By Harry McCracken | Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:14 am
By almost any imaginable definition, last week was the newsiest ever in the still-new world of e-book readers. We witnessed the unveiling of Barnes & Noble’s ambitious Nook. We got more details about Plastic Logic’s long-awaited device. We learned of an underdog known as the Spring Design Alex. We were informed that Amazon was killing the original Kindle 2 and lowering the price of the model with international roaming, and saw a demo of an upcoming Amazon Kindle reader application for Windows (a Mac version is also in the works). In short, the era in which it was logical to use “Kindle” as shorthand for “book-reading gizmo” is over.
It seems like a good time, then, to put some basic facts and figures about a bunch of major and/or new e-reader competitors in one place. After the jump, a quick Technologizer Cheat Sheet.
In three words: Pioneering…getting stale?
Price: $259
Availability: Now
Books, etc: 360,000 books; newspapers, magazines, and blogs.
Screen(s): 6″ E-Ink; 16 shades of gray; 600 by 800 pixels
Dimensions and weight: 8″ by 5.3″ by .36″; 10.2 oz.
Battery life: Up to four days with wireless turned on; up to two weeks with it turned off
Input: Physical keyboard, buttons
Connectivity: AT&T 3G (international roaming available), USB
Battery life: Four days with wireless on; up to two weeks with wireless off
Memory: 2GB (1.4GB available)
Expansion: None
ePub e-book standard supported: No
PDF and DOC supported: Yes, through conversion
Dictionary: Yes
Annotation: Yes
Random other features: Reads books out loud unless disabled by publisher; rudimentary audio player and Web browser; Wikipedia
Readers for other devices: iPhone/iPod Touch, Windows and Mac in works
Previous Technologizer coverage: Here
In three words: Kindle, only bigger.
Price: $489
Availability: Now
Books, etc: 360,000 books; newspapers, magazines, and blogs.
Screen(s): 9.7″ E-Ink; 16 shades of gray; 1200 by 824 pixels
Dimensions and weight: 10.4″ by 7.2″ by .38″; 18.9 oz.
Battery life: Up to four days with wireless turned on; up to two weeks with it turned off
Input: Physical keyboard, buttons
Connectivity: Sprint 3G, USB
Memory: 4GB (3.3GB available)
Expansion: None
ePub e-book standard supported: No
PDF and DOC supported: Yes
Dictionary: Yes
Annotation: Yes
Random other features: Reads books out loud unless disabled by publisher; rudimentary audio player and Web browser; Wikipedia
Readers for other devices: iPhone/iPod Touch, Windows and Mac in works
Previous Technologizer coverage: Here
In three words: Looks quite promising.
Price: $259
Availability: Late November
Books, etc: A million books, including 500,000 free titles; newspapers and magazines
Screen(s): 6″ E-Ink with 16 shades of gray and 3.5″ color touchscreen
Dimensions and weight: 7.7″ by 4.9″ by .5; 11.2 oz.
Battery life: Up to ten days with wireless turned off
Input: Touchscreen, physical buttons, onscreen keyboard
Connectivity: AT&T 3G (no word yet on international roaming as far as I know), Wi-Fi, USB
Memory: 2GB
Expansion: microSD slot
ePub e-book standard supported: Yes
PDF and DOC supported: Yes for PDF; no for DOC
Dictionary: Yes
Annotation: Yes
Random other features: Books can be loaned to other users of Nook and B&N’s reader software for PCs, Macs, iPhones, and BlackBerries; plays MP3s
Readers for other devices: Windows, Mac, iPhone, BlackBerry
Previous Technologizer coverage: Here
In three words: An interesting underdog.
Price: Both $399 and $449 have been reported
Availability: Late October (although while I was writing this, Best Buy removed it from its site)
Books, etc.: Via Barnes & Noble, a million books, including 500,000 free titles; newspapers and magazines; also has content from Newspapers Direct and LibreDigital
Screen(s): 8.1″ E-Ink
Dimensions and weight: 7.6″ by 5.9″ by .4; 14.9 oz.
