N516

Hanvon HandyBOOK N516 is an incremental upgrade upon N510.

Specifications

• Dimensions: 152mm x 108mm x 12mm (6" x 4.25" x .43")
• Weight: 165g, 5.8 oz. (including battery)
• Screen Technology: E Ink
• Display: 5" 800x600 pixels, 8 gray levels, 200 dpi
• Storage: SD card included + 512MB of Flash (N510 has 320MB)
• Memory: 64MB RAM
• Battery: Li-ion 1500mAh, 3.7V
• Battery Life: one charge lasts for > 15 days in standby, more than 7,000 pages
• Interfaces: SD, mini-USB 2.0, headphone (mini-jack)
• CPU: Ingenic JZ4740 (MIPS), clocked at 336MHz
• Operating System: Linux Kernel version 2.6

Original Firmware

• Original firmware supports: EPUB, TXT, HTML, PNG, JPG, PDF, XEB, CEB, MP3, MTXT

• Newer firmware matches the N518, N520, N526 (WISEreader): ePUB (Adobe DRM), PDF, TXT, HTXT, HTML.

OpenInkpot

The N516 is supported by version 0.2 of Openinkpot, free / open source firmware.

OEMs

The Woxter Scriba 150 branded device is the same hardware as the Hanvon N516. Firmware of Woxter 150 can be installed on Hanvon n516 in two steps.

• Step 1: Install Firmware v.22920
• Step 2: Firmware Scriba V.2.5.3.2

Important note: You will lost manufacturer guarantee and support. Downgrading to Hanvon firmware is not possible!

For more information

• official web site (chinese)
• MobileRead Thread - discuss the product here