$300 / 300€ eReader
I assembled an overview with the current state-of-the-art eReader, for decision making. The information are mainly taken from the product websites, spec sheets and wikipedia.com.
Updated Nov. 2009
| Amazon Kindle 2 | Txtr | Sony PRS-600 | Cybook Opus | |
| Price | $259 (179€) | $463 (319€) | $299.99 (207€) | $250 (173€) |
| Screen Size (in) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 | 800 x 600 | 800 x600 | 800 x600 |
| Color Depth (Grayscale) | 4Bit (16) | 4Bit (16) | 3Bit (6) | 3Bit (6) |
| DPI / PPI | 166.7 | 166.7 | 166.7 | 200 |
| Touch Display | No | No | Yes | No |
| Weight | 289g | 300g | 286g | 150g |
| Height (mm) | 203 | 151 | 3Bit (6) | 151 |
| Width (mm) | 135 | 131 | 122 | 108 |
| Depth (mm) | 76 | 12 | 10.1 | 10 |
| Internal Memory | 2GB | 64MB | 512MB | 1GB |
| Extandable Memory | No | MicroSD (8 GB) | MicroSD ,Stick Pro Duo | MicroSD |
| Native Reading Formats | Azw, Txt, MOBI (no DRM) | PDF, HTML, Office, ePub, ? |
ePub (DRM), PDF (DRM), BBeB (DRM), JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TXT, RTF |
ePub (no DRM), PDF (no DRM), HTML, TXT, JPG, GIF, PNG |
| Native Audio Formats | Audible, MP3 | None | MP3, AAC |
None |
| USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | No | 802.11 b/g | No | No |
| 3G | EVDO Modem (Whispernet) | Yes | No | No |
| Bluetooth | No | Yes | No | No |
| NFC 2.4GHz | No | Yes | No | No |
| Battery Capacity (mAh) | 1530 | 2500 | ? | 1000 |
| Battery Replacable | No | ? | No | Yes |
| CPU | Freescale ARM-11 | Freescale ARM-11 | Freescale ARM-11 | Samsung S3C2440 ARM920T |
| CPU Speed (MHz) | 532 | 532 | 532 | 400 |
| RAM Memory (MB) | 32 | 64 | 128 | 32 |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux |
| G-Sensor (Rotation) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Speakers | Yes | No | No | No |
| Audio Jack | Yes | No | Yes | None |