The latest gadgets in technology like wireless reading devices allow busy people to bring along their favorite books and magazines. Digital data format for sure is much lighter than the same amount in books. Further more, the ease of gaining access to the latest best seller or sought after readingmaterial while being mobile is unchallenged. Amazon’s Kindle design and Sony have the right of calling their wireless reading devices the most popular portable Ebook readers for now. Other good eBook Devices are HanLin, iRex and StarEbook.
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The iPad is a tablet computer designed and developed by Apple. It is particularly marketed for consumption of media such as books and periodicals, movies, music, and games, and for general web and e-mail access. Its size and weight are intermediate between most contemporary smartphones and laptop computers. Since its release in April 2010, Apple has sold 2 million iPads.
The iPad runs the same operating system as the previously introduced iPod Touch and iPhone (initially iPhone OS 3.2, with an update to iOS 4 announced for Fall 2010). Likewise, it is controlled by a multitouch display sensitive to fingertip contact, instead of a pressure-triggered stylus as used with most earlier computers of this form.
It runs iPad-specific applications as well as those written for the iPhone and iPod Touch, including e-book readers.
The iPad uses Wi-Fi or a 3G data connection to browse the Internet, load and stream media, and install software.
A USB cable is required to sync the iPad with iTunes on a personal computer, by which the device is managed.[19] Media reaction to the device has generally been neutral or positive.
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Amazon Kindle is a software and hardware platform developed by Amazon.com (Lab126) for the rendering and displaying of e-books and other digital media. Three hardware devices, known as "Kindle", "Kindle 2", and "Kindle DX" support this platform. Kindle software applications exist for Windows, iOS, BlackBerry, Mac OS X and Android. Amazon's first hardware device, the Kindle First Generation, was released only in the United States on November 19, 2007.
The Kindle hardware device uses an E Ink brand electronic paper display that features 16 shades of gray. It wirelessly downloads content over Amazon's Whispernet using the Sprint EVDO network in the USA. Newer Kindle 2 devices use AT&T's network and its roaming partners for international wireless access. The Kindle hardware device is used without a computer connection, and Amazon Whispernet is accessible without any monthly fee or wireless subscription. All Kindle models provide free access to the Internet in the U.S. over cellular networks.
On March 3, 2009, Amazon.com launched an application called Kindle for iPhone in the iTunes App Store, allowing iPhone and iPod Touch owners to read Kindle content on those devices. Through a technology called "Whispersync", customers can connect reading progress, bookmarks and other information across Kindle hardware devices and other mobile devices.
Amazon announced the Kindle DX on May 6, 2009. This device has a larger screen than its predecessors and supports simple PDF files. It also is the thinnest Kindle to date and offers an accelerometer, which enables the user to seamlessly rotate pages between landscape and portrait orientations when the Kindle DX is turned on its side. It is marketed as more suitable for displaying newspaper and textbook content.
Amazon released the Kindle for PC free of charge, allowing users to read Kindle books on a Windows PC. Amazon also released a version for the Macintosh.
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| 5 " READER DEVICES COMPARISON TABLE |
| Brandname
| Sony Portable Reader
| Bookeen
| Pocketbook
| HanLin eBook
| Polymer Vision
| Hanvon
| Azbooka
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| Model
| Pocket Edition PRS-300
| Cybook Opus
| 360°
| V5
| Readius (unreleased)
| WISEreader N526, N520, Elonex 511EB
| WISEreader N518
| HandyBOOK N516
| WISEreader 516
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| Manufacturer
| Sony
| Netronix
| Jinke Electronics
| Polymer Vision
| Hanvon
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| Picture
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| Screen Technology
| E Ink Vizplex
| Rollable organic TFT backplane with Vizplex frontplane
| E Ink Vizplex
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| Display Size
| (76 × 102mm) 5" 600 × 800 pixels, 200 ppi
| 5" 240 × 320 pixels, 85 ppi
| (76 × 102mm) 5" 600 × 800 pixels, 200 ppi
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| Grey Levels
| 8
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 16
| 8
| 8
| 8
| 8
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| Touch Screen
| no
| no
| no
| no
| no
| N526
| yes (finger or stylus)
| no
| no
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| OS
| Linux
| Linux
| Linux
| Linux
| WinCE
| WinCE
| WinCE
| Linux
| Linux
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| Boot Time
| ?
| 15s
| 21s
| 16s
| ?
| ~20s
| 20s
| 20s
| ?