Battery life: Not sure
Input: Stylus, physical buttons
Connectivity: Verizon 3G, USB
Memory: 2GB (via included microSD card)
Expansion: microSD slot
ePub e-book standard supported: Yes
PDF and DOC supported: Yes for PDF; DOC not mentioned
Dictionary: Yes
Annotation: Via future firmware update
Random other features: None that I know of
Readers for other devices: None that I know of
Previous Technologizer coverage: Here
In three words: Ship it already!
Price: TBA
Availability: Next year
Books, etc: Via Barnes & Noble, a million books, including 500,000 free titles; newspapers and magazines.
Screen(s): 10.7″ E-Ink
Dimensions and weight: .3″ thick; weighs “less than many periodicals”
Battery life: “days”
Input: Touchscreen
Connectivity: AT&T 3G, Wi-Fi, USB
Memory: Unspecified
Expansion: Unspecified
ePub e-book standard supported: Yes
PDF and DOC supported: Yes
Dictionary: Unknown
Annotation: Yes
Random other features: Shatterproof plastic screen
Readers for other devices: Unknown
Previous Technologizer coverage: Here
In three words: Looks okay; pricey.
Price: Announced in August at $399 (but with the Kindle having undergone two price cuts since then and the Nook coming in at $259, you gotta wonder whether Sony will cut the price)
Availability: December
Books, etc.: “Thousands” of titles from Sony E-Book Store; a million free books from Google
Screen: 7″ E-Ink; 800 by 600; 16 shades of gray
Dimensions and weight: Unspecified as far as I know
Battery life: Up to two weeks with wireless shut off
Input: Physical buttons
Connectivity: AT&T 3G, USB
Memory: 2GB
Expansion: Memory Stick Pro and SD slots
ePub e-book format supported: Yes
PDF and DOC supported: Yes (conversion of DOC requires Word installed on PC)
Dictionary: Yes
Annotation: Yes
Random other features: MP3 and AAC music playback
Reader software for other devices: Windows, Mac
Previous Technologizer coverage: Here
In three words: Smaller and cheaper.
Price: $199.99
Availability: Now
Books, etc.: “Thousands” of titles from Sony E-Book Store; a million free books from Google
Screen: 5″ E-Ink; 800 by 600; 8 shades of gray
Dimensions and weight: 6.25″ by 4.25″ by .4″; 7.76 oz.
Battery life: 2 weeks
Input: Physical buttons
Connectivity: USB
Memory: 512MB; 440MB available
Expansion: None
ePub e-book format supported: Yes
PDF and DOC supported: Yes (conversion of DOC requires Word installed on PC)
Dictionary: No
Annotation: No
Random other features: None that I know of
Reader software for other devices: Windows, Mac
Previous Technologizer coverage: Here
In three words: Really needs wireless.
Price: $299.99
Availability: Now
Books, etc.: “Thousands” of titles from Sony E-Book Store; a million free books from Google
Screen: 6″ E-Ink; 800 by 600; 8 shades of gray
Dimensions and weight: 6.9″ by 4.8″ by .4″; 10.1 oz.
Battery life: 2 weeks
Input: Touch
Connectivity: USB
Memory: 512MB; 380MB available
Expansion: Memory Stick Pro and SD slots
ePub e-book format supported: Yes
Dictionary: Yes
Annotation: Yes
PDF and DOC supported: Yes (conversion of DOC requires Word installed on PC)
Reader software for other devices: Windows, Mac
Random other features: MP3 and AAC audio playback
Previous Technologizer coverage: Here
In three words: More info, please!
