E-book Reader Matrix
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This page compares e-book reader devices that use E Ink technology. If you prefer Devices that use an LCD (TFT) display See: LCD E-Book Reader Matrix. For a general introduction to all e-book devices see: E-book devices
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[edit] Matrix (Electronic Ink devices)
[edit] 5" Devices
| Brandname | Sony Portable Reader | Bookeen | Pocketbook | HanLin eBook | Polymer Vision | Hanvon | Azbooka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Pocket Edition PRS-300 | Cybook Opus | 360° | V5 | Readius (unreleased) | WISEreader N520 | WISEreader N526 | WISEreader N518 | HandyBOOK N516 | WISEreader N518 | WISEreader 516 |
| Manufacturer | Sony | Netronix | Jinke Electronics | Polymer Vision | Hanvon | ||||||
| Picture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |
| Dimensions | 158 × 108 × 10 mm (6.2" x 4.2" x .4") | 151 × 108 × 10 mm (5.9" × 4.3" × .4") | 140 × 118 × 12 mm (5.5" × 4.6" × .47") | 152 × 102 × 9 mm (6" × 4" × .35") | 57 × 115 × 21 mm (closed) 160 × 115 × 21 mm (open) | 173 × 117 × 10 mm (6.8" × 4.6" × .4") | 153 × 112 × 12 mm (6" x 4.4" x .5) | 152 × 108 × 12 mm (6" x 4.3" x .5") | 153 × 112 × 12 mm (6" x 4.4" x .5) | 152 × 108 × 12 mm (6" x 4.3" x .5") | |
| Weight | 220g (7.8oz) | 150g (5.3oz) | 148g (5.3oz) | 160g (5.7oz) | 115g (4.1oz) | 195g (6.9oz) | 190g (6.7oz) | 170g (5.8oz) | 190g (6.7oz) | 170g (5.8oz) | |
| Screen Technology | E Ink Vizplex | Rollable organic TFT backplane with Vizplex frontplane | E Ink Vizplex | ||||||||
| Display Size | (76 × 102mm) 5" 600 × 800 pixels, 200 ppi | 5" 240 × 320 pixels, 85 ppi | (76 × 102mm) 5" 600 × 800 pixels, 200 ppi | ||||||||
| Grey Levels | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Controller | Metronome | Apollo | Apollo | Epson Broadsheet | iRex Delta | ? | ? | Epson Broadsheet | Metronome | Epson Broadsheet | Metronome |
| Touch Screen | no | no | no | no | no | No | yes | yes (finger or stylus) | no | yes (finger or stylus) | no |
| Full-screen Refresh Rate | ? | 0.9s | ? | 0.9s | ? | <=1s. | <=1s. | <=1s | <=1s | <=1s | <=1s |
| Power | ? | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | ? | Li-Polymer 1500mAh | Li-Polymer 1500mAh | Li-Polymer 1500mAh | Li-Polymer 1500mAh | Li-Polymer 1500mAh | Li-Polymer 1500mAh |
| Battery Life | 7'500 pages | 8'000 pages | 8'000 pages | 9'000 pages | "30 hours" | 8'000 pages | 8'000 pages | 9'000 pages | 9'000 pages | 9'000 pages | 9'000 pages |
| OS | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux | WinCE | ? | ? | WinCE | Linux | Linux | Linux |
| Boot Time | ? | 15s | 21s | 16s | ? | ~20s | ~20s | 20s | 20s | ? | ? |
| SDK | ? | yes | yes | yes | ? | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| CPU | Freescale i.MXL MC9328MXLVP20
(ARM920T core, 200MHz) | Samsung® S3C2440
(ARM920T core, 400MHz) | Samsung® S3C2440
(ARM920T core, 400MHz) | Samsung® S3C2440
(ARM920T core, 400MHz) | ARM11 400MHz | Ingenic® JZ4740
(MIPS XBurst core, 336MHz) | Ingenic® JZ4740
(MIPS XBurst core, 336MHz) | Ingenic® JZ4740
(MIPS XBurst core, 336MHz) | Ingenic® JZ4740
(MIPS XBurst core, 336MHz) | Ingenic® JZ4740
(MIPS XBurst core, 336MHz) | Ingenic® JZ4740
(MIPS XBurst core, 336MHz) |
