LCD E-Book Reader Matrix

From MobileRead

LCD display technology has the distinct advantage over E Ink of instant page turns and on a few devices, color. Since the display is instant, interactive touchscreen features such as search with on-screen keyboard, annotations, and highlighting are possible. Often these devices have an instant boot time due to not using Linux as the OS.

Comparison matrix of E Ink-based devices

There is some technical information and another matrix comparing reader devices here:

http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_formats#Supported_Format_Matrix

[edit] Matrix (LCD devices)

Brandname	EBookwise-1150 (GEB 1150)	REB 1200 (Gemstar eBook 2150)	Dr. Yi (M218A, M218B)
Dimensions	5” x 7.5” x 1.5”	7.5” x 9” x 1.25”	154mm x 110mm x 13.5mm (6" x 4.3" x .53")
Screen Technology	LCD	Color LCD	Reflective LCD
Primary Display	HVGA 320x480 4 bit, 104 ppi	Color VGA 480x640 16 bit, 104 ppi	VGA 480x640 4bit, 160 ppi
Screen Color Depth	16 grayscale	65,536 colors	16 grayscale
Touch Screen	yes	yes	no
Full-screen Refresh Rate	0.03s	0.03s	.02s
Power	Li-ion ?Ah	Li-ion ?mAh	Li-ion 3Ah
Battery Life	20 hours	10 hours	22 hours
Weight	18 oz	33 oz	215g
OS	proprietary	proprietary	Linux based proprietary
Boot Time	instant	instant	?
SDK	no	no	?
CPU	Cirrus Logic ARM-7	Motorola MCF5102 ColdFire	ARM9 200Mhz
Memory	8	8	128MB
Expansion Slots	SMC (max. 128 MB)	CF (max. 1 GB)	SD (max. 1 GB)
Other Interfaces	USB 1.1	USB 1.1, Ethernet	USB 1.1, Wifi(M218B only)
Supported Formats	IMP (Grayscale HalfVGA)	IMP (Color FullVGA)	PDF, TXT, HTML, EBA, WOLF
Supported DRM Formats	internal	internal (with ETI firmware upgrade)	EBA, WOLF
Search functionality / Dictionary lookup	yes	yes	?
Note taking? highlighting/underlining?	yes	yes	no
Software	eBook Publisher	eBook Publisher	?
Services	?	?
Content Partners	?	?	quite a few in China
Price	US$99	US$700 (US$200 Ebay)	varies
Release Date	2004	2001	2006
Misc Info	?	?	?