Price: TBA
Availability: Unclear
Books, etc: Still signing up content providers, apparently
Screen(s): 6″ E-Ink and 3.5″ color touchscreen
Battery life: Unspecified
Connectivity: Unclear, but mention of 3G, EVDO, and Wi-Fi
Memory: Unspecified
Expansion: SD slot
ePub e-book format supported: Unspecified
Dictionary: Unspecified
Annotation: Yes, apparently
PDF and DOC supported: Unspecified
Reader software for other devices: Unknown
Random other features: Multimedia capabilities of some sort
Previous Technologizer coverage: Here
I could go on–the TIME slideshow has some more contenders, all of which are obscure, unreleased, and/or unavailable in the U.S.–but that’s all for now. Any of these particularly tickle your fancy? Looks like the Nook will definitely shake things up, and the Que is potentially significant…
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October 25th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Thank you for the great comparison of ebook readers. Hopefully, you will provide future reviews for each ebook reader based on performance. This would help before purchasing.
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October 26th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Nook: According to CNET (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10374792-1.html), the main screen resolution is 600×800, the same as other 6 inch e-ink displays. The color touch display is reported to be 480×144. In BN’s nook faq, it says with wireless on and/or music usage, battery need changing after two days.
DR800SG: the screen resolution is 768×1024, the same as the irex’s previous iliad product and what e-ink specs for their 8.1 inch screens. Specs galore here: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Irex-DR800SG/?kc=rss
Sony Read Daily Edition: it would be strange for the taller screen to still have a resolution of 600×800. I would guess it’s going to be 600×1024.
October 26th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Not quite completely fair — for “support doc files?” you sometimes put “yes with conversion” and sometimes put “no”. Compare the Sony and B&N Nook for example. Does either support doc files natively? No. Can both display doc files that have been converted for the device? Sure. There’s tools to convert word to PDF, HTML, EPUB, so there’s ways to get the stuff in there.
That’s one problem with this comparison that I was able to quickly catch on my own, but it leaves me wondering what I might be missing.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:50 am
@doug: I cheerfully admit that this Cheat Sheet isn’t definitive or completely consistent. I don’t feel guilty about drawing a distinction between e-readers that provide some sort of means for converting DOC files (as the 6″ Kindle does) and those that don’t–and when I said Barnes & Noble’s Nook didn’t support DOC, I based it on Barnes & Noble’s own comparison chart between the Nook and the Kindle, which puts a red x next to “Word document support” for the Nook:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/compare/
–Harry
October 26th, 2009 at 11:35 am
The problem with e-ink is that it sucks. I just got a Kindle – I live in France – and am returning it. The contrast is so bad that it’s pretty much unreadable without bright light on the screen. In the sun it’s great, but at home it truly sucks. I’m astounded why people are buying this thing and keeping it. Am I missing something?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Your book availability figures are misleading because you’re swallowing B&N’s b.s. that they have millions of books. What matters is in-copyright books, and from what I can tell you’re more likely to get current fiction and nonfiction books on the Kindle than any other device.
It’s a cinch to read public domain Project Gutenberg and Google Books on the Kindle (and any computer, and most phones, etc etc) but Amazon doesn’t include those titles as part of its “library.” Rightly so, they’re already part of everyone’s library. If we care about the future of digital books we should teach people about things like PG so they do not have to be spoonfed pre-exisiting content and don’t get tricked into buying out-of-copyright texts with no value added.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:57 am
My favourite e-book reader: iPhone. I mostly use the Kindle app on it (but got the B&N app too, in case it offers an advantage). I have it with me all the time, and I find it remarkably comfortable to read (unexpected, because of the screen size). Quasi-all my fiction reading now happens on that device.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
@jhn I don’t think I swallowed anyone’s BS–the numbers quoted in the story are those claimed by the manufacturer, and you’re absolutely right that the sheer quantity of books is far less important than whether a reader has the book you want.
I look forward to reviewing the Nook, and when I do I’ll judge it on how the selection compares to Amazon in terms of in-copyright books of interest to real people.
–Harry
October 26th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Thanks for the brief rundown — only a handful of these have really gotten any press or many dollars so I think it’s far to early to tell. As a whole, I think tech writers and the public at large wants ONE product to win (the one they buy) — why can’t their be lots of e-Readers and lots of winners?
Of course, in a write up such as this, how could you not give Apple even a mention (they have e-Reader software for their iPod Touch andn iPhone — also considering the amount of press the rumored tablet has received, you would think, Harry, you could join the fray.