| Memory | ?MB RAM, 512MB Internal (440 MB User Accessible) | 32MB RAM, 1GB Internal | 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal | 32MB RAM, 512MB Internal, 2M NOR Flash | 128MB RAM, 256MB Internal | ??MB RAM, 512MB Internal | ??MB RAM, 512MB Internal | 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal | 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal | 128MB RAM, 1GB Internal | 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal |
| Expansion Slots | none | Micro SD | Micro SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC | Micro SD | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC/SDIO | SD/SDHC/SDIO |
| Other Interfaces | USB 2.0 (charging) | USB 2.0 (charging) | USB 2.0 (charging) | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, GSM/GPRS/ EDGE tri-band | USB 2.0 | USB 2.0 | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), WiFi, headphone 3.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo |
| Supported Formats | BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG | OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF, EPUB, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3 | FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, PDB (PalmDoc), Plucker, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR,JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF | PDF (reflow), TXT, RTF, EPUB, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP | TXT, HTML, PDF | TXT, HTML, PDF, EPUB, MTXT, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3 | FB2, ePub, MOBI, HTML, CHM, RTF, TXT, PalmDOC, zTXT, TCR, JPG, GIF, PNG | ||||
| Supported DRM Formats | Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe (EPUB/PDF) | Wolf, Adobe (EPUB/PDF) | ? | Adobe (EPUB/PDF) | none | ||||
| Font Sizes | 3 | 12 | 20 | 3-5 | ? | 8-12 | 12 | ||||
| Search functionality / Dictionary lookup | no | no | yes | no | ? | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes |
| Note taking / highlighting / underlining | no | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | ? | ? |
| Text to Speech | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | ||||
| Software | eBook Library, Adobe Digital Editions, calibre | Adobe Digital Editions | Adobe Digital Editions, FBReader, PocketNews (for RSS Feeds) | WOLF Maker, WOLF Printer, Adobe Digital Editions | ? | Adobe Digital Editions | FBReader | ||||
| Services | Sony CONNECT (US/Canada only) | ? | iStation, ReadMan | ? | |||||||
| Content Partners | ? | Ubibooks, Cluster21 | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||||
| Price | US$199 | US$280 / 249€ / £215 | 240$ | US$229 | ? | US$299 | US$239 | US$299(?) | US$239(?) | ||
| Release Date | August 2009 | 27 July 2009 | August, 2009 | August 2009 | NEVER? | 18 July 2009 | 18 July 2009 | ? | July 2009 | ? | July 2009 |
| Misc Info | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2003 | Sold directly by Bookeen. Hardware made by Netronix exclusively for Bookeen. Software by Bookeen. | Hardware made by Netronix exclusively for Pocketbook. Software by Pocketbook. Original firmware used FBReader for all reflowable formats, now additionally includes mobile Adobe Digital Editions for PDF and ePub. | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2000.
