E-book Reader Matrix
From MobileRead
This page compares e-book reader devices that use e-paper. The data on this page represents the second generation of eBook Readers and most are no longer available. For newer current devices see eBook Reader Matrix.
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[edit] Other pages of interest
- First generation devices are collected in the Older E-book Reader Matrix.
- If you want an LCD (TFT) display See: LCD E-Book Reader Matrix.
- For a general introduction to all e-book devices see: E-book devices.
- See also Web Tablets, Mobile devices, PDA devices and Smartphones that may be used as e-book readers.
[edit] Matrix (epaper devices)
[edit] 5" Devices
| Brandname | Kobo | Sony Portable Reader | Bookeen | Pocketbook | HanLin eBook | Hanvon | Azbooka | ||
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| Model | mini | Pocket Edition PRS-350 | Cybook Opus | 360° Plus | V5 Bebook mini EZ Reader Pocket PRO |
WISEreader N526, N520, Elonex 511EB | WISEreader N518 | HandyBOOK N516 | Azbooka 516 |
| Manufacturer | Kobo | Sony | Netronix | Jinke Electronics | Hanvon | ||||
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| Dimensions | 133 × 101 × 11 mm (5.2" x 4.0" x .43") | 145 × 104 × 8.5 mm (5.7" x 4.1" x .33") | 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") | 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") | 152 × 108 × 12 mm (6" x 4.3" x .5") |
| Weight | 134g (4.8oz) | 155g (5.5oz) | 150g (5.3oz) | 185g (6.5oz) | 160g (5.7oz) | 195g (6.9oz) | 190g (6.7oz) | 170g (5.8oz) | 170g (5.8oz) |
| Screen Technology | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink Pearl | E Ink Vizplex | ||||||
| Display Size | (76 × 102mm) 5" 600 × 800 pixels, 200 ppi | ||||||||
| Grey Levels | 16 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Controller | Unknown | Epson ISIS (S1D13522) | PVI6001A (Apollo) | Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | ? | Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | Metronome | Metronome |
| Touch Screen | yes | yes (finger or stylus) | no | no | no | N526 | yes (finger or stylus) | no | no |
| Full-screen Refresh Rate | unknown | around 0.7 s | 0.7s (~0.1 in fast page turn) | 0.5s | 0.9s | <=1s | <=1s | <=1s | <=1s |
| Power | Unknown | Li-Polymer 940mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | Li-Polymer 1500mAh | Li-Polymer 1500mAh | Li-Polymer 1500mAh | Li-Polymer 1500mAh |
| Battery Life | 1 month with wifi off | 10'000 pages | 8'000 pages | 8'000 pages | 9'000 pages | 8'000 pages | 9'000 pages | 9'000 pages | 9'000 pages |
| OS | Linux 2.6.35 | Linux | Linux 2.6.18 | Linux 2.6.18 | Linux | WinCE | WinCE | Linux | Linux |
| Boot Time | unknown | ? | 10-15s (1s with Instant Reading function) | 10s | 16s | 20s | 20s | 20s | ? |
| SDK | unknown | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes |
| CPU | 800MHz | ? | Samsung® S3C2440
(ARM920T core, 400MHz) |
Samsung® S3C2440
(ARM920T core, 533MHz) |
Samsung® S3C2440
(ARM920T core, 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) |
| Memory | ?MB RAM, 2GB Internal | ?MB RAM, 2GB Internal (1.4 GB User Accessible) | 32MB RAM, 1GB Internal | 128MB RAM, 2GB Internal | 32MB RAM, 512MB Internal, 2M NOR Flash | ??MB RAM, 512MB Internal | 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal | 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal | 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal |
| Expansion Slots | Micro SD/SDHC (Internal) | none | Micro SD/[SDHC] | Micro SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC/SDIO |
| Other Interfaces | USB 2.0 micro (charging) | USB 2.0 (charging) | USB 2.0 (charging) | USB 2.0 (charging), WiFi (802.11 b/g) | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo (micro-USB 1.1 host reserved for future use) | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo |
| Supported Formats | EPUB, PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR | BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG | OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF, EPUB, JPEG, GIF, PNG | FB2, TXT, PDF (reflow), 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, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP | TXT, HTML, PDF, EPUB, MTXT, JPEG, GIF, PNG, MP3 | FB2, ePub, MOBI, HTML, CHM, RTF, TXT, PalmDOC, zTXT, TCR, JPEG, GIF, PNG | ||
| Supported DRM Formats | Adobe (EPUB/PDF) | Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe (EPUB/PDF) / Mobipocket | Adobe (EPUB/PDF) | Wolf, Adobe (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe (EPUB/PDF) | none | ||
| Font Sizes | 24 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 3-9 | 8-12 | 12 | ||
| Folder Navigation | Unknown | No (collections) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| Search functionality / Dictionary lookup | built-in dictionary | built-in dictionary and search using touchscreen | No | Yes | No | N526 | No | No | No |
| Note taking / highlighting / underlining | Yes, share on facebook | using touchscreen | no | yes | no | N526 | yes | no | ? |
