Hong Kong-based
Tianjin Jinke Electronics Co., LTD will be releasing their
Sony Librie-like Hanlin V8 e-book reader. This device has a 6 inch 800X600 pixel
E-Ink display just like the Librie, 64MB of internal memory, SD/MMC memory card expansion up to 1GB, a 254X96 auxiliary display, and supports TXT, HTML, PDF, DOC, PPT and Excel formats.
No word yet on pricing, English language support, or availability. You can drool over more photos
here. Considering the fact that a Sony Librie
converted to English by Dynamism will currently set you back about $479 USD, an affordably priced V8 could be the first dedicated e-book reader for the masses with the exceptional readability E-Ink provides. While it remains to be seen whether or not dedicated e-book devices will appeal to mass markets or will be limited to education, libraries and e-book enthusiasts, a platform like the V8 will mean more devices that could create the incentive for publishers to offer their content in friendly, open, electronic formats.
David Rothman at TeleRead has more
details.
[via
TeleRead]