Sold under other names worldwide: Bebook mini, Astak EZ Reader Pocket PRO. | Device also functions as a phone and has SMS capabilities. Polymer Vision has emerged from bankruptcy, and will concentrate on rollable displays for e-readers rather than mobile phones. So the Readius in its current form will not be released. | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2008
Originally only available in China, now in the US and the Europe | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2008
Originally only available in China, now in the US and the Europe N516 supported by open source e-reader firmware Openinkpot | Hardware is from Hanvon but software is Open Source from Openinkpot | |||
[edit] 6" Devices
| Brandname | HanLin eBook | Sony Portable Reader | Amazon Kindle | Bookeen | COOL-ER | Pocketbook | txtr reader | NUUTbook | iriver Story | Barnes and Noble | Spring Design | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | V3 | Touch Edition PRS-600 | Kindle 2 | Cybook Gen3 | Cool-er Classic | 301 Plus | 302 (unreleased) | txtr reader (unreleased) | NUUT2 | iriver Story | Nook (unreleased) | Alex (unreleased) |
| Manufacturer | Jinke Electronics | Sony | Hon Hai Precision Industries | Netronix | txtr GmbH | Neolux Corporation | iriver | Barnes & Noble | Spring Design | |||
| Picture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Dimensions | 184 × 121 × 10 mm (7.24" × 4.74" × .39") | 175 x 122 x 9.7 mm (6.9" x 4.8" x 0.4") | 203 x 135 x 9 mm (8" x 5.3" x 0.36") | 188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3") | 188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3") | 188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3") | 190 x 131 x 13 mm (7.5" × 5.2" × .5") | 151 × 131 × 12 mm (5" × 5.75" × .3") | 178 × 137 × 19 mm (7" × 5.4" × .75") | 203.5 × 127 × 9.4 mm (8" × 5" × .4") | 196.2 x 126 x 12.8 mm (7.7" x 4.9" x .5") | 6" E-Ink EPD display and 3.5" color LCD display |
| Weight | 200g (7.05oz) | 285g (10.1oz) | 289g (10.2oz) | 174g (6.13oz) | 174g (6.13oz) | 174g (6.13oz) | 280g (9.9oz) | 300g (10.5oz) | 300g (10.5oz) | 284g (10oz) | 317g (11.2oz) | ? |
| Screen Technology | E Ink Vizplex | |||||||||||
| Display Size | (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi | |||||||||||
| Grey Levels | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4(16 soft) | 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 16? |
| Controller | Apollo | Epson Broadsheet | Epson Broadsheet | Apollo | Apollo | Apollo | Epson Broadsheet | Epson Broadsheet | Epson Broadsheet | ? | ? | ? |
| Touch Screen | no | yes (finger or stylus) | n.a. | no | n.a. | n.a. | yes (finger or stylus) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | Separate 3.5" color LCD touchscreen, 480 x 144 pixels | Separate 3.5" color LCD touchscreen, 480 x 144 pixels
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| Full-screen Refresh Rate | 0.9s | 0.37s (fast mode) | 0.9s | 0.9s | ? | 0.6s | ? | ? (fast) | ? | ? | ? | 0.3 |
| Power | Li-ion 950mAh (Nokia Phone battery) | Li-ion | Li-ion 1530mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | Li-Polymer 2050mAh | Li-Ion 2500mAh | Li-Polymer 1250mAh | Li-Polymer 1800mAh | ? | ? |
| Battery Life | 9'000 pages | 7'500 pages | with EVDO: "4 days", without: "up to two weeks" | 8'000 pages | 7'000 pages | 8'000 pages | 16'000 pages | ? | 7'000 pages | 7'000 pages, 20h Audio | up to 10 days with wireless off | ? |
| OS | Linux | Linux 2.6.23 | Linux 2.6.22 | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux | Android 1.5 | Android 1.5 |
| Boot Time | 16s | 15s | ? | 20s | 30s | 9s | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| SDK | yes | no | no | ? | no | yes | yes | API yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| CPU | Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz) | Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | V1, V2: Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz) V3: Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) | Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) | Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) | Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) | Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | ARM compatible (300MHz) | ARM11 (533MHz) | ? | Marvell’s ARMADA 166E |
| Memory | 512MB, Internal 2M NOR Flash, 512MB SD Card included | 128MB RAM, 512MB(NAND) Flash (~420MB user accessible) | 128MB RAM, 2GB Flash (1.4GB user accessible) | V1: 16MB RAM, 64MB Flash V2: 16MB RAM, 512 Flash V3: 32MB RAM, 512MB Flash | 128MB RAM, 1GB Flash | 64MB RAM, 512MB Flash | 32MB RAM, 512MB Flash | 64MB RAM | ?MB RAM, 1GB Flash (512MB user accessible) | ?MB RAM, 2 GB Flash | ?MB RAM, 2 GB Flash | ? |