| Text to Speech | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | ||
| PDF Capabilities |
Unknown; |
Full Page; Landscape; Two Column; Three Column; Autocrop Margins; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; |
Full Page; Landscape; Manual Crop Margins; Fixed Zoom; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; |
Full Page Continuous; Landscape Continuous; Autocrop Margins; Manual Crop Margins; Two Column; Single Page Reflow; Zoom Images in Reflow (?); Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; |
Full Page; Landscape; (XPDF: Autocrop Margins); Single Page Reflow; Passwords; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text to Speech; |
Full Page; Landscape; Manual Crop Margins; Fixed Zoom; Table of Contents; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; |
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| Software | unknown | 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 | Reading life | Sony CONNECT (US/Canada only) | ? | iStation, ReadMan | |||||
| Content Partners | kobo | ? | Ubibooks, Cluster21 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Price | US$79/ £59.99 | US$179/ £159 | US$199 / 199€ / £169 | US$149 | US$149 | US$369 (N526) / US$299 (N520) | US$299 | US$239 | US$239(?) |
| Release Date | October 2012 | September 2010 | 27 July 2009 | May, 2011 | August 2009 | ? | ? | July 2009 | July 2009 |
| Misc Info | Touchscreen | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2004 | Sold directly by Bookeen. Hardware and Software by Bookeen. | The 360 Plus is a minor upgrade to the 360, which has 4 grey levels, less internal memory and no WiFi. Hardware made by Netronix. Software by Pocketbook. Original 360 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. |
Company has been selling e-book devices since 2008
Originally only available in China, now in the US and Europe |
Company has been selling e-book devices since 2008
Originally only available in China, now in the US and Europe N516 supported by open source e-reader firmware Openinkpot |
Hardware is from Hanvon but software is Open Source from Openinkpot | |
[edit] 6" Devices
Because of several requests there is also a row oriented version of the 6" eBook Reader Matrix. This has the advantage of being sortable but is much larger and more cumbersome. There is no guarantee that the data will match exactly as they must be updated separately. Romeo and Juliet is still a great play and have impacted dramatically on contemporary audiences. In Romeo and Juliet there are many themes, themes that truly bring out the modern day students.
| Brandname | eGriver eReaders | HanLin eBook | Sony Portable Reader | Amazon Kindle | Bookeen | Kobo | Barnes and Noble | Pocketbook | ViewSonic | NUUTbook | iriver | Onyx | WISEreader | Pixelar | PAGEone | Binder oyo |
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| Model | eGriver IDEO | eGriver Touch | V3+ | A6 | Touch Edition PRS-650 | Reader w/ WiFi PRS-T1 | Kindle w/ WiFi | Kindle Keyboard 3G WiFi | Kindle Touch 3G and/or WiFi | Cybook Orizon | Cybook Gen3 | Kobo Wireless eReader | Kobo eReader Touch | Kobo Glo | NOOK Simple Touch Reader | 301 Plus | 302 | Viewsonic VEB620, VEB625 |
NUUT2 | iriver Story HD | iriver Story | Boox 60 Bebook Neo |
Boox X61S | N618 | N610 | B630 | MReader 1 | MReader 6 (touch screen edition) | PAGEone | oyo | Model |
| Manufacturer | Condor Technology Associates | Jinke Electronics | Sony | Hon Hai Precision Industries | Bookeen | Netronix | ? | ? | ? | Netronix | Neolux Corporation | iriver | Onyx | Hanvon Technology | Pixelar | Next Papyrus | Medion | Manufacturer | |||||||||||||
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| Dimensions | 128 x 178 x 9.9mm | 124 x 170 x 8.8mm | 184 × 121 × 10 mm (7.2" × 4.74" × .39") | 185 × 125 × 11 mm (7.3"×4.9"×.43") | 168 x 119 x 9.6 mm (6.6" x 4.7" x .38") | 173 x 110 x 8.9 mm (6.8" x 4.3" x .35") | 166 x 114 x 8.7 mm (6.5" x 4.5" x 0.34") | 190 x 122 x 8.5 mm (7.5" x 4.8" x 0.34") | 172 x 120 x 10.1 mm (6.8" x 4.7" x 0.40") | 188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3") | 188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3") | 184 × 120 × 10 mm (7.2" × 4.7" × .4") | 165 × 114 × 10 mm (6.5" × 4.5" × .4") | 114 x 157 x 10 mm (4.5" x 6.2" x 0.39") | 184 × 127 × 12 mm (6.5" × 5.0" × .47") | 188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3") | 190 x 131 x 13 mm (7.5" × 5.2" × .5") | 188 x 126 x 11 mm (7.4" x 4.9" x .45") | 178 × 137 × 19 mm (7.0" × 5.4" × .75") | 190 × 128 × 9.3 mm (7.5" × 5" × .37") | 204 × 128 × 9.4 mm (8" × 5" × .4") | 196 x 121 x 10.5 mm (7.7” x 4.7” x .4”) | 126 x 201 x 14 mm | 177 × 125 × 10.5 mm | 177 × 125 × 10.5mm | 206 × 133 × 11.3 mm | 185 x 122 x 9.5mm (7.3" x 4.8" x .37") | 185 x 122 x 9.5mm (7.3" x 4.8" x .37") | 167 x 125 x 8.4mm | 154 x 124 x 11mm | Dimensions |
| Weight | 198 g (7 oz) | 240g (8.46oz) | 200g (7.05oz) | 290g (10.23oz) | 215g (7.6oz) | 168g (5.9oz) | 170g (5.98oz) | 247g (8.7oz) WiFi: 241g (8.5oz) |