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| CPU
| Freescale i.MXL MC9328MXLVP20
(ARM920T core, 200MHz)
| Samsung® S3C2440
(ARM920T core, 400MHz)
| Samsung® S3C2440
(ARM920T core, 400MHz)
| Samsung® S3C2440
(ARM920T core, 400MHz)
| ARM11 400MHz
| Ingenic® JZ4740
(MIPS XBurst core, 336MHz)
| Ingenic® JZ4740
(MIPS XBurst core, 336MHz)
| Ingenic® JZ4740
(MIPS XBurst core, 336MHz)
| Ingenic® JZ4740
(MIPS XBurst core, 336MHz)
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| Memory
| ?MB RAM, 512MB Internal (440 MB User Accessible)
| 32MB RAM, 1GB Internal
| 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal
| 32MB RAM, 512MB Internal, 2M NOR Flash
| 128MB RAM, 256MB Internal
| ??MB RAM, 512MB Internal
| 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal
| 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal
| 64MB RAM, 512MB Internal
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| Expansion Slots
| none
| Micro SD
May support SDHC
| Micro SD/SDHC
| SD/SDHC
| Micro SD
| SD/SDHC
| SD/SDHC
| SD/SDHC
| SD/SDHC/SDIO
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| Other Interfaces
| USB 2.0 (charging)
| USB 2.0 (charging)
| USB 2.0 (charging)
| USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo
| USB 2.0 (charging), Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, GSM/GPRS/ EDGE tri-band
| USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo (micro-USB 1.1 host reserved for future use)
| USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo
| USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo
| USB 2.0 (charging), headphone 3.5mm stereo
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| Supported Formats
| BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG
| OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF, EPUB, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3
| FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, PDB (PalmDoc), Plucker, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR,JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
| PDF (reflow), TXT, RTF, EPUB, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP
| TXT, HTML, PDF
| TXT, HTML, PDF, EPUB, MTXT, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3
| FB2, ePub, MOBI, HTML, CHM, RTF, TXT, PalmDOC, zTXT, TCR, JPG, GIF, PNG
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| Supported DRM Formats
| Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe (EPUB/PDF)
| Adobe (EPUB/PDF)
| Adobe (EPUB/PDF)
| Wolf, Adobe (EPUB/PDF)
| ?
| Adobe (EPUB/PDF)
| none
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| Software
| eBook Library, Adobe Digital Editions, calibre
| Adobe Digital Editions
| Adobe Digital Editions, FBReader, PocketNews (for RSS Feeds)
| WOLF Maker, WOLF Printer, Adobe Digital Editions
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| Adobe Digital Editions
| FBReader
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| 6 " READER DEVICES COMPARISON TABLE |
| Brandname
| HanLin eBook
| Sony Portable Reader
| Amazon Kindle
| Bookeen
| COOL-ER
| Pocketbook
| txtr reader
| NUUTbook
| iriver
| Onyx
| Barnes and Noble
| Spring Design
| ViewSonic
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| Model
| V3
| Touch Edition PRS-600
| Kindle 2
| Cybook Gen3
| Cool-er Classic
| 301 Plus
| 302 (unreleased)
| txtr reader (unreleased)
| NUUT2
| iriver Story
| Boox60
| Nook
| Alex (unreleased)
| Viewsonic VEB612
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| Manufacturer
| Jinke Electronics
| Sony
| Hon Hai Precision Industries
| Netronix
| txtr GmbH
| Neolux Corporation
| iriver
| Onyx
| Barnes & Noble
| Spring Design
| ViewSonic
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| Picture
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| Display Size
| (90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi
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| Grey Levels
| 4
| 8
| 16
| 4
| 4
| 4(16 soft)
| 16
| 16
| 8
| 8
| 8
| 16
| 16?
| 8
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| Touch Screen
| no
| yes (finger or stylus)
| n.a.
| no
| n.a.
| n.a.
| yes (finger or stylus)
| n.a.
| n.a.
| n.a.
| yes (Wacom)
| Separate color LCD touchscreen, 480 x 144 pixels
| Separate 3.5" color LCD touchscreen
| no
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| OS
| Linux
| Linux 2.6.23
| Linux 2.6.22
| Linux 2.6.18
| Linux
| Linux
| Linux
| Linux
| Linux
| Linux
| Linux
| Android 1.5, Linux 2.6.27
| Android 1.5
| ?
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| Boot Time
| 16s
| 15s
| ?
| 20s
| 30s
| 9s
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
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| CPU
| Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz)
| Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz)
| Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz)
| V1, V2: Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz)
V3, Gold: Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz)
| Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz)
| Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz)
| Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz)
| Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz)
| ARM compatible (300MHz)
| ARM11 (533MHz)
| Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz)
| Samsung S3C6410 (ARM1176JZF-S core, 667MHz)
| Marvell’s ARMADA 166E
| ?
