List of e-book readers
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An e-book reader, also called an e-book device or e-reader, is a device used to display e-books. It may be a device specifically designed for that purpose, or one intended for other purposes as well. The main advantages of these devices are portability, readability of their screens in bright sunlight, and long battery life. Any Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) capable of displaying text on a screen is also capable of being an e-book reader, but without the advantages of an electronic ink display.
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[edit] Commercially available devices based on electronic paper
[edit] Devices using Vizplex Imaging Film
Devices using E Ink Corporation's Vizplex Imaging Film:
[edit] Devices sold directly by the manufacturer
| Make | Model | Intro Date | Size | Shades | Operating System | total # of formats | Touchscreen | Wifi | .epub | .pdb | .arg | .azw | .djvu | .html | .lbr | .lit | .mobi | .opf | .pdg | .tr3 | .txt | .xeb | .mp3 | Text-to-Speech | .mp3 remembers last mp3 file played | integrated dictionary | directory organization capability | amount of memory | Card Reader | user replaceable battery | |
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| Sony | Reader Daily Edition PRS-900 | 2009-12 | 7" | 16 | MontaVista Linux | Yes | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Barnes & Noble | nook | 2009-11 | 6" | 16 | Android/Linux | 4 | Yes (bottom screen) | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | 2GB (unknown available) | Yes Micro-SD | Y | |||||||||||||||
| Iriver | Story | 2009-10 | 6" | 8 | Yes | Y | Y | Y | Y | Yes Micro-SD 32GB | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sony | Reader Touch Edition PRS-600 | 2009-08 | 6" | 8 | MontaVista Linux | Yes | Y | Y | Y | Y | 512MB (380MB Available) | Memory Stick PRO Duo™ & SD Card (16GB max) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hanvon | N516[1] | 2009 | 5" | 8 | Linux 2.6 | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanvon | N518[2] | 2009 | 5" | 8 | Linux 2.6 | Yes | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanvon | N526[3] | 2009 | 5" | 8 | Linux 2.6 | Yes | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanvon | N520[4] | 2009 | 5" | 8 | Linux 2.6 | Yes | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sony | Reader Pocket Edition PRS-300 | 2009-08 | 5" | 8 | MontaVista Linux | 3 | Y | Y | Y | 512MB (480MB Available) | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bookeen | Cybook Opus | 2009-08 | 5" | 4 | Linux | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elonex | eBook | 2009-07 | 6" | 4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Endless ideas | BeBook | 5" | 16 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Yes Micro-SD 16GB | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Endless ideas | BeBook | 6" | 16 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Yes Micro-SD 4GB | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Interead | COOL-ER | 2009-06 | 6" | 8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samsung | Papyrus | 2009-06 | 5" | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amazon | Kindle DX | 2009-06 | 9.7" | 16 | Linux | 12 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 4GB (3.3 Available) | No | |||||||||||||||
| Amazon | Kindle 2 | 2009-02 | 6" | 16 | Linux | 12 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 2 GB (1.4 Available) | No | |||||||||||||||
| Foxit Software | eSlick | 2009 | 6" | 4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Yes SD 4GB | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sony | Reader PRS-700 | 2008-10 | 6" | 8 | MontaVista Linux | Yes | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sony | Reader PRS-505 | 2008 | 6" | 8 | MontaVista Linux | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | sd card and memory stick | |||||||||||||||||||
| iRex Technologies | Digital Reader 1000 | 2008 | 10.2" | 16 | 9 | Yes | Y | Y | Y | Y | Yes SD Card | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jinke | Hanlin V5 | 2008 | 5" | 8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||||||
| Amazon | Kindle | 2007 | 6" | 4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bookeen | Cybook Gen3 | 2007 | 6" | 4 | No | No | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Yes SD Card | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jinke | Hanlin V3 | 2007 | 6" | 4 | 19 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sony | Reader PRS-500 | 2006 | 6" | 8 | MontaVista Linux | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jinke | Hanlin V2 | 2006 | 6" | 4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||||||
| iRex Technologies | iLiad | 2006 | 8.1" | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sony | Librié | 2005 | 6" | 4 | Y | Y |
This list is missing many of the 1st and 2nd generation E-reader devices from the 1990s to 2005.
[edit] Rebranded devices
- Hanlin V3 -> BeBook (EU): BeBook, Koobe (HU), Astak EZ Reader (US)
- Netronix EB001 -> PocketBook (UA), Astaka Mentor EZ Reader, Cybook Gen3 (200Mhz version)
- Netronix EB600 -> Cool-er, PocketBook+, Elonex eBook, eSlick, Astaka Mentor EZ Reader, Cybook Gen3 (400Mhz version), PocketBook (UA, EU)
[edit] Announced devices or prototypes
- QUE proReader by Plastic Logic (January 2010)
- Reader Daily Edition PRS-900 (7 inch touchscreen, 16 shades of gray) by Sony (December 2009)
- txtr, (October 2009), 6 inch reader from Wizpac
- Readius by Polymer Vision (Autumn 2008) UPDATE: Polymer Vision filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2009. This ebook reader will not be coming to market in its current form.
- eClicto by Kolporter (PL, December 2009)
[edit] Device using an LCD screen
- miBook miBook using a 7" TFT screen
- ECTACO jetBook using a TFT Transflective screen[[1]
- eBook - JE100 JoinTech using a TFT Color Screen Touch Panel LCD
- eBookwise 1150 [2] Back-lit 5.5" diagonal 4-bit grayscale LCD touch screen
[edit] Discontinued models and products
- Cybook / Cybook Gen1 Sold by Cytale (1998 - 2003) then by Bookeen (2003 - 2007), now replaced with Cybook Opus
- Franklin eBookMan - 1999(?)-2002 (last model), although new eBookMans are available from Ectaco
- Apple Newton MessagePad - 1993-1998
[edit] Other mobile text viewers
Some portable multimedia players and smartphones include a text viewer, e.g. several Cowon players, including the Cowon D2 and the iAUDIO U3 and Mobipocket Reader for Symbian OS mobile phones. Adobe Reader mobile also turns Windows Mobile devices (for example, Samsung Omnia) into suitable e-Book viewers. Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch are also acquiring status as e-book readers through the Lexcycle Stanza and eReader apps. WordPlayer or FBReader turns Android phones into e-book readers. PalmOS based devices including Palm pilots, Tungsten series, Zire series, T/X and smart phones are great for reading books. PalmOS supports PalmDoc, iSilo, Mobipocket reader, PDF, HTML conversion, text format, Handstory, TealDoc among many other software titles. Also, it is capable of word-processing, meaning that one can edit the documents on the palm. It's lightweight and very portable. There are also mobile devices capable of wordprocessing. Conversely, fully functional tablet notebooks (with screens that turn 180 degrees and lie with the back to the keyboard) and subnotebooks are used as e-book-readers.
[edit] See also
- Comparison of e-book formats - includes both device and software formats
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