| Jinke A6 Introduction | | | | Jinke A6 is much sleeker than its predecessors. |
| Jinke is doing some major overhaul with their Jinke | | | | Replacing the standard Jinke numerical keypad is a |
| A6 Electronic Book Reader. The latest addition to the | | | | QWERTY keyboard, allowing hardware input. Users |
| family of Jinke, the A will come with a 6-inch screen, | | | | can also opt out the keyboard and get an A6 with |
| improved grayscales, and multi-touch capability. But | | | | only 4 directional buttons. Accelerometer |
| instead of sticking to the E-ink Vizplex panel, the | | | | automatically turns page display based on device |
| Jinke A6 will be sporting AU Optronic's SiPix panel. | | | | orientation. Users can choose between navigating the |
| Boasting of greater flexibility and vividness than the | | | | device using hardware buttons or using virtual |
| by-now traditional e-ink, it may just be the worthy | | | | controls. Multi-touch capacitive display makes the |
| competitor to the E-ink Vizplex. Is this the innovation | | | | device responsive to stylus or finger. |
| that Jinke A6 needs to stand above the | | | | Cons |
| ever-burgeoning crowd of e-readers? | | | | The SiPix theoretically offers more vivid images, but |
| Features - Hardware and Software | | | | unless SiPix successfully comes up with non-glass |
| Jinke's greatest improvement is on their in-house | | | | panes, it gives the Jinke A6 no real edge over other |
| storage. Jinke A6 boasts of 2GB internal storage. And | | | | e-readers of the same capacity. For a device big on |
| if that's not enough to hold all your favorite books, | | | | internal memory and features, the $265 - $275 price |
| there's an SD card slot capable of holding up to 16GB | | | | is pretty low. Without a bookstore to back it up, |
| cards. 16 shades of gray is four times more than the | | | | however, Sony Touch Edition and the Amazon Kindle |
| Hanlin V3's. | | | | are still a more amazing option for roughly the same |
| Though it is sporting the new multitouch-responsive | | | | price. |
| SiPix panel, it is retaining the screen resolution of 600 | | | | The Bottom Line |
| x 800 pixel. While the size of the display remains the | | | | Both the Jinke A6 and A9 Electronic Book Readers |
| same, Jinke A6 is thicker than its brothers, measuring | | | | are still a concept and have no physical form yet; |
| 185 x 124.6 x 10.9 mm, and heavier, weighing 260 g. | | | | target release date for both is in March 2010. Though |
| The 400 MHz processor speed is the same as the | | | | competition among e-readers is becoming more and |
| Hanlin V5's. | | | | more stiff, Jinke A6's non-glass SiPix panes, big |
| The device is also rolled out with WiFi connectivity | | | | storage, and low price can help the device get a |
| (still unknown whether the A6 will have wireless | | | | foothold in the now-crowded e-reading world. |
| downloads or full Internet browsing capability). If | | | | What's in the box: |
| users prefer, they can also get their A6 with a 3G, | | | | Charger |
| EV-DO, or WCDMA wireless. Like its predecessors, | | | | USB cable |
| the Jinke A6 is flexible and open; it can handle a wide | | | | Earphone |
| range of text, image, and music formats including | | | | User Manual |
| PPY, EPUB, PDF, DJVU, HTML, and Adobe DRM. | | | | SD Card |
| Accompanying the A6 when it is released is the Jinke | | | | Main Features |
| A9, which shares pretty much everything that the | | | | 2GB internal storage |
| A6 offers except that it has a bigger screen size (9 | | | | 6-inch SiPix e-ink display panel |
| inches), better screen resolution (1024 x 768), bigger | | | | 400 MHZ processor speed |
| onboard storage (4 GB), and more weight (390 g). | | | | 260 g weight |
| Pros | | | | Dimension: 185.x x 124.6 x 10. |