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• Cost: starts at $139

• Pros: The best e-reader if your top priority is reading purchased books and newspapers. The Pearl E Ink quality is exquisite, and the battery lasts a full month. It’s also well-priced, light, thin and easy to hold for a long time. The keyboard is delightful for those of us who cling to the old ways. The pages turn rapidly.

• Cons: One of the few e-readers for which library books are off-limits. You can’t add any more memory. Lending is limited and must be managed online. No color, no games.

Nook

• Cost: starts at $149

• Pros: I looked at Nook Color and the original Nook. The Color has top-notch Web browsing (but is Wi-Fi-only) and a great touch screen, but it eats batteries for lunch. You can lend books to other “Nookies” for two weeks, and, when you’re in a Barnes & Noble, you can read any book in its library free for an hour and access free Wi-Fi. Both have a good feel with the rubberized, nonslip back.

• Cons: At $250, why color but not video? And if you read a book on any Nook but then want to read it on your computer or your cell phone, they don’t sync – so you have lost your place.

Sony Reader Daily Edition

• Cost: $299

• Pros: Longer screen than most in a same-sized unit (and it’s one of the lightest), which makes it fun for newspapers and magazines. The graphics load fast. You can take notes and draw on it with a stylus, and it has one of the most extensive annotation setups. Comes with a cover.

• Cons: Noticeable screen glare. Sometimes the touch screen is just plain touchy, and the bookstore can be clunky and confusing to browse. It’s also a little pricey, although the cost has dropped since the unit hit the market.

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If you’re looking for a gadget that can do a variety of multimedia tasks, plump for the NookColor. If you just want an affordable and easy-to-carry reading device (with a few extras thrown in), get a Kindle 3.

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In spite of this, we have Crimson Hexagon, a company that specializes in just this sort of data gathering and analysis!  Looking at relevant Twitter Tweets, and no they don’t specific how “relevant” is defined for the sake of this study, they have released a study of the comparative levels of customer satisfaction among owners of the Kindle, Nook, Nook Color, and iPad (though specifying that only tweets specifically related to the iPad’s eReader usefulness are taken into account).

Read more: http://blogkindle.com/2011/01/nook-still-going-strong-in-kindle-vs-nook-vs-ipad-study/#ixzz1D0bLdLLT

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It’s not often that a company reaches its user-base and gives them what they want; however, Sony has done this with its latest e-reader: the Pocket Edition PRS-350. It had seemed that Sony was failing hard with its e-reader line until the newest edition hit the market in 2010. It’s not just the sleek design of the pocket reader that captivates its reader; it’s also the newly added touch screen that works well with the E-Ink display – the previous Pocket Edition lacked this functionality.

It’s easy to get caught up in the touch screen display; after all, this feature makes anyone want to touch the screen to see it interact with their fingertips. However, the size of the reader is also important – since its large enough to be easy on the eyes but small enough to hold with one hand while relaxing on the couch. At a weight of only 5.47 ounces, it’s not only lightweight, but it’s also lighter than the third generation Amazon Kindle – which has a similar-sized screen.

Even though the Pearl E-Ink display is only 5″, the words are at a reasonable size. The font can also be adjusted using the font button; it magnifies the text from extra small to double the largest size. The only problem with this feature would be that it creates more page turns because of the display size. Set below the screen are buttons used to navigate pages, set the options, increase or decrease the font, and zoom in and out of the page. The power switch, as well as the built-in stylus, are located at the top of the device.

Whereas the previous PRS-600 had an unresponsive and glared screen, the PRS-350 has a brighter display with better contrast. The PRS-600 also had fuzzy text; the PRS-350 is very clear and offers crisp images. While panning PDFs on the new Pocket Edition is a little stiff, it is still a vast improvement over the past e-readers. There is no need for a hardware keyboard since all of the text can be entered using the on-screen keyboard. Although the pages can be turned using the buttons, a single swipe of the finger across the screen will flip the pages much like a real book.

While the Pocket Edition PRS-350 does not have 3G or Wi-Fi, it does make uploading books using the computer a quick and simple task; this is done with the micro-USB port. It holds 2GB of storage space built-in and has slots for both a memory stick and SD card. The PRS-350 is a real competitor to the Amazon Kindle, and the touch screen and size of this device makes it a real winner.

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Due to incredible demand, Amazon is forced to limit Kindle sales to 5 units per household. The Kindle has been Amazon.com’s best selling item for two years in a row.

The Kindle e-reader had topped all of Amazon’s lists: most-wished-for, most-gifted and has garnered the more 5-star reviews than any product on the retail giant’s website. Since the introduction of the new generation Kindle, with updated features, sleeker design and lower price point at under $200, sales have tripled. Therefore it was necessary for Amazon.com to limit customers a total of five Kindles per household to maintain supplies for a broader customer base.

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The Nook Color has something that the Amazon Kindle does not have; color! The Kindle is a true e-reader with an “e-ink” screen that performs well in direct sunlight, where an LCD color screen like the Nook Color will not. The Nook Color has the advantage in those books that are for children. It would be hard to imagine a chidren’s book that is not in color. The screen difference is the basic separation for these two devices. The Nook actually has a very high screen resolution for tablet-style devices.

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