220g (7.8oz) WiFi: 213g (7.5oz) |
245g (8.6oz) | 174g (6.13oz) | 221g (7.8oz) | 200g (7.05oz) | 185g (6.53oz) | 213g (7.5oz) | 174g (6.13oz) | 280g (9.9oz) | 258g (9.1oz) | 300g (10.5oz) | 207g (7.3oz) | 298g (10.5oz) | 284g (10oz) | 275g (9.7oz) | 260g | 260g | 262.6g | 227g | 224g | 200g | 240g | Weight |
| Screen Technology | E Ink Vizplex | SiPix | E Ink Vizplex | SiPix | E Ink Pearl | E Ink Pearl | SiPix | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink Pearl | E Ink Pearl | E Ink Vizplex | LG (E Ink Pearl) | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink Pearl | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink Vizplex | SiPix | Screen Technology | |||||||||||||
| Display Size | (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi | (90 × 120mm) 6" 764 × 1024 pixels, 203 ppi | (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi | (90 × 120mm) 6" 764 × 1024 pixels, 203 ppi | (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi | Display Size | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grey Levels | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4, 8 (GoldEdition) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 (16 soon) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | Grey Levels | |||
| Controller | Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | AUO-K1900 | Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | AUO-K1900 | Epson ISIS (S1D13522) | Freescale i.MX508 software controller | Freescale i.MX508 software controller | Epson ISIS (S1D13522) | Freescale i.MX508 software controller | AUO-K1900 | v1, v2, v3: PVI6001A (Apollo) GoldEdition: Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) |
Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | Freescale i.MX508 software controller | ? | TI OMAP3621 software controller | PVI6001A (Apollo) | Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | Freescale i.MX508 software controller | ? | Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | ? | Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | AUO (?) | AUO Sipix Touchscreen | ? | AUO-K1900 (Oyo) | Controller | ||||
| Touch Screen | no | yes | no | yes | yes (finger or stylus) | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes (finger or stylus) | 520: no 525: yes (finger or stylus) |
no | no | no | yes (Wacom) | no | Yes(stylus) | Yes(stylus) | no | no | Yes (capacitive) | no | yes (capacitive) | Touch Screen | |
| Full-screen Refresh Rate | 0.7s | 0.5s | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0.7s (~0.1s in fast page turn) | < 1 s | ? | ? | ? | 0.6s | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0.3s | ? | 0.3s | 0.3s | 0.3s | ? | ? | ? | ? | Refresh Rate |
| Power | Li-ion 900mAh | Li-ion 1530mAh | Li-ion 950mAh (Nokia Phone battery) | Li-Polymer 1500mAh | Li-Polymer 940mAh | ? | Li-Polymer 890mAh | Li-Polymer 1750mAh | ? | Li-Polymer 1230mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | ? | ? | Li-ion 1530mAh | Li-Polymer 1000mAh | Li-Polymer 2050mAh | Li-Polymer ? | Li-Polymer 1250mAh | Li-Polymer 1800mAh | Li-Polymer 1600mAh | Li-ion 2350mAh | Li-Polymer 1500mAh | Li-Polymer 1700mAh | Li-Polymer 2200mAh | Li-Polymer 1200mAh | Power | ||||
| Battery Life | 7'000 pages | 10'000 pages | ? | ? | 10'000 pages | with WiFi: 3 weeks, without: 1 month | Up to 1 month (with WiFi: 3 weeks) | with 3G: 10 days (with WiFi: 3 weeks), without: 2 month | with 3G: 10 days (with WiFi: 3 weeks), without: 2 month | 10'000 pages | 8'000 pages | 10'000 pages | Up to 1 month | Up to 1 month | Up to 2 months | 8'000 pages | 16'000 pages | 6'500 pages | 7'000 pages | 14'000 pages, up to 6 weeks | 7'000 pages, 20h Audio | 8'000 pages | 12'000 (up to 16'000) pages | 8'000 pages | 8'000 pages | 8'000 pages | 10'000 pages | 10'000 pages | up to 15'000 pages | 8'000 pages | Battery Life |
| OS | Linux 2.6 | Linux 2.6 | Linux | Linux 2.6 | Linux | Android | Linux 2.6.31-rt11 | Linux 2.6.26 | Linux 2.6.31-rt11 | Linux | Linux 2.6.18 | Linux 2.6.18? | Linux | ? | Android 2.1 | Linux 2.6.18 | Linux 2.6.18 | Linux | Linux 2.6.28.6 | Linux | WinCE 5.0 | Linux 2.6 | Linux 2.6 | Linux | Linux 2.6 | OS | |||||
| Boot Time | 10s | 35s | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 15-20s (1s with Instant Reading function, latest firmware) | ? | ? | ? | ? | 9s | ? | ? | ? | ? | 10-12s | 23s | 27s | 10s | 10s | 10s | ? | ? | 20s | 20s | Boot Time |
| SDK | yes | no(at present) | yes | ? | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no (?) | no | yes | no | ? | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | ? | ? | yes | ? (probably not) | SDK | ||||
| CPU | Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz) | Samsung® S3C2416 (ARM926EJ-S core, 400MHz) | Samsung 2416 (ARM9, 400MHz) | Samsung Arm9 (ARM9, 400MHz) | ? | Freescale i.MX508 (ARM Cortex™-A8 core, 800MHz) | Freescale i.MX508 (ARM Cortex™-A8 core, 800MHz) | Freescale i.MX35 (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | Freescale i.MX508(?) (ARM Cortex™-A8 core, 800MHz) | ? | V1, V2: Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz) V3, GoldEdition: Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) |
