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Revision as of 14:37, 30 July 2010

Further information: e-book
iLiad e-book reader equipped with e-paper display

An e-book reader, also called an e-book device or e-reader, is an electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital books and periodicals and uses e-ink technology to display content to readers. 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.

Commercially available devices based on electronic paper

Devices sold directly by the manufacturer

Manufacturer Model Intro Date Size
diag.in 		Weight Screen Resolution Grey Shades Operating System Touchscreen Wifi Text-to-Speech Integrated Dictionary Directory Organization Capability Amount of Memory Card Reader User Replaceable Battery Web Browser
Kogan Technologies[1] Kogan eBook Reader[2] 2010-07 6 228g 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 16 Linux 2.6 No No No Yes Yes RAM 64 MB;Flash 2 GB SDHC Memory No No
Condor Technology Associates[3] eGriver IDEO[4] 2010-04 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 16 Linux 2.6 No No Optional Yes Yes RAM 64 MB;NAND minimum 1 GB SDHC Memory No No
Condor Technology Associates[3] eGriver Touch[4] 2010-04 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 16 Linux 2.6 Yes Yes Optional Yes Yes RAM 128 MB;NAND 2 GB SDHC Memory No Yes
Spring Designs[5] Alex eReader 2010-05 6 221g 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 8 Android Yes Yes No Yes No 2 GB SD Yes Yes
Kobo Books[6] Kobo eReader 2010-05 6 221g 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 8 Linux No No No No No 1 GB SD No No
Stereo International Enterprise Co., Ltd(TAIWAN)[7] ES600 2009-04 6 240g 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 16 Linux 2.6 Yes Yes No Yes Yes RAM 128 MB;NAND 2 GB SDHC Memory No Yes
iRex Technologies Digital Reader 800 2010-01 8.1 360 g
(12.6 oz) 		768 × 1024 pixels (160 ppi) 16 Linux Yes No Yes Yes 128 MB SDHC Yes No
Wolder Electronics[8] Boox-S[9] 2010 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 16 Linux 2.6 No No Yes Yes RAM 128 MB; Flash 512 MB SDHC No
Onyx International[10] Boox 60[9] 2010 6 298g 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 8 Linux 2.6 Yes Yes Optional Yes Yes RAM 128 MB; Flash 512 MB SDHC Yes
italica GmbH[11] Paperback 2010 6 174 g
(6.13 oz) 		600 × 800 pixels (166 ppi) 8 Linux Yes 512MB 4GB SD Card
Sony Reader Daily Edition PRS-900 2009-12 7.1 283 g
(10 oz) 		600 × 1024 pixels (167 ppi) 16 MontaVista Linux Yes No No Yes 2GB DOU or SDHC 16GB
Barnes & Noble nook 2009-11 6 343 g
(12.1 oz) 		600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 16 Android/Linux Yes (bottom screen) Yes No Yes 2GB Micro-SD Yes Yes (firmware 1.3)
Iriver Story 2009-10 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 8 Linux No No 2 GB SDHC 32 GB
Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-600 2009-08 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 8 MontaVista Linux Yes Yes 512MB (380MB Available) Memory Stick PRO Duo™ & SD Card (16GB max)
iPapyrus Inc.[12] iPapyrus 6[9] 2009 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 8 Linux Optional Optional Optional Yes Yes RAM 128 MB; Flash 2 GB SD Yes Optional
Hanvon WISEreader N516[13] 2009 5 600 × 800 pixels (200 ppi) 8 Linux 2.6
Hanvon WISEreader N518[14] 2009 5 600 × 800 pixels (200 ppi) 8 Win CE 5.0 Yes
Hanvon WISEreader N520[15] 2009 5 600 × 800 pixels (200 ppi) 8 Win CE 5.0 No
Hanvon WISEreader N526[16] 5 600 × 800 pixels (200 ppi) 8 Win CE 5.0 Yes
PocketBook PocketBook 301 6 600 × 800 pixels (166 ppi) 16 Linux No RAM 64 Mb; HDRAM 512 Mb SD, SDHC
Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS-300 2009-08 5 220 g
(7.76 oz) 		600 × 800 pixels (200 ppi) 8 MontaVista Linux No No No No 512MB (480MB Available) No No No
Bookeen Cybook Opus 2009-08 5 600 × 800 pixels (200 ppi) 4 Linux No No No Micro SD, SDHC Yes No
Elonex eBook 2009-07 6 600 × 800 pixels (200 ppi) 4
Endless ideas BeBook Mini (Hanlin V5 clone) 5 600 × 800 pixels (200 ppi) 8 No SD up to 4GB per OEM specs, but 16GB SDHC has worked
Endless ideas BeBook One (Hanlin V3 clone) 6 4 SD up to 4GB per OEM specs, but 16GB SDHC has worked
Interead COOL-ER 2009-06 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 8 Linux No No RAM 128 MB; 1 GB storage SD (up to 4GB)
Samsung Papyrus 2009-06 5 8
Amazon Kindle DX 2009-06 9.7 540 g
(18.9 oz) 		825 × 1200 pixels (150 ppi) 16 Linux No No Yes Yes Yes 4GB (3.3 Available) No No Yes
Amazon Kindle 2 2009-02 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 16 Linux No No Yes Yes 2 GB (1.4 Available) No No Limited
Foxit Software eSlick 2009 6 180 g
(6.4 oz) 		4 SD 4GB
Sony Reader PRS-700 2008-10 6 283 g
(10 oz) 		600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 8 MontaVista Linux Yes
Sony Reader PRS-505 2008 6 250 g
(9 oz) 		600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 8 MontaVista Linux No No No No 512MB SD card and Memory Stick No No
iRex Technologies Digital Reader 1000 2008 10.2 700 g
(24.69 oz) 		1024 × 1280 pixels (160 ppi) 16 Yes Yes SD Card
Jinke Hanlin V5 2008 5 600 × 800 pixels (200 ppi) 8 SD up to 4GB per OEM specs, but 16GB SDHC has worked
Amazon Kindle 2007 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 4 Yes
Bookeen Cybook Gen3 2007 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 4 SD Card
Jinke Hanlin V3 2007 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 12 SD up to 4GB per OEM specs, but 16GB SDHC has worked
Sony Reader PRS-500 2006 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 8 MontaVista Linux
Jinke Hanlin V2 2006 6 600 × 800 pixels (167 ppi) 4
iRex Technologies iLiad 2006 8.1 480 g
(16.93 oz) 		768 × 1024 pixels (158 ppi) 16 Linux Yes Yes No No Yes 64 MB CF, SD/MMC, USB2.0 No No
Sony Librié 2004 6 4
Kolporter eClicto 2007 6 174g 600 × 800 pixels (166 ppi) 4 Linux No No No No 512 MB SD up to 2GB Yes No
Manufacturer Model Intro Date Size [in] Weight Screen Resolution Shades Operating System Touchscreen Wifi Text-to-Speech integrated dictionary directory organization capability amount of memory Card Reader user replaceable battery Web Browser