| Expansion Slots | SD/MMC up to 4GB | MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo | none | SD | SD up to 4GB | SD/SDHC | MicroSD/SDHC, USB Host | MicroSD/microSDHC - 8GB microSD included | SD/SDHC, USB host | SD/SDHC | MicroSD/SDHC | ? |
| Other Interfaces | USB 1.1 (charging), headphone | USB 2.0, headphone | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, EVDO/CDMA | USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, Bluetooth, WiFi | USB 2.0 (charging), Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G/GPRS | USB 2.0 (charging), 24-pin cell charger, 3.5mm stereo, WiFi, | USB 2.0 (charging)?, headphone, microphone | Micro USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, WiFi, 3G/GPRS | Micro USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, WiFi, 3G/GPRS |
| Supported Formats | PDF, TXT, RTF, EPUB, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP | BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, AAC | Kindle (AZW and TOPAZ), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), TXT, MP3, Audible (format 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3; | OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF (non DRM), PRC/MOBI, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3 | PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, PRC, JPG AND MP3 | FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, MP3, ZIP | FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR,JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, MP3 | PDF, HTML, ePUB, RTF, Powerpoint | PDF, EPUB, TXT, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, WAV | PDF, EPUB, TXT, PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, JPG, BMP, GIF, MP3, WMA, OGG | PDF, EPUB, eReader, PDB, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3 | ? |
| Supported DRM Formats | Wolf and MobiPocket or Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | AZW and TOPAZ (Kindle only, USA only) | MobiPocket | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | none | none | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | eReader (EPUB/eReader), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | ? |
| Font Sizes | 3-5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 10-50 | ? | ? | ? | 3 | 5 | ? |
| Search functionality / Dictionary lookup | yes | built-in dictionary and search using touchscreen | search using keyboard, built-in dictionary using 5-way | MOBI dictionaries using D-pad | no | yes | yes | dictionary and search using creative keyboard input | no | yes | search using touchscreen keyboard, built-in dictionary | search using touchscreen keyboard, ?built-in dictionary? |
| Note taking / highlighting / underlining | no | using touchscreen | using keyboard and 5-way | bookmark menu | bookmark menu | yes | yes | ? | ? | yes | using color touchscreen | using color touchscreen |
| Text to Speech | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no? |
| Software | WOLF Maker, WOLF Printer | eBook Library, Adobe Digital Editions | NetFront web browser & MobiPocket Java Reader | Bookeen® Multi-format eBook reader | Adobe Digital Editions | PocketBook News Reader, 3d party applications (open API) | ? | ? | Adobe Digital Editions | Adobe Digital Editions | Adobe Digital Editions | ? |
| Services | iStation, ReadMan | Sony CONNECT | Amazon Kindle Whispernet. E-mail conversion of DOC, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and PDF | ? | ? | ? | Book purchase | Newspaper download via WiFi | ? | 3G via AT&T | ? | |
| Content Partners | MobiPocket | Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Libri.de, Thalia.de, Thalia.ch, stauffacher.ch | Amazon | MobiPocket, Ubibooks, Cluster21 | Cooler Books | ? | ? | online portal txtr.com | ? | ? | B&N eBooks | [1] |
| Price | US$299 | US$299 | US$259 | US$350 / 280€ / £225 | US$249 | US$360 | ? | 319€ | KRW 299,000 | not announced, 280-300 € | $259 | ? |
| Release Date | Q3 2007 | 25 August 2009 | Ordering began 02/09/09 | Ordering began 28 Oct, 2007 | 7 July, 2009 | October, 2008(June, 2009) | October, 2009 | 15 December 2009 | June, 2009 (Korea) | September (Korea), Q4 2009 | 30 November 2009 | End of 2009 |
| Misc Info | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2000.
Sold under other names worldwide: lBook V3, DigiBook Reader V3, Apollo-Hanlin V3, Walkbook, Papyre 6.1, BEBOOK, Astak EZ Reader, Kolibri V3, ECO Reader. V3 supported by open source e-reader firmware Openinkpot | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2003 | Amazon pays for the wireless connectivity for Kindle so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans, or service commitments for customers.
Internationally available as of October 2009. Annotations stored in plain text files. | Sold directly by Bookeen, by BooksOnBoard.com in the US & Canada, and via wholesalers.