Freescale i.MX357 (MCIMX357DJQ5C)(ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | Freescale i.MX508 (ARM Cortex™-A8 core, 800MHz) | ? | TI OMAP3621 (ARM Cortex™-A8 core, 800MHz) | Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) | ? | Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | Freescale i.MX508 (ARM Cortex™-A8 core, 800MHz) | ARM compatible (300MHz) | Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | Marvell PXA166E(800MHz) | Samsung® S3C6410 (ARM1176JZF-S core, 667MHz) | Ingenic® JZ4750 (MIPS XBurst core, 360MHz) | Ingenic® JZ4750 (MIPS XBurst core, 360MHz) | Samsung® S3C2416 (ARM926EJ-S core, 400MHz) | Samsung® S3C2416 (ARM926EJ-S core, 400MHz) | ARM9 | ARM9E | CPU | |
| Memory | 64MB RAM, Internal 64M NAND Flash, 1GB SD Card included | 128MB RAM, Internal 2GB NAND Flash, 1GB SD Card included | 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal, 2M NOR Flash | 128MB RAM, 2MB NOR Flash, 2GB NAND Flash | ???MB RAM, 2GB Flash (1.4GB user accessible) | 256MB RAM, 2GB Flash (1.3GB user accessible) | 256MB RAM, 2GB Flash (~1.25GB user accessible) | 256MB RAM, 4GB Flash (~3.3GB user accessible) | 256MB RAM, 4GB Flash (~3.0GB user accessible) | ???MB RAM, 2GB Flash | V1: 16MB RAM, 64MB Flash V2: 16MB RAM, 512 Flash V3: 32MB RAM, 512MB Flash GoldEdition: ??MB RAM, 1GB Flash |
128MB RAM, 1GB Flash | 128MB? RAM, 2GB Flash (1GB user accessible) | ? RAM, 2GB Flash (1GB user accessible) | 256MB? RAM, 2GB Flash (1GB user accessible) | 64MB RAM, 512MB Flash | 64MB RAM, 1GB Flash | ?MB RAM, 2 GB Flash (1.5GB user accessible) | ?MB RAM, 1GB Flash (512MB user accessible) | ?MB RAM, 2GB Flash (512MB user accessible) | 64MB RAM, 2 GB Flash | 128MB RAM, 512MB Flash | 128MB RAM, 2GB Flash | 128MB RAM, Internal NAND Flash, 512M | 128MB RAM, Internal NAND Flash, 512M | 2GB | 256 MB | 2GB | 2GB (1.5GB user accessible) | 2GB (1.5GB user accessible) | Memory |
| Expansion Slots | SD/MMC up to 8GB | SD/MMC up to 16GB | SD/SDHC up to 16GB | SD/SDHC/MMC up to 16GB | MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo | MicroSD/SDHC up to 32GB | none | none | none | MicroSD/SDHC | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC up to 32GB | MicroSD/SDHC up to 32GB | MicroSD/SDHC up to 32GB | MicroSD/SDHC up to 32GB | SD/SDHC | MicroSD/SDHC up to 64GB, USB Host | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC, USB host | SD/SDHC up to 32GB | SD/SDHC | SD/SDHC, USB OTG | SD/SDHC up to 32GB | MicroSD | MicroSD | MicroSD | MicroSD (tested up to 4GB, 2GB included) | MicroSD (tested up to 32GB) | MicroSD (up to 16GB) | MicroSD (up to 32GB) | Expansion Slots |
| Other Interfaces | Micro USB 2.0 (charging), headphone | Micro USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, WiFi/3G, Built-in Speaker | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone | USB 2.0 | USB 2.0, headphone | Micro USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, WiFi (802.11b/g/n) | Micro USB 2.0 (charging), WiFi (802.11b/g/n) | Micro USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm headphone, WiFi, 3G (HSPDA with fallback to EDGE/GPRS) | Micro USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm headphone, WiFi, 3G (HSPDA with fallback to EDGE/GPRS) | USB 2.0 (charging), Bluetooth, WiFi | USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), WiFi | USB 2.0 (charging), WiFi (802.11b/g/n) | USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo | USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, Bluetooth, WiFi | USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, 625: WiFi |
USB 2.0 (charging), 24-pin cell charger, 3.5mm stereo, WiFi, | USB 2.0 (charging), WiFi (802.11b/g) | Mini USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, microphone | Mini USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, WiFi | Mini USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo earphones | Micro USB 2.0 (charging), MIC, speaker, WIFI, earphone | Mini USB 2.0 Earphones 3.5mm connector MIC | Mini USB 2.0, Earphones 3.5mm, TF | Mini USB 2.0, Earphones 3.5mm | Micro USB 2.0, Earphones 3.5mm, WIFI | Other Interfaces | ||||