Supported File Formats

See Comparison of e-book formats for details on the file formats.

Manufacturer Model total # of formats .epub .pdb .arg .azw .djvu .html .lbr .lit .mobi .opf .pdf .pdg .tr3 .txt .xeb .mp3
Kogan Technologies[1] Kogan eBook Reader 16[17] Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Spring Design[5] Alex eReader 5 Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Kobo[6] Kobo eReader 3 Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No
Stereo International Enterprise CO., Ltd. (TAIWAN)[7] ES600[7] 8 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Onyx International[10] Boox 60 [9] 14 Yes No No No Yes Yes No No Partial (no DRM) ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
iPapyrus Inc.[12] iPapyrus 6[9] ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Wolder Electronics[8] Boox-S[9] 14 Yes No No No No Yes No No Partial (no DRM) ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
Condor Technology Associates[3] eGriver IDEO[4] 18 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Condor Technology Associates[3] eGriver Touch[4] 8 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
italica GmbH[11] Paperback 1.0 6[18] Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Sony Reader Daily Edition PRS-900[19] 11 Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Barnes & Noble nook[20] 4 Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes
Iriver Story ? Yes ? No No Yes Yes Yes No ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-600[21] 12 Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Hanvon WISEreader N516[13] ? Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Hanvon WISEreader N518[14] ? Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Hanvon WISEreader N520[15] ? Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Hanvon WISEreader N526[16] ? Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes
PocketBook PocketBook 301 ? Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS-300[22] 6 Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No No
Bookeen Cybook Opus[23] 6 Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No
Elonex eBook ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
Manufacturer Model total # of formats .epub .pdb .arg .azw .djvu .html .lbr .lit .mobi .opf .pdf .pdg .tr3 .txt .xeb .mp3
Endless ideas BeBook Mini (Hanlin V5 clone)[24] 23 Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Endless ideas BeBook One (Hanlin V3 clone)[25] 23 Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Interead COOL-ER ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
Samsung Papyrus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Amazon Kindle DX 12 No No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Amazon Kindle 2 12 No No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Foxit Software eSlick ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
Sony Reader PRS-700 ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
Sony Reader PRS-505 ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
iRex Technologies Digital Reader 800 ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
iRex Technologies Digital Reader 1000 9 Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
Jinke Hanlin V5 ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
Amazon Kindle ? No ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes
Bookeen Cybook Gen3[26] 6 Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Jinke Hanlin V3 19 Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
Sony Reader PRS-500[27] 9 Yes No No No No ? No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Jinke Hanlin V2 ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
iRex Technologies iLiad ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
Sony Librié ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
Kolporter eClicto ? Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes
Manufacturer Model total # of formats .epub .pdb .arg .azw .djvu .html .lbr .lit .mobi .opf .pdf .pdg .tr3 .txt .xeb .mp3

This list is missing many of the 1st and 2nd generation E-reader devices from the 1990s to 2005.

