Ebook Readers Features & Supported File Formats PDF generated using the open source mwlib toolkit. See http://code.pediapress.com/ for more information. PDF generated at: Tue, 10 May 2011 10:49:41 UTC Comparison of e-book readers 1 Comparison of e-book readers An e-book reader, also called an e-book device or e-reader, is a portable electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital books and periodicals. An e-book reader is similar in form to a tablet computer. A tablet computer typically has a faster screen capable of higher refresh rates which makes them more suitable for interaction. The main advantages of e-book readers are better readability of their screens especially in bright sunlight and longer battery life. This is achieved by using electronic paper technology to display content to readers. Any device that can display text on a screen can act as an e-book reader, but without the advantages of the e-paper technology. The larger Kindle DX with a Kindle 2 for size comparison Commercially available devices based on electronic paper Devices sold directly by the manufacturer Maker Model Intro Screen Weight Screen Screen Touch Wireless Directory Internal Card Web Library year size pixels shades Operating screen network Text-to-speech Integrated organization storage reader slot Replaceable browser compatible (inch) system stylus dictionary battery Amazon 2010 6 247 g 600 × 16 Linux 4 GB Kindle 3 Wi-Fi Yes, Wifi, No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No [1] (8.7 oz) 800 (3 GB) 3G GSM Amazon 2010 6 241 g 600 × 16 Linux 4 GB Kindle 3 No Yes, Wifi Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No [2] (8.5 oz) 800 (3 GB) Wi-Fi Amazon Kindle DX 2009 9.7 540 g 825 × 16 Linux Yes, CDMA 4 GB Limited (18.9 oz) 1200 No (USA), GSM Yes Yes Yes (3.3 GB) No No No (International) Amazon Kindle 2 2009 6 289 g 600 × 16 Linux Yes, CDMA 2 GB Limited (10.2 oz) 800 No (USA), GSM Yes Yes Yes (1.4 GB) No No No (International) Amazon Kindle 2007 6 289 g 600 × 4 Linux 256 MB SD (10.2 oz) 800 No Yes, CDMA No Yes No (180 Yes Yes No MB) Barnes & Noble Nook 2009 6 343 g 600 × 16 Android Yes, Wifi, 2 GB microSDHC Yes Yes, Yes (12.1 oz) 800 UMTS No Yes (1.3 GB) Yes (FW Yes Bottom (FW v1.5) (option) v1.3) Bookeen Cybook Orizon 2010 6 245 g 600 × 16 Linux Yes, 2 GB microSDHC (8.6 oz) 800 802.11bgn, Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Bluetooth 2.1+EDR Bookeen Cybook Opus 2009 5 150 g 600 × 4 Linux 1 GB microSDHC No No No No Yes Yes No Yes (5.3 oz) 800 Comparison of e-book readers 2 Bookeen Cybook Gen3 2007 6 174 g 600 × 4, 8 or Linux 16 MB, SD (6.13 oz) 800 16 No No No No Yes 512MB, Yes No Yes 1 GB 2010 6 240 g 600 × 16 Linux 2 GB SDHC Condor eGriver Yes Yes, Wifi Optional Yes Yes No Yes Unknown [3] [4] (8.46 oz) 800 Technology Touch 2010 6 600 × 16 Linux 1 GB SDHC Condor eGriver Unknown No No Optional Yes Yes No No Unknown [3] [4] 800 Technology IDEO 2010 6 260 g 600 × 16 Windows 512 MB SD EBS Agebook eBook Yes, [5] (9.2 oz) 800 CE Technology Reader (model: No Yes Yes Yes No No Unknown [6] Stylus agebook+6) Ectaco jetBook 2008 5 212 g 480 x 16 Linux 112 MB SDHC No No No Yes Yes No No Yes (7.5 oz) 640 Elonex eBook 2009 6 180g 600 × 4 512 MB microSDHC Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 800 Endless ideas 5 160 