| Supported Formats | PDF, EPUB, TXT, CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP | PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP | PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, FB2, PPT, DJVU, DOC, HTML, BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIF, MP3 | BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, AAC | PDF, EPUB, TXT, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, AAC | Kindle (AZW), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), PDF, PDF (non DRM), *** Read password-protected PDF, , HTML, DOC, DOCX, TXT, JPEG, GIF, PNG. BMP through conversion; | Kindle (AZW), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), PDF, PDF (non DRM), *** Read password-protected PDF, (->firmware 3.0?), HTML, DOC, TXT, MP3, Audible (format 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), JPEG, GIF, PNG; | Kindle (AZW), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), PDF, PDF (non DRM), *** Read password-protected PDF, , HTML, DOC, DOCX, TXT, MP3, Audible (format 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), JPEG, GIF, PNG. BMP through conversion; | PDF, EPUB, FB2, HTML, TXT, JPEG, GIF, PNG | Mobi firmware: OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF (non DRM), PRC/MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, MP3 ePub firmware: ePub, OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, MP3 |
PDF, EPUB, (JPEG, PNG, TXT, BMP, TIFF, RTF, HTML, CBS, CBR - Supported but not advertised) | PDF, EPUB, MOBI, TXT, HTML, RTF,JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, CBZ, CBR | ? | PDF, EPUB, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP | FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, MP3, ZIP | PDF, EPUB, FB2, HTML, RTF, TXT, MP3 | PDF, EPUB, TXT, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, WAV | PDF, EPUB, DJVU, TXT, FB2, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, HWP, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, CBZ | PDF, EPUB, TXT, DOC, PPT, XLS, JPEG, BMP, GIF, MP3, WMA, OGG, CBZ, Djvu(firmware 1.71), HWP | PDF, EPUB, MOBI/PRC (non DRM), DjVu, FB2, HTML, CHM, PDB, TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, XLS/XLSX, PPT/PPTX, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIFF, ZIP, MP3 | PDF, EPUB, MOBI/PRC (non DRM), DjVu, FB2, HTML, CHM, PDB, TXT, RTF, DOC, CBR, CBZ, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIFF, ZIP, MP3 | PDF, EPUB, TXT, HTML, MP3, WMA, WAV, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG | TXT, HTXT, HTML, PDF, EPUB, DOC , JPEG, TIF, BMP, PNG, GIF,WAV, WMA, MP3 | TXT, HTXT, HTML, PDF, EPUB, DOC, XLS, JPEG, TIF, BMP, PNG, GIF,WAV, WMA, MP3 | PDF, EPUB, MOBI, CHM, TXT, FB2, RTF, TCR, PDB, HTM, PRC, HTML, DJVU, IW44, IW4, DJV, JPG, BMP, TIF, GIF MP3 | PDF, EPUB, MOBI, CHM, TXT, FB2, RTF, TCR, PDB, HTM, PRC, HTML, DJVU, IW44, IW4, DJV, JPG, BMP, TIF, GIF MP3 | Text: ePub, PDF, MOBI, PRC,CHM, TXT, HTML, FB2, OEB, PalmDoc, Plucker, TCR, RTF. Images: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP + ZIP Audio: MP3, WAV, WMA. | TXT, ePub, PDF, HTML, JPEG, PNG, BMP, MP3 | Supported Formats | ||
| Supported DRM Formats | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | AZW and TOPAZ (Kindle only) and PDF password-protected PDFs. | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Mobi Firmware: MobiPocket ePub Firmware: Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) |
Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)? | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | EPUB, PDF | ? | EPUB, PDF | Supported DRM Formats | |||||||||||||||||||
| Font Sizes | 3-9 | 3-9 | ? | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 17 | ? | 7 | 20 | 5 | ? | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 5 | 5 | 22 steps | 6 | Font Sizes | ||||
| Folder Navigation | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (collections) | No (collections) | Yes | Yes | No? | Yes | Yes? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | Folder Navigation | ||||
| Search functionality / Dictionary lookup | yes | no | yes | built-in dictionary and search using touchscreen | built-in dictionary using 5-way | search using keyboard, built-in dictionary using 5-way | built-in dictionary and search using touchscreen | no | MOBI dictionaries using D-pad Mobi Firmware only! | yes | yes (search only for books in library, not inside a book) | ? | yes | yes | search | no | yes | no | yes | yes (without Dictionary) | yes (without Dictionary) | yes (without Dictionary) | yes (without Dictionary) | ? | ? | no | yes | Search functionality / Dictionary lookup | |||
| Note taking / highlighting / underlining | no | yes | no | using touchscreen | using touchscreen | using 5-way | using keyboard and 5-way | using touchscreen | ? | bookmark menu | ? | yes | ? | ? | yes | ? | ? | no | separate notes application / no highlighting | using touchscreen | no | yes | yes | no | ? | ? | no | yes (using touchscreen) | Note taking / highlighting / underlining | ||
| Text to Speech | yes (optional) | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | No (optional) | No (optional) | No (optional) | ? | ? | no | no | Text to Speech | |||
| PDF Capabilities |
Full Page; Landscape; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Passwords; Table of Contents; Text to Speech; |
Full Page; Landscape; (XPDF: Autocrop Margins); Single Page Reflow; Passwords; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text to Speech; |
Full Page; Landscape; Autocrop Margins; Two Column; Three Column; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; |
