and I have to say that it's bloody great, and at the same time, bloody frustrating.
In a nutshell - the hardware works really well, and I can zoom in and navigate around a "sheet of paper" using the touchscreen. In addition, I can annotate documents. I think it's great!
However, at the same time, Jinke's software is so annoying, and so brain-dead. It's exactly what using a Windows computer would be like after having only used Mac OS X :P The UI is fairly arcane, and does not always do what you'd expect it to do. Lots and lots of quirks in it.
But heck, given that the V2 sells for almost half the price of the only other touchscreen reader on the market, the Iliad, I'm not going to complain!
Any questions about the V2, feel free to ask in here or in the Hanlin forum
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Just a note... but in February Astak will be selling the new "EZ Reader Pro". This is the American name for the Hanlin V3 and is backed by Astak... a USA firm. The new Touchscreen will have Wi-Fi and Note-Taking using a "soft keyboard". It will debut at the Astak booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (January 8-11). The V3 software is excellent and was 8 years in development. G3 will be an option.
Also, Netronix is coming out with a new Touchscreen as well and will be debuted also as above. That one will have the new Epson Controller, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Note-Taking. It will be released in the USA under the Mentor line.
Robert B