Hanvon has unveiled an array of new products for the US market including more than 10 eBook readers and electromagnetic touch tablet devices.
The new WISEreader eBook readers will be available in five, six, eight and 9.7-inch displays, and come in a variety of categories. The electromagnetic touch tablet technology allows users to make annotations directly on the eBook page and save them on the device in handwriting and detailed annotations. The WISEreader also includes integrated wireless technology (Wi-Fi and EDGE/GSM), allowing users to download eBooks without having to connect to a PC, the company said.
Four models of the five-inch display WISEreaders were launched in North America, Europe and Asia in 2009 and the six, eight and 9.7-inch models will make their international debut in the US in 2010.
Hanvon is also partnering with E Ink, a subsidiary of Prime View International (PVI), to commence the design of a colour eBook based on E Ink’s Vizplex technology. The colour eBook is slated to go into production at the end of 2010.
According to Hanvon, the new N500 comes with 5-inch E Ink Vizplex display, measures 176.4mmx124.4mmx10.2mm and weighs around 275g. It features full keypad QWERTY key, MicroSD card up to 32GB, electromagnetic panel with electromagnetic pen, on-screen handwriting with letter and word recognition technology, 1500mAh power; and supports TXT, PDF, HTML, JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, MP3, WAV, WMA formats.
The N618 comes with 6-inch E Ink Vizplex display, 176.6mmx124.8mmx10.5mm dimensions and weighs around 260g. It features electromagnetic panel with electromagnetic pen, on-screen handwriting with letter and word recognition technology, 2350mAh power; and supports TXT, HTXT, PDF, HTML, XLS, DOC, JPG, TIF, BMP, PNG, GIF, MP3, WAV, WMA formats. The N628 comes with 6-inches E Ink Vizplex display and measures 181mmx137.5mmx11.4mm, the company said.
In addition, the N638 features 6-inch E Ink Vizplex display; 16 grey levels support; QWERTY Key keyboard; WinCE OS; 32GB MicroSD card; and Wi-Fi wireless. The N800 comes with 16 grey levels, 8-inch E Ink Vizplex display and measures 226.3mmx163.5mmx10.2mm. It is equipped with WinCE OS, 32GB TF card; and Wi-Fi wireless.
