e-reader comparison chart

[firecat]

This one includes something called the Aluratek Libre, which I haven't heard of before. The OH says it's not actually for sale yet but when it is it apparently will cost $120. It has LCD screen with no backlight instead of e-ink, and a smaller form factor than any others except the Sony.

http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_ereader-comparison-chart

Comments

[maize]

That's very cool! I think that Kobo really pushed a move in the market that I hope continues by coming out with a respectable ePaper-based reader for only $150. All the prices started falling, then. Also, I think there have been more readers that do fewer things, which I think is a good thing. It's a complete waste of technology to me that my Sony Reader is also an mp3 player, for example. (I have heard it suggested that you could use this feature for audiobooks, although I don't know if Audible supports the Sony Reader.) And I find the touch screen frivolous (it also reduces the sharpness of the text slightly and increases the glare). I really would have liked a device pretty much just like my old PRS-505 that's gone to the technology afterlife, although it also extraneously had mp3 support. Something that just reads books and does it very well at a very modest price. I have heard some quibbles about the Kobo device, but it seems like that's what they're aiming for, and many people do like it.

[firecat]

Yeah, I see two ways to go, either a full-featured PDA that includes reading capabilities or an inexpensive dedicated e-reader, but not something that kinda tries to be a PDA.

I'm leaning toward the PDA though and holding out for the next generation of iPod Touch, because having audiobook capability does matter a whole lot to me, and I'm not convinced that ePaper/eInk does.