Full Page; Landscape Autocrop; Fixed Zoom; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; Read password-protected PDFs. |
Full Page; Landscape; Manual Crop Margins; Fixed Zoom; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; |
Full Page; Landscape; Fixed Zoom; |
Full Page; Landscape; Fixed Zoom; |
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Full Page; No Landscape; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; |
Full Page Continuous; Landscape Continuous; Two Column; Manual Crop Margins; Autocrop Margins; Single Page Reflow; Zoom Images in Reflow (?); Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; |
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Full page; Square Crop View; Reflow; |
Full Page; Landscape; Autocrop Margins; Fixed Zoom; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; |
Full Page; Landscape; Autocrop Margins; Fixed Zoom; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search | Landscape / Portrait; Arbitrary Zoom; Reflow; Remark; Search; Autopage |
Dictionary; Zoom 5x |
Dictionary; Zoom 5x |
Full Page View, Landscape View | ? | PDF Capabilities
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| Software | Adobe Digital Editions | Adobe Digital Editions, WOLF Maker, WOLF Printer | Adobe Digital Editions | eBook Library, Adobe Digital Editions | Adobe Digital Editions, WebKit web browser | ? | WebKit web browser & MobiPocket Java Reader | ? | Adobe Digital Editions | Bookeen® Multi-format eBook reader: BooReader | Adobe Digital Editions | Adobe Digital Editions, PocketBook News Reader, 3d party applications (open API) | ? | Adobe Digital Editions | Adobe Digital Editions, FBReader | Adobe Digital Editions, FBReader, CoolReader, Ivona | Adobe Digital Editions | ? | Adobe Digital Editions | Software | |||||||||||
| Services | iStation, ReadMan | Sony CONNECT | Amazon Kindle Whispernet. Sync Kindle ebooks across multiple devices. E-mail conversion of DOC, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and PDF | Sync Kobo ebooks across multiple devices. | Newspaper download via WiFi | Google books via WiFi | ? | ? | ? | ? | Services | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Content Partners | Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, ebook.de, ebook.de, Thalia.de, Thalia.ch, stauffacher.ch, bol.com (NL) | Amazon | Weltbild | MobiPocket, Ubibooks, Cluster21 | Kobo Books | B&N eBooks | Google eBook Store | Book2 (korean), Yes24 (korean), Kyobo (korean), and more Adobe drm support sites. | Hanvon Technology | Pixelar | Pixelar | Thalia.de, Bol.de | Content Partners | ||||||||||||||||||
| Price | US$250 | US$300 | US$199 | US$249 | US$229 | US$149 | US$79 with special offers US$109 without special offers |
US$189 WiFi: US$139 |
US$99 Touch with special offers US$139 Touch without special offers US$149 Touch WiFi+3G with special offers US$189 Touch WiFi+3G without special offers |
230€ | US$350 / 280€ / £225 | US$99 | US$129 | ? | US$139 | US$360 | 295€ | 620: £175 625:£205 |
KRW 299,000 | US$139 | 279€ | US$150 | 655zł (about $227) | US$ | US$ | US$ | £155 (about $245) | £220 (about $350) | ? | 139€ (about $195) | Price |
| Release Date | On Sale | Aug 2010 | March 2010 | May, 2011 | September 2010 | mid-September 2011 | Ordering began 09/28/11 | Ordering began 07/30/10 | Ordering began 09/28/11 | October, 2010(?) | Ordering began 28 Oct, 2007 | Fall 2010 | Spring 2011 | September, 2012 | March 2010 | April, 2010 (Europe) | June, 2009 (Korea) | September, 2009 (Korea) / November, 2009 (EU-Germany) | October 2009 | 17 July, 2011 | On Sale | September 2009 | August 2011 | On Sale | On Sale | November 2010 | 15 April, 2010 | October 2010 | ? | ? | Release Date |
| Misc Info | eGriver Octa is similar product with Web Browser and Wi-Fi | -NA- | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2000. Sold under other names worldwide: Papyre 6.1 SE (Spain), Astak EZ Reader Plus, ECO Reader. | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2000. The V60 is similar with a Eink Vizplex screen and no touch screen. | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2004, replaces PRS-600 | Company has been selling e-book devices since 2004, replaces PRS-650. Borrow eBooks directly and wirelessly from your public library. | 4th generation, low cost, Kindle. 3rd generation model with keyboard still being sold. | This is the 3rd generation 6" Kindle. Two models: WiFi and 3G+WiFi. Amazon pays for the 3G wireless connectivity for Kindle so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans, or service commitments for customers. It includes native PDF support that allows you to add notes and highlights, use the dictionary look-up, and read password-protected PDFs.
Annotations stored in plain text files. |
4th generation Kindle, 1st with a touch screen. | Bookeen will bring every local Book catalogue to the Cybook Orizon, enabling European customers to buy their books in their own language. To enable his European bookstore, Bookeen collaborates with major players in digital book distribution in Europe.