3rd generation Cybook (1st with E Ink). The original hardware was an EB-100, like the STAReBOOK STK-101, with 16MB of memory and a 200MHz CPU. It is now an EB-600, like the Pocketbook 301 plus, Astak Mentor Lite, COOL-ER Classic and Elonex 600EB. The software is from Bookeen. | Other brand names for the Netronix EB-600 with Netronix standard software include iLiber, Inves-Book 600 and Elonex 600EB (sold by Borders UK). The Astak Mentor Lite is similar, but with an Epson Broadsheet controller and 8 grey levels. | Hardware is an EB-600, like the Bookeen Cybook Gen3, COOL-ER Classic and Elonex 600EB. Software by Pocketbook. Software package containing calendar, notepad, calculator and some games. | Hardware is a standard Netronix design, and will be available from other vendors. Software by Pocketbook. Software package containing calendar, notepad, calculator and some games. | capacitive slider controls. orientation sensor integrated | Separate indicator bar shows: Battery, Loading status, USB, Audio volume levels. Company's 1st reader, the NUUT NP-601 was based on the Netronix EB-100 and released in 2007. The NUUT2 is an in-house design. Will be sold in Europe by ROYAL-LINE AB. | Comic Viewer (JPG, BMP and GIF in ZIP Container, Calendar), Education and Wifi-Versions later this year | US only, free WiFi in B&N stores, digital lending. B&N pays for the wireless connectivity for Nook so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans, or service commitments for customers. | |
[edit] Larger Devices
| Brandname | Sony Portable Reader | iRex | Amazon Kindle | Astak Mentor | Plastic Logic | enTourage Systems | Fujitsu FLEPia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Daily Edition PRS-900 (unreleased) | DR800SG (unreleased) | iLiad | Digital Reader 1000 | Kindle DX | Mentor Electra (unreleased) | QUE (unreleased) | enTourage eDGe (unreleased) | FLEPia |
| Manufacturer | Sony | iRex Technologies | Hon Hai Precision Industries | Netronix | Plastic Logic | ? | Fujitsu | ||
| Picture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ? |
| Dimensions | 209 x 122 x 15 mm (8.1" x 5" x 0.6") | 193 x 150 x 10 mm (7.6" x 5.9" x 0.4) | 216 × 155 × 16 mm (8.5" × 6.1" × 0.6") | 268 × 217 × 12 mm (10.6" × 8.5" × 0.5") | 264 × 183 × 10 mm (10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38") | 255 × 195 × 14 mm (10.0" × 7.7" × 0.55") | 279 × 217 × 7 mm (11" × 8.5" × 0.3") | 210 x 273 x 25 mm (8.25" x 10.75" x 1.0") | 240 × 158 x 12.5 mm (9.4"" x 6.2" x 0.5") |
| Weight | 360g (12.7oz) | 400g (14.2oz) | 435g (15.3oz) | 570g (20.1oz) | 535g (18.9oz) | 535g (18.9oz) | 360g (12.5oz) | 1,250g (44oz) | 385g (13.5oz) |
| Screen Technology | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink Vizplex FlexiScreen | E Ink Vizplex flexible plastic display | E Ink Vizplex | color epaper ? |
| Display Size | (90 × 154mm) 7.1" 600 × 1024 pixels, 167 ppi | (122 × 163mm) 8.1" 768x1024 pixels, 158 ppi | (122 x 163mm) 8.1" 768x1024 pixels, 158 ppi | (163 × 203mm) 10.2" 1024x1280 pixels, 160 ppi | (140 × 203mm) 9.7" 825×1200 pixels, 150 ppi | (140 × 203mm) 9.7" 825x1200 pixels, 150 ppi | (163 × 216mm) 10.7" ???x????pixels, ?ppi | (140 × 203mm) 9.7" 825x1200 pixels, 150 ppi | (124 × 165mm) 8" 768x1024 pixels, ?ppi |
| Grey Levels | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | ? | 16 | 260,000 colors (3 Scans); 4,096 (2 Scans); 64 colors (1 Scan) |
| Controller | Epson Broadsheet | iRex Delta | iRex Delta | iRex Delta | Epson Broadsheet | Epson Broadsheet | Marvell ARMADA 166E (integrated) | Marvell ARMADA 166E (integrated) | ? |
| Touch Screen | yes (finger or stylus) | yes (WaCom Pen) | yes (WaCom Pen) | yes (WaCom Pen, DR1000S & DR1000SW editions) | no | yes (finger or stylus) | yes (finger) | yes | yes (finger or stylus) |
| Full-screen Refresh Rate | ? | ? | 1.3s | 0.85s | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1.8s(1 Scan), 5s(2 Scans), 8s(3 Scans) |
