List of e-book readers
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An e-book reader, sometimes also called an e-book device, 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 screen in bright sunlight, and long battery life. Any Personal Data Assistant (PDA) capable of displaying text on a screen is capable of being an e-book reader, but without the advantages of e-ink displays.
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[edit] Commercially available devices based on electronic paper
[edit] black and white E Ink Vizplex Imaging Film
*EZ Reader by Astak 5 & 6 inch, E-Ink, comes complete (July 2009)Link title
- COOL-ER eReader by Coolreaders (July 2009)
- Samsung Papyrus by Samsung (June 2009)
- Kindle DX by Amazon (June 2009)
- Kindle 2 by Amazon (February 2009)
- eSlick by Foxit Software (2009)
- PRS-700BC Reader Digital Book by Sony (October 2008)
- Digital Reader 1000 by iRex Technologies (2008)
- Kindle by Amazon (2007)
- Cybook Gen3 by Bookeen (2007)
- Sony Reader by Sony (2006)
- iLiad by iRex Technologies (2006)
- Librié by Sony (2005)
[edit] Rebranded devices
- Hanlin eReader hanlin V3 & V5 Astak (North America)
- Hanlin V3 -> BeBook (UK): BeBook
- Hanlin V3 -> Koobe (HU):
- Cybook -> PocketBook (UA)
[edit] Announced devices or prototypes
- Plastic Logic Reader (January 2010)
- Boox by Onyx
- txtr, (October 2009), 6 inch reader from Wizpac
- Readius by Polymer Vision (Autumn 2008)
[edit] Rumored devices or prototypes
Apple is rumored to be working on an e-book reader. There have been reports of Apple receiving 10" touch screens from Wintek (manufacture of touch screens for iPhone and iPod Touch). Apple already has software to view e-books for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
[edit] Discontinued
- Franklin eBookMan - 1999(?)-2002
[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. Apple iPhone and iPod Touch are also acquiring status as e-book readers.
There are also mobile devices capable of wordprocessing. And reversely, 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
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090311/apple-netbook-actually-an-e-book/
[edit] External links
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