Bookeen will begin with France. French customers will enjoy access to most of the French digital catalogue: 25,000 titles issued by 185 publishers. The same set will be rolled out at the end of the year in many European countries, such as Italy and Spain. |
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-001, 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 Gold Edition adds the Epson Broadsheet controller and 8 grey levels. The software is from Bookeen. The Gold drops MOBI and dictionary support and adds Adobe Digital Editions (DRMed PDF and ePub). |
Hardware is an EB-600 variant. Software by Kobo. | 2nd generation EInk device from Kobo | GlowLight! | 2nd generation EInk device from B&N | 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. | VEB620 and VEB625 (currently Europe only) are similar except for 625's touch screen and WiFi. VEB612 (US only) is similar to COOL-ER Classic | 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. | Version without WiFi already on sale in Europe | Speaker for audio playback and internal mic for audio recording. Also sold under different names in some markets. | Known as A60, new models have Pearl screen, Comic Viewer (JPEG, BMP and GIF in ZIP Container), Support for RTL (right-to-left) languages in EPUB files (in non-DRM FBReader mode), A62 is the successor (with 800MHz CPU and 4GB flash) | Available in Poland. 2 modes in system settings: Adobe (DRM) and FBReader (non-DRM). Localization: Chinese, English, German, Greek, Korean, Japanese, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Italian, Hungarian, Portugese, Norwegian, Hebrew. Support for RTL (right-to-left) languages in EPUB files (in non-DRM FBReader mode). | WIFI function, opera web browser | WIFI to be enabled with future firmware for bookstore access and e-news push via RSS | Audio: 88 mW stereo 16Ω @2,5V | Misc Info | ||||
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| Brandname | Sony Portable Reader | HanLin eBook | Amazon Kindle | Pocketbook | enTourage Systems | Fujitsu FLEPia | Asus | Pixelar | Hanvon | Onyx Boox |
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| Model | Daily Edition PRS-950 | A9 | Kindle DX Graphite | PocketBook Pro 903 | enTourage eDGe | FLEPia | DR900 | MReader 9 | WISEreader E920 Wisereader color (unreleased) | Boox M90 |
| Manufacturer | Sony | Jinke Electronics | Foxconn | Foxconn | enTourage Systems | Fujitsu | Asus | Pixelar | Hanvon | Onyx |
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| Dimensions | 200 × 128 × 9.5 mm (7.9" × 5" × 0.4") | 262 × 172 × 10.9 mm (10.3" × 6.8" × .43") | 264 × 183 × 10 mm (10.4" × 7.2" × 0.38") | 263 × 192 × 11.5 mm (10.4" × 7.6" × 0.45") | 210 × 273 × 25 mm (8.25" × 10.75" × 1.0") | 240 × 158 × 12.5 mm (9.4"" × 6.2" × 0.5") | 222 x 161 x 9mm (8.7" x 6.4" x .35") | 250 x 170 x 12 mm(9.8" x 6.7" x .47") | ??? x ??? x ?? mm(?.?" x ?.?" x .??") | 242.9 x 179.4 x 12.3 mm(9.56" x 7.06" x .48") |
| Weight | 272g (9.6oz) | 510g (18oz) | 535g (18.9oz) | 581g (20.5oz) | 1,250g (44oz) | 385g (13.5oz) | 473g w/3G 440g without | 442g (15.6oz) | 554g (19.5oz) | 498g (17.57oz) |
| Screen Technology | E Ink Pearl | SiPix | E Ink Pearl | E Ink Vizplex | E Ink Vizplex | color cholesteric liquid crystal | SiPix | SiPix | E Ink Triton | E Ink Pearl (at least as of M92) |
| Display Size | (90 × 154mm) 7.1" 600 × 1024 pixels, 167 ppi | (137 × 183mm) 9" 768 × 1024 pixels, 142 ppi | (140 × 203mm) 9.7" 825 × 1200 pixels, 150 ppi | (123.6 × 164.8mm) 8" 768 × 1024 pixels, 160 ppi | (137 × 183mm) 9" 768 × 1024 pixels, 142 ppi | (137 × 183mm) 9" 768 × 1024 pixels, 142 ppi | (140 × 203mm) 9.7" 1600 x 1200 pixels - monochrome unit (and 800 × 600 pixels, 100 ppi - color unit). | (140 × 203mm) 9.7" 825 × 1200 pixels, 150 ppi | ||
| Grey Levels | 16 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 260,000 colors (3 Scans); 4,096 (2 Scans); 64 colors (1 Scan) | 16 | 16 | 16 grey and 4,096 colors | 16 |
| Controller | Epson ISIS (S1D13522) | AUO-K1900 | Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) | Marvell ARMADA 166E (integrated) | FPGA | AUO-K1900 | AUO-K1900 | Epson ???? (S1D13524) | Epson Broadsheet
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| Touch Screen | yes (finger or stylus) | yes (finger) | no | yes (Wacom Pen) | yes (Wacom Pen) | yes (Wacom Digitizer) | yes (finger) | yes (capacitive) | yes (capacitive) | yes (Wacom Pen) |
| Full-screen Refresh Rate | ? | ? | 0.9s | ? | ? | 1.8s(1 Scan), 5s(2 Scans), 8s(3 Scans) | ? | ? | up to 1.0s | ? |
| Power | Li-ion ????mAh | Li-ion Polymer 2300 mAh | Li-ion 1530mAh | Li-Polymer 1530mAh | ? | Li-polymer 1520mAh | ? | L-ion 3000mAh | L-ion 2350mAh | L-ion 1600mAh |
| Battery Life | 10'000 pages | ? | with 3G: "4 days", without: "up to two weeks" | 7'000 pages | 16+ hrs | 40 hrs (2,400 pages at 1 min/page with 64 colors) | 10'000 pages / with wireless: "up to 4 days", without: "up to two weeks" | 10'000 page turns | up to 15 days or 10'000 pages | 8'000 page turns |
| OS | Linux | Linux 2.6 | Linux | Linux 2.6.28 | Android 1.6 | Microsoft Windows CE5.0 | ? | Linux 2.6 | WinCE (?) | Linux |
| Boot Time | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| SDK | no | ? | yes; KDK | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | yes |
| CPU | ? | Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) | Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) | Marvell ARMADA 166E 800MHz | Intel XScale RISC CPU | ? | Samsung S3C2416 (ARM920T core, 400MHz) | Freescale 508 ARM Cortex-A8 (800 MHZ) | Freescale i.MX31 (532MHz) |
