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e-readers and free e-books

E-Book Readers Comparison Chart
    Screen Size Keyboard Maximum Battery Life File Types Email Web Dimensions
(HxWxD)
Weight Wi-Fi 3G Capacity Price
iRiver Story HD 6" Yes 6 weeks PDF, EPUB, TXT, FB2, DJVU, PPT, PPTx, XLS, XLSx, Doc, DOCx, HWP, ZIP, JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF No No 7.5x5.01x.37 7.3 oz Yes No 2GB
(1,200 books) expandable
$139
Kindle Kindle 6" No 1 month AZW, TXT, PDF, Audible, MP3, MOBI, PRC Yes Yes 6.5 x 4.5 x .34 5.98 oz Yes No 2GB (1400 books) $109; $79 with ads
Kindle
Touch
Kindle Touch 6" touch screen Yes virtual 2 month AZW, TXT, PDF, Audible, MP3, MOBI, PRC Yes Yes 6.8 x 4.7 x .40 7.5 oz Yes No 4GB (3000 books) $139; $99 with ads
Kindle
Touch 3G
Kindle Touch 3G 6" touch screen Yes virtual 2 month AZW, TXT, PDF, Audible, MP3, MOBI, PRC Yes Yes 6.8 x 4.7 x .40 7.8 oz Yes Yes 4GB (3000 books) $189; $149 with ads
Kindle Keyboard Kindle Keyboard 6" Yes 2 month AZW, TXT, PDF, Audible, MP3, MOBI, PRC Yes Yes 7.5 x 4.8 x .34 8.5 oz Yes No 4GB (3500 books) $139; $99 with ads
Kindle Keyboard 3g Kindle Keyboard 3g 6" Yes 2 month AZW, TXT, PDF, Audible, MP3, MOBI, PRC Yes Yes 7.5 x 4.8 x .34 8.7 oz Yes Yes 4GB (3500 books) $189; $139 with ads
Kindle DX Kindle DX 9.7" Yes 2- 3 weeks AZW, TXT, PDF, Audible, MP3, MOBI, PRC Yes Yes 7.2x10.4x.38 18.9 oz No Yes 4GB
(3500 books)
$380
Kobo eReader Kobo Reader 6" No 2 weeks ePub, PDF No No 7.2x4.7x0.39 8 oz Yes No 1GB
(750 books)
$140
Kobo eReader
Touch Edition
Kobo Reader Tocuh Edition 6" touch screen Yes, Virtual 10 days ePub, PDF No No 6.5x4.5x0.4 7.05 oz Yes No 1GB
(750 books)
expandable
$130
Nook 1st Edition Nook Wi-Fi 6" + 3.5" color touch screen Yes, virtual 10 days ePub, PDB,
PDF, MP3
Yes Yes 7.7x4.9x0.5 11.6 oz Yes No 2GB
(1,200 books) expandable
$90
Nook Color Nook Color 7" color touch screen Yes, virtual 8 hours ePub, PDF, TXT, MP3, AAC, MP4, most Microsoft Office and standard image formats Yes Yes 8.1x5.0x0.48 15.8 oz Yes No 8GB
(6,000 books) expandable
$200
Nook Simple Touch Reader Nook Simple Touch Reader 6" touch screen Yes, virtual 2 months ePub, PDF, standard image formats No No 6.5x5.0x0.47 7.48 oz Yes No 2GB
(1,000 books) expandable
$100
Pandigital Novel Multimedia eReader Pandigital Novel Multimedia eReader 7" Yes, Virtual Undisclosed ePub, PDF, MP3, AAC, WAV, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, MPEG4 Yes Yes 7.25x5.25x0.5 12 oz Yes No 2GB
(1,200 books) expandable
$180
Sony Reader Wi-Fi Sony Reader WiFi 6" touch screen Yes virtual 1 month ePub, PDF, MP3, AAC, TXT, JPG Yes Yes 6.9 x 4.4 x .38 5.9 oz Yes No 1.3GB (1200 books), 32GB external $130




    Screen Size Keyboard Maximum Battery Life File Types Email Web Dimensions
(HxWxD)
Weight Wi-Fi 3G Capacity Price
iPad + Wi-Fi iPad Wi-Fi 9.7" touch screen Yes, virtual 10 hrs. ePub, PDF; other formats via apps Yes Yes 9.56x7.47x.5 1.5 lbs Yes No 16/32/64 GB $500
$600
$700
iPad 3G + Wi-Fi iPad 3G + Wi-Fi 9.7" touch screen Yes, virtual 10 hrs. ePub, PDF;
other formats
via apps
Yes Yes 9.56x7.47x.5 1.6 lbs Yes Yes 16/32/64 GB $630
$730
$830
iPad2 + Wi-Fi iPad Wi-Fi 9.7" touch screen Yes, virtual 10 hrs. ePub, PDF;
other formats
via apps
Yes Yes 9.50 x 7.31 x .34 1.3 lbs Yes No 16/32/64 GB

$500
$600
$700

iPad2 3G + Wi-Fi iPad 3G + Wi-Fi 9.7" touch screen Yes, virtual 10 hrs. ePub, PDF;
other formats
via apps
Yes Yes 9.50 x 7.31 x .34 1.3 lbs Yes Yes 16/32/64 GB $630
$730
$830

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