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Originally Posted by wallcraft
The Pocket Pro isn't vaporware, you can buy a Hanlin V5 directly from Jinke today and there are photos of the Hanlin V5 in the wild (admittedly in the hands of a reseller) actually displaying ebook content.
I agree that the eReader SDK is vaporware, although I don't doubt that FictionWise (B&N) is working on it. I do have some doubt that it will appear on Astak devices, because B&N bought FictionWise. My guess is that B&N are working on their own EInk devices and the eReader SDK won't get released to 3rd parties until after their devices are in the stores (or perhaps never, if B&N wants to emulate Amazon and tie its format exclusively to its own dedicated reading devices). I'm sure Astak is acting in good faith, but B&N are an unknown quantity in the ebook world. |
I'd say in that case that the Hanlin V5 is not vaporware, but the Pocket Pro still is - hopefully for not much longer, but still currently.