Hanvon 9.7"

[toronado]

http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...olor-e-reader/

Article says "9.7 inch screen and a resolution of 1600×1200".

The color looks very desaturated. I'd rather just have greyscale 1600x1200.

The stylus is nice.

[m-reader]

Originally Posted by toronado

http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...olor-e-reader/

Article says "9.7 inch screen and a resolution of 1600×1200".

The color looks very desaturated. I'd rather just have greyscale 1600x1200.

The stylus is nice.

Same here. I'd rather have a fast greyscale than a half-hearted colour screen.

[Graham]

As long as the pure black text stood out well against the background I'd be perfectly happy with desaturated colour. The resolution of 1600x1200 would seem to trump the 1200x825 of the Kindle DX, but the pictures suggest that the contrast isn't up to that of the Pearl screen on the Kindle.

I'd say this looks promising, and it will be interesting to get some more hands-on reviews.

Graham

[mr ploppy]

The flat colours might be due to the photos, there is no mention of anything about it in the review.

[rhari79]

this seems to be the first eink type device with a touch+digital pen input. Makes it very interesting. Also the response time looks a bit faster than say a pocketbook(or is it just me?).

[ppw]

Here is the bad news for people in the States:

Pricing has not been set, but the reader will start shipping in China in May. There are currently no plans to sell the reader in the U.S.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2375466,00.asp

[Dulin's Books]

they have a grayscale version as well. the cap+digitizer(hanvons own in-house version of wacom) is ver responsive the device is quick and quite nice. higher definition is due to back pane and not better eink.

i spent time with both of them the last two days and think they are very nice devices. they are intoducing china first but say the have a distributiuon partner to bring the grayscale to the US in Q1/Q2.

They're very concerned they cant be price competitive, so the color might not make it without a large order from a b&m retailer

The color is not great in person. Its hard to tell if it s the pictures themselves or the real limitation of the color. the pictures and pages they have on device barely have color in them. Ive seen better color from the LG display

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rhari79

this seems to be the first eink type device with a touch+digital pen input. Makes it very interesting. Also the response time looks a bit faster than say a pocketbook(or is it just me?).

The new Sony Readers allow you to touch and use a stylus.

[Dulin's Books]

they are infrared touch not capacitive plus digitizer. the cap plus feels faster than the infrared especially when writing.

plus Hanvon has included handwriting recognition which works very well. i was able to write whole words and have the device get it right

[paola]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

plus Hanvon has included handwriting recognition which works very well. i was able to write whole words and have the device get it right

Hi Dulin, did they give you any hint as to prices?

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by Graham

As long as the pure black text stood out well against the background I'd be perfectly happy with desaturated colour.

I'd say this looks promising, and it will be interesting to get some more hands-on reviews.

Graham

I agree.

[toronado]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

they have a grayscale version as well. the cap+digitizer(hanvons own in-house version of wacom) is ver responsive the device is quick and quite nice. higher definition is due to back pane and not better eink.

i spent time with both of them the last two days and think they are very nice devices. they are intoducing china first but say the have a distributiuon partner to bring the grayscale to the US in Q1/Q2.

They're very concerned they cant be price competitive, so the color might not make it without a large order from a b&m retailer

The color is not great in person. Its hard to tell if it s the pictures themselves or the real limitation of the color. the pictures and pages they have on device barely have color in them. Ive seen better color from the LG display

Thanks for that report. I'm very interested in a grayscale device with stylus and digitizer. The bigger the screen better. The higher the resolution the better. I'm not at all opposed to a color eReader, just don't think it looks acceptable yet on eInk.

If Hanvon doesn't get something like this to market, eventually someone will.

[toronado]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

they are infrared touch not capacitive plus digitizer. the cap plus feels faster than the infrared especially when writing.

plus Hanvon has included handwriting recognition which works very well. i was able to write whole words and have the device get it right

Are you sure the Hanvon is capacitive touch and not resistive? Engadget is reporting resistive.

[caleb72]

I knew this company was putting out a colour E-Ink device either at the end of last year or beginning of this year.

I find it exciting myself. And the stylus/handwriting recognition aspect is something I've been hoping to see in these devices as well.

I can't wait to see what new devices come out this year.

I love my Kindle3, but I was stupid and bought the WiFi only version which crashes on me all the time. I'm sure by the end of this year I'll want to upgrade it to something - hopefully something cool with a colour E-Ink screen.

Regards
Caleb

[m-reader]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

they have a grayscale version as well. the cap+digitizer(hanvons own in-house version of wacom) is ver responsive the device is quick and quite nice. higher definition is due to back pane and not better eink.

i spent time with both of them the last two days and think they are very nice devices. they are intoducing china first but say the have a distributiuon partner to bring the grayscale to the US in Q1/Q2.

They're very concerned they cant be price competitive, so the color might not make it without a large order from a b&m retailer

The color is not great in person. Its hard to tell if it s the pictures themselves or the real limitation of the color. the pictures and pages they have on device barely have color in them. Ive seen better color from the LG display

Any chances of seeing the greyscale Hanvon in your shop soon?