| Brandname |
Sony Portable Reader |
Amazon Kindle |
iriver |
Barnes and Noble |
| Model |
Touch Edition PRS-600 |
Kindle 2 |
iriver Story |
Nook |
| Picture |
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| Dimensions |
175 x 122 x 9.7 mm (6.9″ x 4.8″ x .4″) |
203 x 135 x 9 mm (8″ x 5.3″ x .36″) |
203.5 × 127 × 9.4 mm (8″ × 5″ × .4″) |
196 x 126 x 13 mm (7.7″ x 4.9″ x .5″) |
| Weight |
285g (10.1oz) |
289g (10.2oz) |
298g (10.5oz) |
343g (12.1oz) |
| Screen Technology |
E Ink Vizplex |
E Ink Vizplex |
E Ink Vizplex |
E Ink Vizplex |
| Display Size |
(90 × 120mm) 6″ 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi |
(90 × 120mm) 6″ 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi |
(90 × 120mm) 6″ 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi |
(90 × 120mm) 6″ 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi |
| Grey Levels |
8 |
16 |
8 |
16 |
| Controller |
Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) |
Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) |
? |
Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521) |
| Touch Screen |
yes (finger or stylus) |
no |
no |
Separate color LCD touchscreen, 480 x 144 pixels |
| Full-screen Refresh Rate |
0.37s (fast mode) |
0.9s |
? |
? |
| Power |
Li-ion |
Li-ion 1530mAh |
Li-Polymer 1800mAh |
Li-Polymer 1530mAh |
| Battery Life |
7’500 pages |
with EVDO: “4 days”, without: “up to two weeks” |
7’000 pages, 20h Audio |
up to 10 days with wireless off |
| OS |
Linux 2.6.23 |
Linux 2.6.22 |
Linux 2.6.28.6 |
Android 1.5, Linux 2.6.27 |
| Boot Time |
15s |
? |
? |
? |
| SDK |
no |
no |
? |
? |
| CPU |
Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) |
Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz) |
Samsung® S3C6410 (ARM1176, 667MHz) |
Samsung® S3C6410 (ARM1176JZF-S core, 667MHz) |
| Memory |
128MB RAM, 512MB(NAND) Flash (~420MB user accessible) |
128MB RAM, 2GB Flash (1.4GB user accessible) |
64MB RAM, 2 GB Flash |
?MB RAM, 2 GB Flash |
| Expansion Slots |
MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo |
none |
SD/SDHC |
MicroSD/SDHC |
| Other Interfaces |
USB 2.0, headphone |
USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, EVDO/CDMA |
mini USB 2.0 (charging), headphone, microphone |
Micro USB 2.0 (charging), 3.5mm stereo, WiFi, 3G/GPRS |
| Supported Formats |
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; |
PDF, EPUB, TXT, DOC, PPT, XLS, JPG, BMP, GIF, MP3, WMA, OGG, CBZ, Djvu(firmware 1.71), HWP |
PDF, EPUB, eReader, PDB, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3 |
| Supported DRM Formats |
Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) |
AZW and TOPAZ (Kindle only) |
Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) |
eReader (EPUB/eReader), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF) |
| Font Sizes |
5 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
| Folder Navigation |
No (collections) |
No |
? |
No |
| Search functionality / Dictionary lookup |
built-in dictionary and search using touchscreen |
search using keyboard, built-in dictionary using 5-way |
library search: yes / inside ebook search: no / dictionary: no |
search using touchscreen keyboard, built-in dictionary |
| Note taking / highlighting / underlining |
using touchscreen |
using keyboard and 5-way |
separate notes application / no highlighting |
using color touchscreen |
| Text to Speech |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
| PDF Capabilities |
Full Page; Landscape; Arbitrary Zoom; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks; Text Search; Dictionary Lookup;
|
Full Page; Landscape Autocrop; Text Search;
|
Full page;
Square Crop View; Reflow;
|
Full Page; Single Page Reflow; Table of Contents; Hyperlinks;
|
| Software |
eBook Library, Adobe Digital Editions |
NetFront web browser & MobiPocket Java Reader |
Adobe Digital Editions |
Adobe Digital Editions |
| Services |
Sony CONNECT |
Amazon Kindle Whispernet. Sync Kindle ebooks across multiple devices. E-mail conversion of DOC, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and PDF |
? |
3G via AT&T |
| Content Partners |
Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Libri.de, Thalia.de, Thalia.ch, stauffacher.ch |
Amazon |
Book2 (korean), Yes24 (korean), Kyobo (korean), and more Adobe drm support sites. |
B&N eBooks |