| Power | Li-ion | Li-ion | Li-ion 2200mAh (2x 1100mAh cells); 2nd Edition ~20% larger | Li-ion 1140mAh | Li-ion 1530mAh | Li-Ion 2100mAh | ? | Li-Ion polymer ????mAh | Li-polymer ????mAh |
| Battery Life | 12'000 pages | 6'000 pages or several days | 15 hrs with larger battery | 10 hrs | with EVDO: "4 days", without: "up to two weeks" | 5'000 pages | "measured in days not hours" | 16+ hrs | 40 hrs (2,400 pages at 1 min/page with 64 colors) |
| OS | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux 2.6.24 | Linux 2.6.22.19 | Linux | Microsoft Windows CE? | Android 1.6 | Microsoft Windows CE5.0
|
| Boot Time | ? | ? | 44s | 50s | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| SDK | no | yes | yes; many Linux apps have been ported | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| CPU | Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | Freescale i.MX31L | Intel X-Scale 400MHz | Freescale i.MX31L 400MHz? | Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | Samsung S3C2443 400MHz | Marvell ARMADA 166E 800MHz | Marvell ARMADA 166E 800MHz | Intel XScale RISC CPU |
| Memory | 128MB Ram + 2GB (NAND) Flash (~1.6GB user accessible) | 128MB Ram + 2GB SD | 64MB Ram + 128MB free Flash | 128MB Ram + 1GB SD | 128MB Ram + 8MB NOR Flash + 4GB NAND Flash (~3.3GB user accessible) | 64MB Ram + 512MB NAND Flash | ? | ?Ram + 4GB (~3GB user accessible) | ? |
| Expansion Slots | MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo | SD/SDHC | MMC, CF Type II, USB Memory | SD/SDHC | none | SD | ? | SD | SD |
| Other Interfaces | USB 2.0, headphone, 3G (AT&T) | USB 2.0 (charging); 3G (Verizon) | USB 1.1, headphone, WiFi 802.11b (NOT for Book Edition), 10/100 LAN | USB 2.0 (charging); 1000SW only: WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth | USB 2.0, headphone, EVDO/CDMA | 2 × USB 2.0 (one charging), headphone, Bluetooth, WiFi 802.11g, SD3G | USB 2.0 (charging), Bluetooth, WiFi 802.11g, 3G (US: AT&T) | 2 x USB, headphone, WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, 3G (optional), 1.3 Megapixel camera, internal microphone and speakers | USB 2.0 mini-B connector × 1, Bluetooth Ver2.0+EDR, Stereo speakers, headphone, WiFi 802.11b/g |
| Supported Formats | BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, AAC | eReader, ePub, PDF, TXT, JPG, BMP, PNG (via FBReader: fb2, CHM, Plucker, zTxt, TCR, RTF, OEB, PRC) | PDF, HTML, TXT, JPG, BMP, PNG, PRC/MOBI, DJVU (via FBReader: fb2, CHM, Plucker, zTxt, TCR, RTF, OEB, EPUB) | PDF, HTML, TXT, JPG, BMP, PNG, PRC/MOBI (via FBReader: fb2, CHM, Plucker, zTxt, TCR, RTF, OEB, EPUB, via evice: DJVU) | Kindle (AZW and TOPAZ), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), TXT, PDF, Audible (format 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3; | eReader, PDF, EPUB, HTML/CHM, TXT, RTF, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, AAC | eReader, PDF, ePUB, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, RTF, TEXT, HTML, JPEG, PNG, BMP | ePub, PDF | ? |
| Supported DRM Formats | Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | eReader, Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | MobiPocket | MobiPocket | AZW and TOPAZ (USA only) | eReader, Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | eReader, Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | ? |
| Font Sizes | 6 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 8 | ? | ? | ? |
| Search functionality / Dictionary lookup | built-in dictionary and search using touchscreen | built-in dictionary and search using touchscreen | using touchscreen | using touchscreen | using keyboard and 5-way | using touchscreen | ? | ? | ? |
| Note taking / highlighting / underlining | using touchscreen | not initially, available later | using touchscreen | using touchscreen | using keyboard and 5-way (unavailable in PDF files) | ? | using touchscreen | ? | |