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| Memory
| 512MB, Internal 2M NOR Flash, 512MB SD Card included
| 128MB RAM, 512MB(NAND) Flash (~420MB user accessible)
| 128MB RAM, 2GB Flash (1.4GB user accessible)
| V1: 16MB RAM, 64MB Flash
V2: 16MB RAM, 512 Flash
V3: 32MB RAM, 512MB Flash
Gold: ??MB RAM, 1GB Flash
| 128MB RAM, 1GB Flash
| 64MB RAM, 512MB Flash
| 64MB RAM, 512MB Flash
| 64MB RAM
| ?MB RAM, 1GB Flash (512MB user accessible)
| ?MB RAM, 2 GB Flash
| 32MB RAM, 512MB Flash
| ?MB RAM, 2 GB Flash
| ?
| 512MB Internal
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| Expansion Slots
| SD/MMC up to 4GB
| MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo
| none
| SD/SDHC
| SD up to 4GB
| SD/SDHC
| MicroSD/SDHC, USB Host
| MicroSD/microSDHC - 8GB microSD included
| SD/SDHC, USB host
| SD/SDHC
| SD/SDHC, USB OTG
| MicroSD/SDHC
| SD/SDHC
| SD card up to 4GB
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| Other Interfaces
| USB 1.1 (charging), headphone
| USB 2.0, headphone
| USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, EVDO/CDMA
| USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo
| USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo
| USB 2.0 (charging), 2.5mm stereo
| USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, Bluetooth, WiFi
| USB 2.0 (charging), Bluetooth, 3G/GPRS
| USB 2.0 (charging), 24-pin cell charger, 3.5mm stereo, WiFi,
| USB 2.0 (charging)?, headphone, microphone
| USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, WiFi
| Micro USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, WiFi, 3G/GPRS
| Micro USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, WiFi, 3G/GPRS?
| USB 2.0 Slave Card Reader SD Slot Earphone Jack 2.5mm Phone Jack 2.5mm - 3.5mm for audio
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| Supported Formats
| PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP
| BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, AAC
| Kindle (AZW and TOPAZ), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), PDF (non DRM), TXT, MP3, Audible (format 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3;
| Mobi firmware: OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF (non DRM), PRC/MOBI, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3
ePub firmware: ePub, OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3
| PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, PRC, JPG AND MP3
| FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, MP3, ZIP
| PDF, EPUB, HTML, RTF, Powerpoint
| PDF, EPUB, TXT, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, WAV
| PDF, EPUB, TXT, PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, JPG, BMP, GIF, MP3, WMA, OGG
| PDF, EPUB, MOBI, FB2, TXT, PDB, HTML, CHM, DJVU, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
| PDF, EPUB, eReader, PDB, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3
| ?
| PDF, TXT, ePub, HTML, PRC, MP3
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| Supported DRM Formats
| Wolf and MobiPocket or Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| AZW and TOPAZ (Kindle only)
| MobiPocket
| Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| eReader (EPUB/eReader), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| ?
| EPUB
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| Software
| WOLF Maker, WOLF Printer
| eBook Library, Adobe Digital Editions
| NetFront web browser & MobiPocket Java Reader
| Bookeen® Multi-format eBook reader
| Adobe Digital Editions
| Adobe Digital Editions, PocketBook News Reader, 3d party applications (open API)
| Adobe Digital Editions
| Adobe Digital Editions
| Adobe Digital Editions
| Adobe Digital Editions
| Adobe Digital Editions
| ?
| ?
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| Content Partners
| MobiPocket
| Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Libri.de, Thalia.de, Thalia.ch, stauffacher.ch
| Amazon
| MobiPocket, Ubibooks, Cluster21
| Cooler Books
| ?
| online portal txtr.com
| ?
| ?
| ?
| B&N eBooks
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| LARGER READER DEVICES COMPARISON TABLE |
| Brandname
| Sony Portable Reader
| iRex
| Amazon Kindle
| Astak Mentor
| Pocketbook
| Plastic Logic
| enTourage Systems
| Fujitsu FLEPia
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| Model
| Daily Edition PRS-900
| DR800SG
| iLiad
| Digital Reader 1000
| Kindle DX
| Mentor Electra
| PocketBook 901
| QUE
| enTourage eDGe
| FLEPia
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| Manufacturer
| Sony
| iRex Technologies
| Hon Hai Precision Industries
| Netronix
| Plastic Logic
| ?
| Fujitsu
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| Picture
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| ?
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| Screen Technology
| E Ink Vizplex
| E Ink Vizplex
| E Ink Vizplex
| E Ink Vizplex
| E Ink Vizplex
| E Ink Vizplex FlexiScreen
| E Ink Vizplex flexible plastic display
| E Ink Vizplex
| color epaper ?