Rebranded devices

Announced devices or prototypes

  • QUE proReader by Plastic Logic (May 17, 2010)[28]
  • 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.
  • Skiff Reader (2010), 11.5 inch device [29] by Skiff
  • eDGe, dual screen, by enTourage (Coming in 2010)[30]
  • Slate, 8.9 inch screen, by Hewlett-Packard (June-September 2010)[31]
  • E6 Slider, 6 inch reader, by Samsung (Spring 2010)[32]
  • Samsung E61 with QWERTY design (early 2010)[33]
  • Gorld 600TW by Shenzhen
  • Takeop - an eBook project by Mircea Batranu (proj-2007/ prez-2009)[34]

Device using an LCD screen

  • URBook 5" and 7" using TFT Transflective screen [1] expected to release April 2010
  • miBook miBook using a 7" TFT screen
  • ECTACO jetBook using a 5" 16-grayscale TFT Transflective screen [2]
  • eBook - JE100 JoinTech using a TFT Color Screen Touch Panel LCD
  • eBookwise 1150 [35] Back-lit 5.5" diagonal 4-bit grayscale LCD touch screen

Discontinued models and products

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 and Windows Mobile mobile phones and devices. Adobe Reader mobile also turns Windows Mobile devices (for example, Samsung Omnia) into suitable e-Book viewers. Apple's iPhone, iPad[36] and iPod Touch are also acquiring status as e-book readers through a variety of e-reader apps. WordPlayer or FBReader turns Android phones into e-book readers. PalmOS based devices and smartphones are also usable for reading books. PalmOS supports PalmDoc, iSilo, Mobipocket reader, PDF, HTML conversion, text format, Handstory, TealDoc among many other software titles, in addition to on-the-device word processing.

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "iKogan eBook Reader". kogan.com.au. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  2. ^ "iKogan eBook Reader". kogan.com.au. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  3. ^ a b c d "Condor Technology Associates". Ctaindia.com. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  4. ^ a b c d IDEO, eGriver Touch
  5. ^ a b "Alex eReader".
  6. ^ a b "Kobo eReader".
  7. ^ a b c "Stereo International Enterprise Co., Ltd(TAIWAN)".
  8. ^ a b "Wolder Electronics". Wolder.com. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Boox 60 (spanish), Boox-S (spanish) Cite error: The named reference "boox" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ a b "Onyx International". Onyx International. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  11. ^ a b "italica GmbH". Italicareader.com. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  12. ^ a b "iPapyrus Inc". iPapyrus Inc. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  13. ^ a b "WISEreader N516". Hanvon.com. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  14. ^ a b "WISEreader N518". Hanvon.com. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  15. ^ a b "WISEreader N520". Hanvon.com. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  16. ^ a b "WISEreader N526". Hanvon.com. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  17. ^ http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/ebook-reader-6-e-ink-screen/
  18. ^ http://www.italicareader.com
  19. ^ http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666064650#specifications
  20. ^ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/techspecs/?cds2Pid=30195
  21. ^ http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665921180#specifications
  22. ^ http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665921188#specifications
  23. ^ http://www.bookeen.com/en/ebooks/fileFormats
  24. ^ http://mybebook.com/a35/FAQ_Ebooks/article_info.html
  25. ^ http://mybebook.com/a35/FAQ_Ebooks/article_info.html
  26. ^ http://www.bookeen.com/en/ebooks/fileFormats
  27. ^ http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/support-info.pl?info_id=505&mdl=PRS500
  28. ^ QUE proReader with 4GB & Wi-Fi, accessed Feb 14, 2010, lists May 17, 2010 as availability date.
  29. ^ "Skiff's Big-Screen E-Reader to Debut at CES". PCWorld. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  30. ^ Wed 30 Dec. "eDGe". eReader Sales.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ Tue 06 Apr. "The HP Slate". Retrieved 2010-04-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ Wed 01 Jan. "First hands on: Samsung E6 e-book reader".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  33. ^ Samsung E61 — e-book reader with QWERTY keyboard and without touchscreen (February 2010)
  34. ^ Mircea Batranu. "takeop the product who change the world".
  35. ^ "1150 Reading Device". eBookwise. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  36. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/technology/22reader.html?ref=technology
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