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zdevil · 08-29-2007, 09:19 AM

Ok, here is my initial hands-on report.

I bought the V3 online. It cost USD 324, plus USD 44 express delivery.
First I filled in the online form last Sunday. Then Jinke sent me a message detailing the purchase procedure the next day. I wired the money to Jinke last Tuesday. They confirmed the transaction on Thursday and shipped the device in the evening on the same day. Because of the weekend, I received it on Monday morning.

The customer service is excellent. I sent several emails asking about the details of delivery and they answered every single mail promptly, mostly on the same day.

My impression is that for now the recently *hacked* Sony Reader may have functionalities than HanlinV3. I am really looking forward to Jinke's Linux SDK in October.

So far I find these nice things about Hanlin V3:
1) Very handy bookmarking using the number keys: short pressing = jump to the designated bookmark or create one if not yet there; long pressing = erase the old bookmark and add a new one.
2) Pretty fast file access, e.g. only 3-4 secs for a 10MB PDF
3) Turning page takes less than a second
4) Long pressing page turning button makes a 10-page jump
5) Easy menu for first page, last page, or any specific page in a document
6) 3 viewing modes: default full page portrait view, zoomed in portrait view, the biggest landscape view. A cool thing is for A4 PDF, the landscape view will automatically leave out the margins and justify the text!
The results look very close to what is shown in the pics of Sony Reader above.
7) Built-in 512MB memory plus support of up to 4GB of SD
8) As a run-of-the-mill USB mass storage device when connected to a PC (and my Zaurus too ) just like a huge USB stick; no driver is needed.
9) Very good rendering of both simplified and traditional Chinese characters (even Hong Kong Cantonese characters!), and nice multi language support
10) Good support of embedded fonts in PDFs.
11) Good display of images (even in PDF, DOC and HTML)
12) No file conversion is necessary (unlike the unhacked Sony Reader)

What is left to be desired:
1) More zooming levels!
2) Time display (as in the Sony Reader hack)
3) File manager (to copy/delete/move files)

Will post some pics later.

08-29-2007, 09:19 AM	#31
zdevil Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 19 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Sharp Zaurus SL-C3200, Hanlin V3	Ok, here is my initial hands-on report. I bought the V3 online. It cost USD 324, plus USD 44 express delivery. First I filled in the online form last Sunday. Then Jinke sent me a message detailing the purchase procedure the next day. I wired the money to Jinke last Tuesday. They confirmed the transaction on Thursday and shipped the device in the evening on the same day. Because of the weekend, I received it on Monday morning. The customer service is excellent. I sent several emails asking about the details of delivery and they answered every single mail promptly, mostly on the same day. My impression is that for now the recently hacked Sony Reader may have functionalities than HanlinV3. I am really looking forward to Jinke's Linux SDK in October. So far I find these nice things about Hanlin V3: 1) Very handy bookmarking using the number keys: short pressing = jump to the designated bookmark or create one if not yet there; long pressing = erase the old bookmark and add a new one. 2) Pretty fast file access, e.g. only 3-4 secs for a 10MB PDF 3) Turning page takes less than a second 4) Long pressing page turning button makes a 10-page jump 5) Easy menu for first page, last page, or any specific page in a document 6) 3 viewing modes: default full page portrait view, zoomed in portrait view, the biggest landscape view. A cool thing is for A4 PDF, the landscape view will automatically leave out the margins and justify the text! The results look very close to what is shown in the pics of Sony Reader above. 7) Built-in 512MB memory plus support of up to 4GB of SD 8) As a run-of-the-mill USB mass storage device when connected to a PC (and my Zaurus too ) just like a huge USB stick; no driver is needed. 9) Very good rendering of both simplified and traditional Chinese characters (even Hong Kong Cantonese characters!), and nice multi language support 10) Good support of embedded fonts in PDFs. 11) Good display of images (even in PDF, DOC and HTML) 12) No file conversion is necessary (unlike the unhacked Sony Reader) What is left to be desired: 1) More zooming levels! 2) Time display (as in the Sony Reader hack) 3) File manager (to copy/delete/move files) Will post some pics later. Last edited by zdevil; 08-29-2007 at 09:27 AM.