g 600 × 8 Linux 512 MB SDHC BeBook Mini Unknown (5.64 oz) 800 (Hanlin V5 No No No No No Unknown No Yes [7] clone ) Endless ideas BeBook Neo Unknown Unknown 298 g 600 × Unknown Linux 512 MB SDHC Yes Yes, WiFi Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown 800 Endless ideas BeBook One 2009 6 220 g 600 × 4 Linux 512 MB SDHC (Hanlin V3 (7.76 oz) 800 No No No No No Yes No Yes clone) Entourage eDGe 2010 9.7 1.4 kg 825 × 8 Android Yes, Wifi, Yes 3 GB SD Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes (48 oz) 1200 Bluetooth (Pico TTS) Entourage Pocket eDGe 2010 6 700 g 600 × 16 Android Yes, Wifi, Yes 3 GB microSD Yes Yes Unknown No Yes Yes (20 oz) 800 Bluetooth (Pico TTS) Fnac [8] 2010 6 240 g 600 × 16 Linux Yes, WiFi, 2 GB microSD FnacBook Unknown (8.5 oz) 800 Yes GPRS, Edge, Yes Yes Unknown No Unknown HSDPA Foxit Software eSlick 2009 6 180 g 600 × 16 Linux 512 MB SDHC No No No No No Yes No Unknown (6.4 oz) 800 Hanvon 2009 5 600 × 8 Linux WISEreader Unknown Unknown Unknown No No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes [9] 800 N516 Hanvon 2009 5 600 × 8 Windows WISEreader Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown [10] 800 CE N518 Hanvon 2009 5 600 × 8 Windows WISEreader 800 CE N520<ref name="hanvon3"> "WISEreader [11] Unknown Unknown Unknown N520" . 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Retrieved 2010-04-05.</ref> Hanvon 5 600 × 8 Windows WISEreader Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown [12] 800 CE N526 Interead COOL-ER 2009 6 178g 600 × 8 Linux 1 GB SD No No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown No Yes 800 Comparison of e-book readers 3 [13] [14] 2009 6 Unknown 600 × 8 Linux 2 GB SD iPapyrus iPapyrus 6 Optional Optional Optional Yes Yes Yes Optional Yes 800 iRex Technologies Digital Reader 2010 8.1 360 g 768 × 16 Linux 128 MB SDHC Yes No Unknown Yes Yes Yes No Yes 800 (12.6 oz) 1024 iRex Technologies Digital Reader 2008 10.2 700 g 1024 × 16 Linux SD Unknown Unknown 1000 (24.69 oz) 1280 Yes No No Unknown Yes Unknown Yes iRex Technologies iLiad 2006 8.1 480 g 768 × 16 Linux 64 MB SD, CF (16.93 oz) 1024 Yes Yes, Wifi No No Yes No No Yes iRiver Story 2009 6 233 g 600 × 8 Linux 2 GB SDHC Unknown No No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes (8.22 oz) 800 Paperback 2010 6 174 g 600 × 8 Linux 512 MB SD italica Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown [15] (6.13 oz) 800 GmbH Jinke [7] 2008 5 Unknown 600 × 8 Linux 384 MB SDHC Unknown Hanlin V5 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 800 Jinke Hanlin V3 2007 6 Unknown 600 × 12 Linux Unknown SDHC Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes 800 Jinke Hanlin V2 2006 6 Unknown 600 × 4 Linux Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 800 [16] Kobo Wireless 2010 6 221 g 600 × 16 Linux 1 GB SDHC Kobo Books No Yes, Wifi No Yes Unknown No No Yes eReader (7.80 oz) 800 2010 6 228 g 600 × 16 Linux 2 GB SDHC Kogan Kogan eBook No No No Yes Yes No No Unknown [17] [17] (8.0 oz) 800 Technologies Reader Kolporter eClicto 2007 6 174 g 600 × 4 Linux 512 MB SD No No No No Unknown Yes No Unknown (6.1 oz) 800 Notion Ink [18] 2011 10.1 725 g 1024 × ? Android Yes, WLAN 1GB microSD ? Adam (Pixel (1.6 lb) 600 - 802.11 DDR2 Qi) b/g/n, RAM Yes Bluetooth 2.1 Yes Unknown Unknown 1GB