Comments on: New Librie-style machine from China: E Ink and up to G of plug-in memory from SD/MMC card

By: haris

haris — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:09:40 +0000

In my opinion China is not producing any top notch e-book technology. In any case, I think the world needs developments like this to be spread out across its four corners.

Battery life is very poor in most cases.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:31:02 +0000

Ya,Chinese is the language of future and surely more n more technological breakthrough are going to come from China n India.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:35:35 +0000

Lisa, what an informative post–thanks. Perhaps an actual Jinke owner will show up and share impressions. – David

By: Lisbeth Fitzgerald

Lisbeth Fitzgerald — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:59:29 +0000

There are available 2 versions for the American consumer at present. The V2 listed for $299 and the V8 listed at $349. They look impressive but my concern is the Wolf OS on the 2 and Linux OS on the 8. http://www.jinke.com.cn/compagesql/English/embedpro/index.asp

They do not say if they can sync with a Windows OS. Although I did see software to convert Windows.

http://www.jinke.com.cn/compagesql/English/service/index.asp?opeflag=1

I have queried them on these concerns because it’s nice that they convert to read these formats but imho, I am sick of converting to different formats to read a book. It gets tiresome and I don’t want to pay $350 so I can continue converting files to a different format like I currently do on my PDA. It is easier to read from my notebook but inconvenient because of the size but at least I can put any ereader software I want on my notebook. It’s frustrating but at this point it looks like the Ebookwise is the best bargain out there at $129 for a straight reaser. It is a decent reader and converts everyhting but PDF. I’ll probably buy an IPAC and convert to html what isn’t compatible to the reader software. Or maybe a Tablet? Expensive but I’ll have to replace the notebook at some point.
LF

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:11:18 +0000

Martin, you might want to catch up with Jinke directly. I’ve heard of Jinke machines in the wild in Europe, but I’m not so sure about the States. Anywhere here with further information? The redone Jinke Web site certainly suggests that the company wants to get serious about the market in American market and the rest of the English-speaking world. Let’s see if it happens.

Thanks,
David

By: Martin Mack

Martin Mack — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:17:59 +0000

Is there a US release of this device? How about Japan? Anywhere?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:19:02 +0000

No, I invented e-ink. I live in Ohio and vote republican. I have secretly placed code in the e-ink voting screens to invalidate Democratic votes, again and place sentences like, “God, Pat you need more money.” and “We’ll give you more ‘Lost’ episodes if you vote for the next Thor.”

By: Branko Collin

Branko Collin — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:13:12 +0000

E Ink is the name of a company from Cambridge, Massachusets, USA. That’s no co-incidence; the Massachusets Institute of Technology is based in the same town. It was at MIT that the e-paper currently marketed by E Ink was invented.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:14:20 +0000

While E Ink was originally developed here in the States, the machines using it are from companies elsewhere. Meanwhile, as for the origins of the core technology, here's the word from Wikipedia, minus all the links:

Electronic paper was first developed in the 1970s by Nick Sheridon at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. The first electronic paper, called Gyricon, consisted of tiny, statically charged balls that were black on one side and white on the other. The "text" of the paper was altered by the presence of an electric field, which turned the balls up or down. In the 1990s another type of electronic paper was invented by Joseph Jacobson, who later co-founded the corporation E Ink which formed a partnership with Philips Components two years later to develop and market the technology. This used tiny microcapsules filled with electrically charged white particles suspended in a colored oil. In early versions, the underlying circuitry controls whether the white particles were at the top of the capsule (so it looked white to the viewer) or at the bottom of the capsule (so the viewer saw the color of the oil). This was essentially a reintroduction of the well-known electrophoretic display technology, but the use of microcapsules allowed the display to be used on flexible plastic sheets instead of glass.

By: Konstantin

Konstantin — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:51:50 +0000

“Remember, E Ink originated here in the States”???

E-ink was developed by Philips in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

By: Anand kumar M.tech

Anand kumar M.tech — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:32:07 +0000

thank u guys.
we love u to break all the western high price innovation
myths to make it an affordable one.

By: Fred Flintstone

Fred Flintstone — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:58:45 +0000

If Ross is right, this is great news. Apparently Sony’s market research
imbeciles decided that “nobody” wants to be able to “search” an e-book.
So, Hanlin it is. Can’t wait for the US release.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:31:02 +0000

How nice of you, Gongyu. I may well end up calling on you for help. Meanwhle please feel free to email me at drNOSPAMteleread.com if you make some interesting e-book discoveries. Or jump right into an existing discussion as you did above! Thanks. David

By: Gongyu

Gongyu — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:56:44 +0000

I was about to explain all mystery matters about Chinese until I saw someone had already laid the answer:) Accually, the China government is not doing any promotion for this e-ink based stuff. I don’t think the government realize the importance of the product. China is on her way changing, but not that fast.

Something interesting: the company produces V8 seems to be a joint venture or orginal firm in Tianjin, one of the four biggest cities in China, judging from its name. And in the name “Tianjin Jinke Electronics Company”, Tianjian only indicates the city the company locates in, while Jinke is the real name of it.

As metioned above, Hanlin originally means “the forest of pens”(there is story about this). But now, people always related this word with knowledge, and even high social status a well-educated person can attain.

BTW, the Foundertech E828 should be a OEM product by iRex, a spin-off from Philips.

see:
http://www.irextechnologies.com/shop/products/iliad.htm

Please feel free to contact me if you are interested or puzzled in anything relavant to China or Chinese:)
E-mail address: sunshinesea@yeah.net

By: lou

lou — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:52:59 +0000

I found 2 short video clips of the v8

http://www.baizhan.com.cn/index.php?showtopic=59215