| Text to Speech | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | ? | no |
| Software | eBook Library, Adobe Digital Editions | Paperless iRex Printer & Adobe Digital Editions | iLiad Companion Software & Mobipocket Java Reader; Linux: FBReader, Gargoyle | Paperless iRex Printer & Mobipocket Java Reader | NetFront web browser & MobiPocket Java Reader | ? | Adobe Adept and others | Adobe Digital Editions | FLEPia application, BunkoViewer (XMDF), T-Time (.book) |
| Services | Sony CONNECT via 3G | Barnes&Noble ebook store via 3G | iRex Technologies Delivery Service (iDS) | Amazon Kindle Whispernet. E-mail conversion of DOC, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and PDF | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Content Partners | Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Libri.de, Thalia.de, Thalia.ch, stauffacher.ch | Barnes&Noble | De Tijd, IFRA, Les Echos, NRC Handelsblad, MobiPocket | Amazon | FictionWise | ? | ? | "PAPYLESS CO.,Ltd." on "FLEPia World" website | |
| Price | US$399 | US$449? | 2nd edition: US$699 / €599; Book Edition: US$599 / €499 / £399 | DR1000: US$??? / €???; DR1000S: US$859 / €699; DR1000SW: US$??? / €???; | US$489 / €n.a. | US$??? | US$??? | US$490 | ~US$1000 |
| Release Date | December, 2009 (?) | December, 2009 (?) | Q3 2006; 2nd Edition Q3 2007;
Book Edition 7 May 2008 | DR1000 ?;
DR1000S Oct 1st, 2008; DR1000SW ? | 10 June, 2009 | Q4 2009 (?) | Q1 2010 (?) | February 2010 | April 2009 (Japan) |
| Misc Info | Sony pays for the wireless connectivity (via AT&T, for Sony CONNECT access only?), so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans, or service commitments for customers. US-only. | Initial release in the US only. Available in Europe in H1 2010. | Company was established in 2001 as a Royal Philips Electronics spin-off.
2nd Edition iLiad beefs up the case frame and upgrades with larger battery. Book Edition is the same as 2nd Edition without WiFi and lower priced | Company was established in 2001 as a Royal Philips Electronics spin-off.
Base DR1000 without touchscreen, DR1000S adds touchscreen. DR1000SW adds WiFi and Bluetooth. Only the DR1000S has been released. Annotations stored in plain text files and only exportable to Windows (and perhaps only for PDFs). | Amazon pays for the wireless connectivity for Kindle so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans, or service commitments for customers.
Currently USA only. | Astak and Netronix are sister companies. Will be sold (HW only or HW+SW) worldwide under other names. Perhaps only the Astak will include eReader support. | Plastic Logic is making its own screens with a flexible backplane. Wireless provided by AT&T in the US. Full product specifications, availability and pricing of the QUE will be announced on January 7, 2010 at CES. | The world’s first dualbook, combining an EInk Reader (described above) with a netbook on a LCD Touchscreen Display Size: 1024 x 600 (10.1" diagonal) | |
[edit] Older Devices
| Brandname | HanLin eBook | Sony Portable Reader | Amazon Kindle | STAReBOOK | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Hanlin V2 | PRS-500 | PRS-505 | PRS-700 | Kindle | STK-101 |
| Manufacturer | Jinke Electronics | Sony | Hon Hai Precision Industries | Netronix | ||
| Picture |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Dimensions | 194 × 134 × 13.5 mm (7.6" by 5.3" by .5") | 176 × 124 × 14 mm (6.9" by 4.9" by .5") | 175 × 122 × 8 mm (6.9" × 4.8" × .3") | 175 × 128 × 10 mm (6.8 × 5.0 × 0.4") | 203 × 135 × 9 mm (8" x 5.3" x 0.36") | 188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.6" × .3") |
| Weight | 300g (10.6oz) | 250g (9oz) | 250g (9oz) | 283g (10oz) | 289g (10.2oz) | 176g (6.2oz) |
| Screen Technology | E Ink | E-Ink | EInk Vizplex | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink | |
| Display Size | (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi | |||||
