eReader Device Comparison:
Features 1 |
 Kobo
|
Sony® Reader™ |
Barnes & Noble |
Amazon |
Canadian Price (MSRP) 2 |
$149 |
$199.99 |
Not available |
$259 |
US Price (MSRP) 2 |
Coming soon |
$199.99 |
$259 |
$259 |
Available Colours |
Porcelain |
Blue, Silver, Rose |
White |
White |
Device Size |
184mm x 120mm |
157.5mm x 107.8mm |
196mm x 124mm |
203.2mm x 134.6mm |
Device Depth |
10mm |
10.2mm |
13mm |
9.1mm |
Weight |
221g |
200g |
317g |
289.2g |
Diagonal display size |
6” E Ink |
5” E Ink |
6” E Ink |
6” E Ink |
Screen grey scale level |
8 level |
8 level |
16 level |
16 level |
Memory |
1 GB |
440 MB |
2 GB |
2 GB |
Memory 3 (No. of eBooks) |
Up to 1000 |
Up to 350 |
Up to 1500 |
Up to 1500 |
Memory Expansion |
 |
 |
|
 |
Font sizes |
5 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
Choice of Font Styles |
|
|
|
|
Pre-loaded eBooks |
100 FREE, complete eBooks |
Limited eBook excerpts |
|
|
File Formats |
ePub, PDF, |
ePub, PDF, BBeB, TXT, RTF, .doc, |
ePub, PDF, PDB, JPG, MP3, |
AZW, AZW1, TXT, MOBI, PRC, AA, AAX, MP3 |
Connectivity |
USB, Bluetooth® |
USB |
USB, 3G, Wi-Fi |
USB, 3G |
1 Information as of April 16, 2010 – Based on manufacturers’ User Guides and Product Fact Sheets available online for each device. The comparison chart does not set out all features and specifications available for each device.
2 Price information obtained from manufacturers’ websites.
3 Based on the average eBook size of 1 MB
