Hanvon D21
The Hanvon D21 has recently been
reviewed (in Chinese), and currently it is only available in China. In terms of the specs, it has a 5 inch E-ink display with a 4:3 aspect ratio. The resolution is claimed to be 800×600. As you can see from the picture, it adopts a QWERTY keyboard, like the Amazon Kindle DX. The whole white unit is measured about 10 mm thick, which is quite remarkable for such entry-level reader targeted at the entry-level market. The
review found the battery life time for the D21 is outstanding. You can even leave it powered on for a couple of days. It is also possible to make some notes on the screen with the attached stylus. An add-on feature is the text-to-voice capability, which not only can read aloud the English content but also in Chinese. This is similar to what we have see in Amazon Kindle DX. Of course, You don’t have to worried about the content formats: PDF, plain txt, and even the JPG (maybe for some scans) are supported. Meanwhile we are not sure if it can read the EPUB document.
Given all these favorable features, this unit is sold in China at about US $400. It is not so low-end after all, isn’t it?