| Grey Levels | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Controller | Apollo | Apollo | Metronome | Epson Broadsheet | Apollo | Apollo |
| Touch Screen | 254x96 LCD FSTN | n.a. | n.a. | yes (finger or stylus) | n.a. | n.a. |
| Full-screen Refresh Rate | 0.9s | 1.0s | 0.8s | ? | ? | 0.9s |
| Power | Li-ion 760mAh | Li-ion | Li-ion | Li-ion | Li-ion 1530mAh | Li-ion 800mAh |
| Battery Life | 10'000 pages | 7'500 pages | 7'500 pages | 7'500 pages | with EVDO: "4 days", without: "up to two weeks" | 8'000-10'000 pages |
| OS | Wolf Linux | Linux | Linux 2.4.17 | Linux 2.6.23 | Linux 2.6.22 | Linux |
| Boot Time | 15s | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ? | 15s |
| SDK | yes | no | no | yes | no | no |
| CPU | Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz) | FreeScale Dragonball MC9328MXL (ARM920T core, 200MHz) | Freescale i.MXL MC9328MXLVP20 (ARM920T core, 200MHz) | Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | XScale PXA250 (400MHz) | Samsung® S3C2410A (ARM920T core, 250MHz) |
| Memory | 64MB Ram + 64MB Flash, 512MB SD Card included | 64MB RAM, 2MB(NOR) + 128MB(NAND) Flash (91.9MB user accessible) | 64MB RAM, 2MB(NOR) + 256MB(NAND) Flash (~210MB user accessible) | 128MB RAM, 256MB(NAND) Flash (~180MB user accessible) | 128MB RAM, 2GB Flash (1.4GB user accessible) | 64MB RAM |
| Expansion Slots | SD/MMC | MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo | MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo | MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo | SD/MMC | SD/MMC |
| Other Interfaces | USB 1.1, headphone | USB 1.1, headphone | USB 2.0, headphone | USB 2.0, headphone | USB 2.0, headphone, EVDO/CDMA | USB 2.0, headphone, mono speaker |
| Supported Formats | PDF, TXT, RTF, EPUB, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP | BBeB, PDF, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, ACC7 | BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, AAC | Kindle (AZW and TOPAZ), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), TXT, MP3, Audible (format 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3; | STK, MP3 | |
| Supported DRM Formats | Wolf | Marlin DRM (BBeB) | Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | AZW and TOPAZ (Kindle only, USA only) | .stk? | |
| Font Sizes | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ? |
| Search functionality / Dictionary lookup | no | no | no | search using touchscreen | search using keyboard, built-in dictionary using select wheel | no |
| Note taking / highlighting / underlining | no | no | no | using touchscreen | using keyboard and | ? |
| Text to Speech | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Software | WOLF Maker, WOLF Printer | eBook Library | eBook Library, Adobe Digital Editions | NetFront web browser & MobiPocket Java Reader | eREAD Editor | |
| Services | iStation, ReadMan | Sony CONNECT | Amazon Kindle Whispernet. E-mail conversion of DOC, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and PDF | Isoshu | ||
| Content Partners | Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Libri.de, Thalia.de, Thalia.ch, stauffacher.ch | Amazon | Isoshu | |||
| Price | US$349 | US$329 | US$299 / €300 / £199 | US$349 | US$299 | US$420 |
| Release Date | Q2 2006 | 26 September, 2006 | 2 October, 2007 | 14 October 2008 | November 2007 | 11/2006 |
| Misc Info | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2000 (V8 not shown). | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2003.
PRS-500 was only available in the US, PRS-700 only in US and Canada. PRS-505 still for sale in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. | Amazon pays for the wireless connectivity for Kindle so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans, or service commitments for customers.
USA only. Annotations stored in plain text files. | eREAD is a Taiwanese company (also available in: China and New Zealand). | ||
