How Do E-Readers Stack Up With iPad In The Mix? Use Our Chart As A Guide
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Apple iPad |
Amazon Kindle 2 |
Amazon Kindle DX |
Barnes & Noble Nook |
Sony Daily Edition |
Plastic Logic Que proReader |
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Link |
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Available |
March (WiFi only) |
Now |
Now |
Now |
Now |
Mid-April |
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Price |
WiFi: $499-699 3G/WiFi: $629-829 |
$259 |
$489 |
$259 |
$399 |
WiFi/4GB: $649 WiFi/3G/8GB: $799 |
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Size |
.5 inches thick |
8 x 5.3 x 0.36 inches |
10.4 x 7.2 x 0.38 inches |
7.7 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches |
8.13 x 4 x 19/32 inches |
8.5 x 11x .33 inches |
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Weight |
1.5 lbs. |
10.2 oz. |
18.9 oz. |
12.1 oz. |
12.75 oz. |
17 oz. |
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Screen Size |
9.7 inches |
6 inches |
9.7 inches |
6 inches |
7.1 inches |
10.5 inches |
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Display |
Backlit IPS Color |
Grayscale |
Grayscale |
Grayscale reading, |
Grayscale |
Grayscale |
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Touchscreen/Rotate |
Yes/Yes |
No/Manual |
No/Yes |
Yes/No |
Yes/Yes |
Yes |
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Battery Life |
11 hours |
7 days with wireless Whispersync on |
7 days with wireless Whispersync on |
10 days |
7 days with wireless on |
N/A |
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Storage/Expandable |
16GB; 32GB; 64GB/No |
2GB/No |
4GB/No |
2GB/Yes (microSD) |
1.6GB/Yes (Memory Stick Duo/SD) |
4GB; 8GB/No |
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Input |
Touchscreen/Soft keyboard (wireless keyboard available) |
Keyboard |
Keyboard |
Virtual keyboard |
Stylus/virtual keyboard |
Touchscreen/Virtual Keyboard |
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Wireless/Bluetooth |
3G through AT&T/WiFi3G plans: up to 250MB, $15; unlimited $30. No contract. |
Units sold through Oct. 22, Sprint 3G; Now 3G/roaming through AT&T/NO |
3G (Whispernet/Sprint) |
3G (AT&T)/WiFi |
3G (AT&T)/WiFi |
3G (AT&T)/WiFi/Bluetooth |
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International |
No deals yet; 3G unlocked |
3G Roaming (AT&T) |
3G Roaming (AT&T) |
No |
No |
N/A |
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Native Formats |
EPUB; Audible; Kindle (through app); iTunes;additional formats NA |
Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC; Native PDF |
Kindle (AZW), Native PDF, TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC |
EPUB, eReader, PDFs, MP3s, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP. |
EPUB, PDF, JPEG, BBeB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP , MP3, AAC |
Native PDF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, ePub, and TXT; Will work with Office, HTML via Que software |
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Platform |
Open to approved third-party developers |
Closed now but SDK has been released for upcoming beta and store with approved third-party developers |
Closed now but SDK has been released for upcoming beta and store with approved third-party developers |
Closed |
Closed to developers; open in terms of multi-format, non-DRM use. |
Closed |
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Browser |
Safari |
Yes in U.S., Japan. NA in most countries. |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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Available Content |
Number of iBookstore titles N/A; Kindle Store; iPhone apps |
400,000-plus books, more than 130 newspapers & magazines, 8,000 blogs (Numbers vary internationally) |
400,000-plus books, more than 130 newspapers & magazines, 8,000 blogs (Numbers vary internationally) |
350,000 books for sale, public domain; about 30 newspapers, magazines. Google Books brings titles to 1 million |
Includes public domain, access to public libraries through OverDrive |
350,000 books for sale, public domain |
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Bookstore |
iBookstore |
The Kindle Store |
The Kindle Store |
Barnes and Noble eBookstore, Google Books |
Sony eBook Store (converting to EPUB this year), Google Books |
QUEreader.com (powered by Barnes & Noble); periodicals from Dow Jones, others. |
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Book Sharing |
N/A |
Between devices, Kindle apps on same acct. |
Between devices on same acct. |
14 days on many titles |
No |
No |
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Microphone/Speakers |
Yes/Yes |
No/Yes |
No/Yes |
No/Yes |
No/Yes |
No/No |
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This chart was first published Jan. 29 and was last updated at 10:30 p.m. ET Jan. 31. // Edited by Staci D. Kramer. Based on manufacturer information, additional reporting.
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