| Memory | ???MB Ram + 2GB (NAND) Flash (~1.6GB user accessible) | 128MB Ram + 2MB NOR Flash + 2GB (NAND) Flash | 128MB Ram + 8MB NOR Flash + 4GB NAND Flash (~3.3GB user accessible) | 256MB RAM, 2GB Flash | ?Ram + 4GB (~3GB user accessible) | ? | 4GB | 2GB | 256MB RAM, 2GB Flash | 128MB RAM, 2GB Flash |
| Expansion Slots | MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo | SD/SDHC/MMC | none | Micro SD/SDHC | SD | SD | microSD | SD/SDHC | microSD | SD/SDHC |
| Other Interfaces | USB 2.0, headphone, WiFi, 3G (AT&T) | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, WiFi 802.11b/g, 3G(optional) | USB 2.0, headphone, 3G (AT&T) | USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G | USB 2.0 mini-B connector × 1, Bluetooth Ver2.0+EDR, Stereo speakers, headphone, WiFi 802.11b/g | USB 2.0, headphone (3.5mm), WiFi, 3.5G(optional) | Micro-USB 2.0 × 1, Bluetooth 2.0, WCDMA/HSDPA 900/1800/2100, WLAN802.11 b/g, 3.5mm ear-mic | USB 2.0, headphone | USB 2.0 (charging), USB 2.0 host, Stereo speakers, headphone, WiFi 802.11g, | mini-USB 2.0, headphone, microphone, WiFI 802.11b/g |
| Supported Formats | BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, AAC | PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP | Kindle (AZW and TOPAZ), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), PDF (non DRM), TXT, Audible (format 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3; | FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, MP3, ZIP | ePub, PDF | ? | PDF, TXT, ePUB, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3 | PDF, EPUB, MOBI, CHM, TXT, FB2, RTF, TCR, PDB, HTM, PRC, HTML, DJVU, IW44, IW4, DJV, JPG, BMP, TIF, GIF, PNG | TXT, HTML, HTXT, PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT, EPUB, HEB, JPG, BMP, TIF, GIF, MP3, WAV WMA | ePub, PDF, TXT, HTML, CHM, PDB, FB2, DJVU, DOC, XLS, PPT, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG, MP3, WAV |
| Supported DRM Formats | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | AZW and TOPAZ (USA only) | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | ? | ? | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) | Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) |
| Font Sizes | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | ? | ? | ? | 5 | 8-12 | 5 |
| Folder Navigation | no (collections) | yes | no (collections) | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | yes |
| Search functionality / Dictionary lookup | built-in dictionary and search using touchscreen | dictionary and search using touchscreen | using keyboard and 5-way | using touchscreen | ? | ? | yes | ? | ? | yes |
| Note taking / highlighting / underlining | using touchscreen | using touchscreen | using keyboard and 5-way (unavailable in PDF files) | using touchscreen | using touchscreen and bluetooth/usb keyboard | ? | ? | ? | using touchscreen | using touchscreen |
| Text to Speech | no | yes | yes | yes | ? | no | yes | ? | yes | no |
| PDF Capabilities |
Full Page; Landscape; Autocrop Margins; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; |
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Full Page; Landscape Autocrop; Text Search; |
Full Page Continuous; Landscape Continuous; Two Column; Manual Crop Margins; Autocrop Margins; Single Page Reflow; Zoom Images in Reflow (?); Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup; |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Full Page; Landscape; Autocrop Margins; Fixed Zoom; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; |
| Services | Sony CONNECT via 3G or WiFi | ? | Amazon Kindle Whispernet. E-mail conversion of DOC, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and PDF | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Content Partners | Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, eBook.de, Thalia.de, Thalia.ch, stauffacher.ch, bol.com (NL) | ? | Amazon | ? | ? | "PAPYLESS CO.,Ltd." on "FLEPia World" website | ? | ? | ? | |
| Price | US$299 | US$349 | US$379 / €n.a. | €399 [1] | US$499 | ~US$1000 | €300 | £270 | ??? | €379 [2] |
| Release Date | November, 2010 | December, 2010 | 7 June, 2010 (original DX 10 June, 2009) | 6 December, 2010 | 26 February, 2010 | April 2009 (Japan) | Q1 2011 | 22 December 2010 | April 2011 | June 2011 |
| 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. | Will be sold under other names worldwide: lBook, DigiBook, Walkbook, Papyre, BEBOOK, Astak EZ Reader, ECO Reader].
2 variants: A9k = keyboard edition + A9t = touch edition. |
The Graphite is the 3rd generation Kindle DX, but the differences are relatively minor. The 1st generation was US-only with EVDO wireless, the 2nd generation was international with AT&T 3G. The 1st and 2nd generation were white with a Vizplex E Ink screen. The 3rd generation is graphite with a Pearl E Ink screen. The Pearl screen has 50% more contrast.
US version: Amazon pays for the wireless connectivity for Kindle so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans, or service commitments for customers. Check details of international version. |
The PocketBook 902 (€329/$299) is a similar model but without the touchscreen and 3G. The 902 will start shipping in early November, 2010. | 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) | 1st commercial color epaper device | World-wide free shipping on preorder; 23.06.2011 -> could not find any seller | First announced E Ink Triton device. On sale initially in China. | ||