Yes Yes + EDR, SLC WWAN - 3G HSPA 2010 6 298 g 600 × 8 Linux 512 MB SDHC Onyx [20] Yes, Boox 60 Yes, Wifi Optional Yes Yes [22] Yes Unknown [19] (10.5 oz) 800 [21] Yes International Stylus [20] 2011 9.7 498 g 1200 × 16 Linux Yes, Wifi, 2048 SDHC Onyx Boox M90 [19] (17.5 oz) 825 GPRS, MB International Yes, [23] Optional Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Stylus HSPA, HSDPA PocketBook PocketBook Pro 2010 9.7 581 g 825 × 16 Linux Yes, Wifi 2 GB microSDHC 903 (1.28 lb) 1200 802.11b/g, Yes Bluetooth, Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes UMTS + GPRS PocketBook PocketBook Pro 2010 9.7 530 g 825 × 16 Linux Yes, Wifi 2 GB microSDHC 902 (1.2 lb) 1200 No 802.11b/g, Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bluetooth Comparison of e-book readers 4 PocketBook 2010 6 250 g 600 × 16 Linux Yes, Wifi 2 GB microSDHC PocketBook Pro [24] (0.55 lb) 800 No 802.11b/g, Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 602 Bluetooth Samsung Papyrus 2009 5 Unknown Unknown 8 512M Unknown Unknown Yes No Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown Unknown Samsung E6 2010 6 315 g 600 × 8 Linux Yes, Wifi 2 GB microSD Limited Yes, (11.1 oz) 800 802.11b/g, Yes Yes Yes (1.4 GB) Yes Yes Stylus Bluetooth Sony 2010 5 155 g 600 × 16 Linux 2 GB Reader Pocket (5.47 oz) 800 (1.4 GB) Edition Yes No No Yes Unknown No No No Yes [25] PRS-350 Sony 2010 6 215 g 600 × 16 Linux 2 GB SDHC, MS Reader Touch (7.58 oz) 800 (1.4 GB) Pro DUO Edition Yes No Unknown Yes No No No Yes [26] PRS-650 Sony Reader Daily 2009 7.1 283 g 600 × 16 Linux 2 GB SDHC, MS Unknown Yes No No Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Edition PRS-900 (10 oz) 1024 Pro DUO Sony Reader Touch 2009 6 286 g 600 × 8 Linux 512 MB SDHC, MS Edition PRS-600 (10.1 oz) 800 Yes No No Yes No (380 PRO Duo No No Yes MB) Sony Reader Pocket 2009 5 220 g 600 × 8 Linux 512 MB Edition PRS-300 (7.76 oz) 800 No No No No Unknown (480 No No No Yes MB) Sony Reader PRS-700 2008 6 283 g 600 × 8 Linux 512 MB SDHC Unknown Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes (10 oz) 800 Sony Reader PRS-505 2008 6 250 g 600 × 8 Linux 256 MB, SD, MS (9 oz) 800 No No No No Unknown (192 No No Yes MB) Sony Reader PRS-500 2006 6 250 g 600 × 8 Linux 64 MB SD Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes (9 oz) 800 Sony Librié 2004 6 190 g 600 × 4 Linux 10 MB MS PRO No No No Yes No Yes No Yes (6.7 oz) 800 Alex eReader 2010 6 221 g 600 × 8 Android 2 GB SD Spring Yes Yes, Wifi No Yes No Yes Yes Unknown [27] (7.8 oz) 800 Designs ES600 2009 6 240 g 600 × 16 Linux 2 GB SDHC Stereo Yes Yes, Wifi No Yes Yes No Yes Unknown [28] (8.5 oz) 800 International 2010 6 600 × 16 Linux 512 MB SDHC Wolder [20] Unknown Boox-S No No Unknown Yes Yes Unknown No Unknown [29] 800 Electronics Zzbook 2010 7 300g 800 × 16 Linux 2 GB microSD eReader HD Unknown No No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown [30] 480 Maker Model Intro Screen Weight Screen Screen Touch Wireless Directory Internal Card Web Library year size pixels shades Operating screen network Text-to-speech Integrated organization storage reader slot Replaceable browser compatible (inch) system dictionary battery Comparison of e-book readers 5 Supported File Formats See Comparison of e-book formats for details on the file formats.