Root tootin’ & Horn blastin’,
JGowan
“You’ve got your peanut butter in my opinion”
October 26th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Excellent summation! I particularly like the three word summaries– although I don’t consider my Kindle 2 stale. I’ll watch for your opinion of the Nook and the QUE once they’re out. Is B&N being coy? No one seems to have really tried one and they’re supposed to ship in less than 30 days.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Anybody remember the Franklin Rocket eBook? Whatever happened to that?
http://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Electronics-EB-500-Rocket-eBook/dp/B00000JSFS
October 26th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Another one recently announced (at the Frankfurt Book Fair) is from txtr see http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/15/new-e-reader-txtr-germanys-answer-to-the-kindle/ and their own website http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/15/new-e-reader-txtr-germanys-answer-to-the-kindle/
October 26th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Please report DPI and contrast of the screens, otherwise it’s meaningless.
October 26th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Don’t forget the Story.
One other category that would be useful, if difficult to track, is international availability. This is especially important with regards to content providers. For that reason the only choice for me is the International Kindle. The Nook looks sweet, but it’ll be years before it releases outside of the US.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
So let me get this straight: Yet another e-book guru who has never used one? Or used one for a just week?
I’m not going to comment on any of your specific statements. I’ll just pass along some personal experience: Get 50,000 pages under your belt. Then you’ll know what you’re talking about. You’re perspective changes and your preconceptions evaporate.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Forgot the astak ezreader.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:15 am
@mike: Who’s this e-book guru (I’m not one) who has never used one (I’ve owned several, have reviewed them here and elsewhere, and have read thousands of pages on them)?
–Harry
October 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I may very well be in the minority on this, but until an eBook reader includes a backlight, I’m not interested. The primary reason (>95%) I want an eBook reader device is to read in bed at night with all other lighting off. Battery life is a non-issue since there’s a plug-in readily available where I will be using the device. They may be backlit, but for me, a laptop/netbook is over-sized for reading.
The whole reason for the eBook market segment to exist is to do away with the limitations of paper books. One of greatest of those limitations is the ability to read at night. Seems like a logical problem to try to solve.
Once a company builds a reader with this feature, they’ve earned my eBook purchasing dollars. And my wife’s gratitude.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:12 am
Do any of these *not* have the white-to-black-to-white flicker on changing pages? I suspect it’s an eInk problem but it makes ebook readers unusable for me as it just disrupts my reading; I’d love to find one that’s cured the problem.
October 28th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
@i1Patrick: Considering that e-readers are the killer app for e-ink technology, there will never be an e-reader with a backlight. That’s because e-ink is designed to mimic the optical properties of printed paper — and so far, society has done just fine without backlit books.
Kidding aside, reading on a backlit screen for long periods causes eyestrain, which is why e-ink was invented. But if you really want to read on a backlit screen, then you can just get an e-reader application for your smartphone or PC.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:23 am
Patrick, I’m totally with you. I love a backlight. I still have an old ebook reader t hat has a backlight, and although i can longer add books, it was my favorite. I do use my iphone in bed for now. I do hope someone will add a backlight.
November 13th, 2009 at 7:24 am
There’s another really nice ebook reader comparison site for Kindle, Nook and Sony ereaders. It offers a crisp side-by-side chart so you can compare features.
The site is:
http://ebookreader.compare2save.net
November 20th, 2009 at 4:38 am
I love handling books owning writing in sharing and carrying books– until this yr. Some books are too heavy for my sprained thumbs. I was loaned a Kindle! I didn’t love it but I do love the idea of having acess to book anywhere anytime and not hurting my wrist and thumbs from the weight. Can I imagine buying the Nook?no it does not have text to speech. The Kindle has to many qwerks. The Sony expensive. I am waiting For a product with the following
size of paperback, .4weight or close
text to speech w/headphones and audio
back lit option
expandable port
easy access to material without a computer
color touch screen
shock resistent cover included
Price: under $300
and I will buy.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:02 am
When I buy my first e-reader, I don’t plan on spending a lot of money on downloading books, so I’m basically interested in e-readers that handle PDFs (like the free ones at brownfedorabooks.com) efficiently.
