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slayda · 01-30-2009, 10:15 AM

Margrete, I have the EZ Reader (the USA version of the Hanlin V3). All the formats (without DRM) that you mentioned can be read on it once you reflash the firmware to OpenInkPot's firmware. (See the OpenInkPot sub-forum here on MobileRead, and the WIKI information on OpenInkPot. Also their website http://openinkpot.org/)

The nice thing about OpenInkPot is that the firmware is open and is continuously improving. The bad thing (which may not really be bad) is that it doesn't support any DRM ebook formats. However since your books are apparently without DRM that should be no problem.

Using OpenInkPot and leaving my reader on all the time, I get better battery life than using the Hanlin Firmware, or my Cybook Gen3 or my Sony PRS-500. In fact it seems better than the Sony even when I "turn it off". It's "off" mode is really just a "sleep" mode.

BTW, OpenInkPot can display your PowerPoint without having to convert to PDF.

I have been very pleased with OpenInkPot. It has been more stable than the EZ Reader's original firmware and has several very nice features, e.g. word search, deleting books directly from the reader, just to name two of my favorites.

01-30-2009, 10:15 AM	#17
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Margrete, I have the EZ Reader (the USA version of the Hanlin V3). All the formats (without DRM) that you mentioned can be read on it once you reflash the firmware to OpenInkPot's firmware. (See the OpenInkPot sub-forum here on MobileRead, and the WIKI information on OpenInkPot. Also their website http://openinkpot.org/) The nice thing about OpenInkPot is that the firmware is open and is continuously improving. The bad thing (which may not really be bad) is that it doesn't support any DRM ebook formats. However since your books are apparently without DRM that should be no problem. Using OpenInkPot and leaving my reader on all the time, I get better battery life than using the Hanlin Firmware, or my Cybook Gen3 or my Sony PRS-500. In fact it seems better than the Sony even when I "turn it off". It's "off" mode is really just a "sleep" mode. BTW, OpenInkPot can display your PowerPoint without having to convert to PDF. I have been very pleased with OpenInkPot. It has been more stable than the EZ Reader's original firmware and has several very nice features, e.g. word search, deleting books directly from the reader, just to name two of my favorites.