Hypothetically a 9 inch Kindle Paperwhite should sell for about 70-100 dollars more than the 6 inch Kindle.Hanvon is the short name for Hanwang Technology Co. 9 inch e-ink readers don’t have a market (a niche market yes and that is the reason for their high price). The iPad has a pretty display but I wouldn’t be able to read on that device the Barnes & Noble HD+ is far more friendly and that is why I use it (other than offering very good value) but if there was a good priced 9 inch e-ink reader, with good tools for researchers, then I would choose it every time.Ĭonsidering this, prices aren’t going to be pushed down, as they are with tablets. Then there is the Apple factor – most consumers aren’t savvy to appreciate different options or appreciate what each device will do and so will always choose an iPad, as everyone else is doing it. how many times have you heard individuals compare a Kindle e-ink device to an iPad mini!). Innovation in e-ink readers seems to be caught in stagnation and for most people tablets are the thing (for many it doesn’t make sense to purchase these e-ink readers and sometimes it is ignorance e.g. Even better, it doesn’t even require that you own a Kindle.įor someone sensitive to light, then e-ink is a huge thing (other than issues to do with battery life, no distraction reading etc.) but the price for these devices is extortionate and one reason for this is that hardly anyone is making them. A tablet would offer a better return, and if you are enamored of the idea of printing to your ereader then don’t forget that Amazon offers a similar ability for the Kindle platform. I’m not sure why anyone would want to buy it. But I also expect that one hacker or another will find away to unlock the OS, though given the price I’m not sure how many hardware hackers will want to buy such a limited device. It’s not uncommon for users to be blocked from accessing the OS on Android-based and other ereaders.
#HANVON C920 ANDROID#
I’m not sure on the best way to get them to the app (email seems like a good bet), but this is still a better value.īut on the plus side, the Energenie will also let you send documents back to your PC:īTW, while this ereader runs Android I do not know yet whether you will be able to access the Android OS.
#HANVON C920 PDF#
Goodreader lets you edit PDFs on the iPad, and you can even email or print the PDF after you’ve edited it. Gembird has a great idea here, but do they really have to throw a €500 ereader into the deal? I think there would be a much better value to find a similar ability that utilizes the iPad or other existing tablets and ereaders. When I covered that earlier model in 2012 I pointed out that sending your documents to a tablet (like many of us already do) is a more cost-effective option given that you can use a tablet for more than just an ereader: That Energenie model had a docking station which looked cool, but so far as I can tell was never actually released (I cannot find it). That’s pretty much the same marketing spiel as their first ereader, which showed up at CES 2012. You can then “print” a document to the ereader rather than printing it on paper.īasically Gembird is going to try to convince everyone that buying this expensive ereader is a better option than printing out paper.
#HANVON C920 PC#
You plug in the ereader to your PC via USB and it is automatically recognized as a USB printer. Gembird is trying to position the EnerGenie PP2 as an “e-paper printer”. That means that the EnerGenie PP2 is probably based on the Hanvon E920, and not the Hanvon C920. This is the same hardware design as the Ectaco Jetbook Color, only without the color E-ink screen. It comes equipped with 4GB of storage, Wifi, and a microSD card slot.Īs soon as I laid eyes on this device I recognized the hardware. This ereader has a 9.7″ E-ink screen (1600 x 1200), a touchscreen (with stylus), and is running Android 2.3.4 on an 800 MHz CPU. The EnerGenie PP2 takes a hardware design that some readers will recognize, adds Android, and tries to convince everyone that a price between 399 and 499 euros isn’t completely nuts. The Dutch gadget maker Gembird is reportedly going to unveil their second 9.7″ ereader next week at the IFA-Berlin trade show. Every time I think there’s nothing new in ereaders something comes along to surprise me.
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