November 28th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Check out the MS courier here: http://www.ereaderuniverse.com/page/microsoft-courier
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:02 am
Here is my question. I really like the feature of the NOOK. to me looks like the best on at a manageable price point. However I think that the NOOK, Kindle and other are are falling on there on swords. Far as I can see the Sony is the only one that lists the ability to have access to ebooks from your public library. After “checking out 4 books for free (your taxes pay it) your $300 is now a better value than the Kindle 2 and NOOK at $260. I read 2-4 books a month, AT Amazon and B&N book prices that is $20-40 a month. Where as a Sony reader I could avoid this. Why would should I consider the others. No one can say it The Kindle and the NOOK can access public library eBooks. If any does have info on this please let me know.
December 21st, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Nice cheat sheet. Just needs adding the BeBook from Endless Ideas
December 23rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Thanks for the help; my review of Kindle will help you visualize how much you have helped me in my review. Gr8 job.
Keep up.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Listen up people. The first company to make a basic ebook reader for 50 bucks will sell a billion of them. All you need is a screen and a USB and enough memory for one book and a newspaper. It should be rigged to not allow copies. You don’t need wireless internet access or a giant memory capacity. You leave it hooked up to your computer at home and you take off in the AM with a novel and a copy of the newspaper. AND the ebooks should cost a faction of the hard cover price. At these prices they should give the screens away.
January 12th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Talking about E-Readers, check this one out.
It is about the Skiff Reader, bendable metal foil instead of glass.
I haven’t seen it in your reviews:
http://www.skiff.com/skiff-reader.html
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:47 am
We have a Nook at our house and absolutely love it! The only con that my Mom has found so far is that in airplane mode it doesn’t save your pages so you have to “flip” to that page. It’s nice that it’s got a touch screen at the bottom, very easy to read and you can change the font and it’s size if you need to. I read it in our house with no problems and though we live in the boonies the wireless picks up easily. We are definitely enjoying it and tons of books to read at good prices.
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Do any of the ebook manufactuerers plan on adding a back light. I won’t buy one till they do.
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:29 pm
For the love of God, people: E-READERS USE E-INK. Backlighting an e-book is no more necessary or sensible than backlighting an ACTUAL BOOK. It’s NOT a computer screen, and that’s the whole point!
September 22nd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Don't be a Jerk Greggy. Lots of people read at night or at places that would require backlighting. An option to backlighting would be useful. The crappy dismissive answer of it causes eye strain. Is flimsy at best. It is a missing component (an opportunity for a company) that many cannot do without. It takes someone creative to solve a problem like that. It should not be like a computer screen either, Greggy. The WHOLE POINT GREGGY is that people have different needs and companies need to account for that. And eReaders are not only about eInk you idiot.
January 25th, 2010 at 5:38 am
I purchased a Kindle 1 with many books on it. When I used my computer to charge the battery, they all disappeared. Now what do I do? It is an expensive paperweight.
January 25th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Marilyn: You still own all of the e-books that you purchased thru Amazon. If you get your Kindle working again, you can re-download them back to the device at no additional cost. You can even read them on an iPhone or PC using the Kindle app.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:49 am
I am a techno dummy. I bought a Kindle 1 (from an individual) with 300 books already on it, but when I charged the battery, all disappeared.
What can I do now with this expensive doorstop? Thanks, and please use small words. Do not assume I know any Internet terms.
March 11th, 2010 at 5:53 am
The Nook is problematic it has a slow page rate the battery seems to lose its charge as soon as you turn it on. Loading books is easy but you are not sure you have them. I loaded three books before I went to Europe when I arrived it would not let me open them. It is also annoying that you can’t down load anything from overseas even with a wifi connection. I also find their interface screen slow and unresponsive to load another book from your library it takes to long and in this device uses precious batter life. I have bough a new battery hopping that it would improve the problem it made no difference. B&As costumer service is hard to reach and not sympathetic. I do not recommend this device I have had better luck with the Kindle and the Sony .