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| Display Size
| (90 × 154mm) 7.1" 600 × 1024 pixels, 167 ppi
| (122 × 163mm) 8.1" 768x1024 pixels, 158 ppi
| (122 x 163mm) 8.1" 768x1024 pixels, 158 ppi
| (163 × 203mm) 10.2" 1024x1280 pixels, 160 ppi
| (140 × 203mm) 9.7" 825×1200 pixels, 150 ppi
| (160 × 214mm) 10.5" 944x1264 pixels, 150 ppi
| (140 × 203mm) 9.7" 825x1200 pixels, 150 ppi
| (124 × 165mm) 8" 768x1024 pixels, ?ppi
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| Grey Levels
| 16
| 16
| 16
| 16
| 16
| 16
| 16
| 8
| 16
| 260,000 colors (3 Scans); 4,096 (2 Scans); 64 colors (1 Scan)
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| Touch Screen
| yes (finger or stylus)
| yes (WaCom Pen)
| yes (WaCom Pen)
| yes (WaCom Pen, DR1000S & DR1000SW editions)
| no
| yes (finger or stylus)
| no
| yes (finger)
| yes (WaCom Pen)
| yes (finger or stylus)
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| OS
| Linux
| Linux
| Linux
| Linux 2.6.24
| Linux 2.6.22.19
| Linux
| Linux
| Microsoft Windows CE?
| Android 1.6
| Microsoft Windows CE5.0
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| Boot Time
| ?
| ?
| 44s
| 50s
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
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| CPU
| Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz)
| Freescale i.MX31L
| Intel X-Scale 400MHz
| Freescale i.MX31L 400MHz?
| Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz)
| Samsung S3C2443 400MHz
| ?
| Marvell ARMADA 166E 800MHz
| Marvell ARMADA 166E 800MHz
| Intel XScale RISC CPU
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| Memory
| 128MB Ram + 2GB (NAND) Flash (~1.6GB user accessible)
| 128MB Ram + 2GB SD
| 64MB Ram + 128MB free Flash
| 128MB Ram + 1GB SD
| 128MB Ram + 8MB NOR Flash + 4GB NAND Flash (~3.3GB user accessible)
| 64MB Ram + 512MB NAND Flash
| ?
| ??MB Ram + 8GB (~7.6GB user accessible)
| ?Ram + 4GB (~3GB user accessible)
| ?
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| Expansion Slots
| MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo
| SD/SDHC
| MMC, CF Type II, USB Memory
| SD/SDHC
| none
| SD/SDHC
| SD/SDHC
| none
| SD
| SD
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| Other Interfaces
| USB 2.0, headphone, 3G (AT&T)
| USB 2.0 (charging); 3G (Verizon)
| USB 1.1, headphone, WiFi 802.11b (NOT for Book Edition), 10/100 LAN
| USB 2.0 (charging); 1000SW only: WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth
| USB 2.0, headphone, EVDO/CDMA
| 2 × USB 2.0 (one charging), headphone, Bluetooth, WiFi 802.11g, SD3G
| ?
| USB 2.0 (charging), Bluetooth, WiFi 802.11g, 3G (US: AT&T)
| 2 x USB, headphone, WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, 3G (optional), 1.3 Megapixel camera, internal microphone and speakers
| USB 2.0 mini-B connector × 1, Bluetooth Ver2.0+EDR, Stereo speakers, headphone, WiFi 802.11b/g
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| Supported Formats
| BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, AAC
| eReader, ePub, PDF, TXT, JPG, BMP, PNG (via FBReader: fb2, CHM, Plucker, zTxt, TCR, RTF, OEB, PRC)
| PDF, HTML, TXT, JPG, BMP, PNG, PRC/MOBI, DJVU (via FBReader: fb2, CHM, Plucker, zTxt, TCR, RTF, OEB, EPUB)
| PDF, HTML, TXT, JPG, BMP, PNG, PRC/MOBI (via FBReader: fb2, CHM, Plucker, zTxt, TCR, RTF, OEB, EPUB, via evice: DJVU)
| Kindle (AZW and TOPAZ), PRC/MOBI (non DRM), TXT, PDF, Audible (format 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3;
| eReader, PDF, EPUB, HTML/CHM, TXT, RTF, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, AAC
| FB2, TXT, PDF, DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, MP3, ZIP
| PDF, ePub, TXT, GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP
| ePub, PDF
| ?
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| Supported DRM Formats
| Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| eReader, Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| MobiPocket
| MobiPocket
| AZW and TOPAZ (USA only)
| eReader, Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
| ?
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| Services
| Sony CONNECT via 3G
| Barnes&Noble ebook store via 3G
| iRex Technologies Delivery Service (iDS)
| Amazon Kindle Whispernet. E-mail conversion of DOC, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and PDF
| ?
| ?
| Barnes&Noble ebook store via wiFi and 3G
| ?
| ?
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| Content Partners
| Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Libri.de, Thalia.de, Thalia.ch, stauffacher.ch
| Barnes&Noble
| De Tijd, IFRA, Les Echos, NRC Handelsblad, MobiPocket
| Amazon
| FictionWise
| ?
| Barnes&Noble
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