Top 10 of eReaders (December 2010)


Sony Reader Daily Edition PRS 950, the best screen with 3G and Wi-Fi
Equipped with a 3G mobile connection and Wi-Fi, with a browser to search bookstores and newspapers. Electronic E Ink Pearl with 16 tones of grey, the best quality to see images and read in sunny conditions. 7" touch-screen. Up to 32 GB Memory card slot. Open ePub format. Sony applications for Android and iOS allow seamless alternate reading on e-book or mobile. Dictionary in 10 languages. 22 hours autonomy (without Wi-Fi). Light.
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Samsung E65, total connectivity
Six inches in open format, ePub, PDF and TXT. VirtualPrinter to transfer files with PC and synchronise with Outlook, it copies the calendar. MP3 stereo player. Touch screen, handwriting recognition with optic pen to write notes on margins. Integrated keyboard to take notes or underline text. Wi-Fi without browser, it only accesses preloaded libraries. Emilink to connect to other eReaders wirelessly. USB port, up to 16 GB MicroSD slot.
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Cybook Orizon, the thinnest one
Good six-inch screen with 16 tones of grey. Wi-Fi with browser. Bluetooth, up to 8 GB MicroSD
Card. Multi-touch screen allows you to zoom with fingers. Allows you to take notes and underline. Three weeks autonomy. Open, PDF, ePub, TXT, HTML. Interface in 23 languages. The thinnest (6 millimetres) although not the lightest (245 grams). The worst thing about this excellent ereader is that technical support is often problematic.
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4.- NVSBL L337 v2, anti-break screen
6 inches, anti-break capacitive touch screen easy to use, you can increase the text size with your fingers, 16 tones of grey. It allows more formats than any other: TXT, HTML, FB2, MS Word, ePub and PDF (the last two with or without drm). Largest selection of languages for the interface: English, French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Wi-Fi with browser. Up to 16 GB MicroSD and SDHC card slot. MP3 player. Quick screen refresh rate.
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5.- Barnes& Noble Nook 3G/Wi-Fi, the best authors
The best bookshop in the world, Barnes & Noble, has 2 million eBooks and is speeding up to increase the supply to the Spanish market. They have just created Leer-e, a website with the best contemporary Spanish-speaking authors. Enough to make their new Nook reader attractive, with direct access to the bookshop. ePub format. Two screens, one with 6" electronic ink, and another with a LCD colour 3.5" touch screen to control the device. MicroSD slot, Micro-USB port. Sound.
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6.- Kindle 3G + Wi-Fi, only for Amazon
It was the first one and thus it is still the leader on sales despite the fact that it only supports Amazon ebooks. 350,000 titles in English and very few in any other language. Good screen quality, also when reading outdoors, with a quick refresh rate. It allows you to configure the size, type of font and line space. It reads the text with an automated voice. Access to 3G networks, Wi-Fi and browser. You can publish your notes on social networks. One month autonomy without Wi-Fi. MP3.
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7.- Papyre 6S Alex, double screen with computer
DoubleWi-Fi screen. One is a 6"electronic ink screen with 16 tones of grey. The second one is an LCD tactile screen capable of 3.5 colour with Android 1.5. It clones the content of the LCD screen into the electronic ink screen. Email, social networks and multimedia player. You can underline and take notes with a virtual keyboard on the LCD screen. It records audio. Up to five different levels of text size. Compatible with ePub, HTML, TXT and PDF, among others. USB. 310 grams.
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8.- Inves 600T, in all of Spain’s languages
6” touch screen with 16 tones of grey. Wi-Fi, it connects to the El Corte Ingles bookstore, which has over 20,000 books and it charges the price of the book on the card. Menu in Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Portuguese, French, English, German, Italian and Dutch. English-Spanish dictionary. It reads ePub, PDF, HTML, DOC, TXT and four more. Up to 32 GB SD card slot. MP3, USB and mini USB. Light, 180 grams. Six sizes of fonts.
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9.- Entourage Edge, double screen
9.7" e-ink screen to read and a colour LCD screen to browse the web. The e-ink screen reads ePub and PDF, it is a touchscreen with an e-pen. The LCD touchscreen is a computer with Android 1.6, which can connect with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. SD, USB slot, audio and video player for all formats. Virtual and physical (optional) keyboard. Rotate screen 90 and 180o. It weighs 1.4 kilos, that is its handicap.
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10.- Hanvon, the first in colour
It is the first eReader with colour electronic ink, it has been presented in trade fairs. It will be out in a few months and it will eclipse all the tablets that announce themselves as colour ebook readers because they damage compulsive readers’ sight as they do not use electronic ink. 9.68”screen. Wi-Fi and 3G. MP3 with stereo speaker. MicroSD card. Microphone. It will be a revolution, announced for 2011.
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