March 14th, 2010 at 10:45 am
I see that people feel very passionate about either having a back light, or that it shouldn’t have a back light. Although, I don’t completley feel either way I definitely believe we should have the option. Shouldn’t it come with one that you can disable if you don’t want it. I see that some people don’t want to hurt there eyes, well then that would be someone who could just turn it off. But we should at least have the option, so that if we are in bed and our spouse needs to go to sleep but we want to read we can.
September 22nd, 2010 at 1:11 pm
I appreciate what you are saying Melissa and I agree. We should have options. But the hurt their eyes thing is rather silly. If people are so concerned about their eyes get books on tape/cd. In a culture dominated by movies, tv, video games, computers, cell phones, etc… (all BACKLIT), it is just silly to say that reading on a something with minimal backlighting that you would be able to control the intensity of is going to hurt anyone or make that big a difference.
March 27th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
There is a back lit Ereader out there that you can still buy books on. It is at http://www.ebookwise.com I use mine almost every night when I wake up and can’t sleep. I also have a kindle & a sony ereader but never use them because they are not back lit. I love my ebookwise reader.
April 24th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Thanks for the cheat sheet, been looking for something categorized.
Bk
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:06 am
Ok. My question is, why is most of this technology so expensive? What makes the cost so heavy? e-ink? Couldn't these ereaders be made at a fraction of the cost with oh- lets say technology we had 20 years ago. LCD, anyone? Take a look at Nintendo's new e-reader for more information: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thu…
That's right! A GAMEBOY! The original gameboy from 1989 could do all this, and by all this I mean display black and white pixels. Original Cost? 189 dollars. The prices above range from $200 to $500. 500 clams?!? Jesus! And you can't even jump on a goomba(kidding)!
Oh wait! What's this!? Nintendo has just released another ereader with a function that no ereader has. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance_SP
That's right, the 2004 Game Boy Advanced had a backlight. So let's say you're some where other then at a starbucks at midday, you can still be reading. I shit you not, once most people catch on to this, you'll be seeing upgraded "advanced illumination" technology. Amazon's "Kindle Midnight", with taglines like "Read Eli Wiesel's Night at night!" . They will double the e-ink too and call it HD.
In my opinion none of these products seem justified when it comes to my wallet. I was going to recommend a certain $100 ereader, but I just checked prices and they jacked their cost up $20.
Greed greed greed. Good luck guys. I'm going to go read a book.
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August 13th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
I just don't understand all these negative comments about ppl wanting a backlight. For me ereader would be mostly for following purposes: reading in bed without lights (lights cause complains from other side of the bed), reading while flying and at least the routes I use frequently lights flicker on and off, nights time in trains where the lights are turned off or dimmed very low level because most ppl like to sleep (sometime I even use flashlight 😛 but those disturb other ppl). yes I do also read during normal daylight hours but I would definetly go for a reader WITH backlight.
December 6th, 2010 at 1:16 am
iPone do lots to my life, but there are also something tangled me. Quasi-all my fiction reading now happens on that device.
January 20th, 2011 at 2:54 am
There is such competition between the Kindle ebook reader (http://www.amazingkindle.info), the Nook and iPad that it is inevitable that change and technology will win out. What's next? http://www.ipadreviewblog.info
February 6th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
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June 20th, 2011 at 3:10 am
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July 2nd, 2011 at 12:48 am
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July 6th, 2011 at 8:33 am
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September 2nd, 2011 at 3:36 am
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September 22nd, 2011 at 11:18 am
Thanks for the cheat sheet… I like my NookColor, but truth be told the battery life isn't great and it is hard to read in the sun. If I could afford it, I would also buy the All New Nook and have both. My 7 year old does however LOVE my nookcolor because he can read his books or have them read to him.
February 23rd, 2012 at 8:49 am
Nook and Sony ereaders offers a crisp side-by-side chart so you can compare features.