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:

Barnes & Noble nook

The first (left) and second (right) version of the Amazon Kindle

The Cybook Opus

A BeBook

[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 .pdf .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
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

[edit] Announced devices or prototypes

[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

[edit] Other mobile text viewers

A Symbian OS smartphone used as an e-book reader

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

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.hanvon.com/en/products/EPD-applications/WISEreader_N516.html
  2. ^ http://www.hanvon.com/en/products/EPD-applications/WISEreader_N518.html
  3. ^ http://www.hanvon.com/en/products/EPD-applications/WISEreader_N526.html
  4. ^ http://www.hanvon.com/en/products/EPD-applications/WISEreader_N520.html

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