eReader Comparison Pages
5-inch eReader Comparison Table
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Device Reviews
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Wireless
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Touch
Screen |
Memory
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Notes/ Highlight
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Formats
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Audio/ TTS
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Battery
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Dict-
ionary |
Pros
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Cons
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Est.
Price |
Where To
Buy Online |
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Wi-Fi
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Infrared touch
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2GB
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Virtual keyboard
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EPUB, PDF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBR, CBZ
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No
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3-4 weeks
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Yes |
Low price, small and light, pocketable, load custom fonts
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Basic ereader, no light or memory card slots
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$79
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No |
Yes, Fingers, Stylus
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2GB
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Freehand, virtual keyboard, stylus
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EPUB, PDF, TXT, RTF,
DOC, LRX, LRF, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP
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No
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10000 pages
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Yes, 12
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Pocket-sized, new higher contrast screen, clear touchscreen (no glare), responsive touch, get library ebooks
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No wireless or memory card slots, no audio support, one font choice, landscape mode duplicates sentences
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$109
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Wi-Fi
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No
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2GB, micro SD card slot
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On screen notes app, cursor
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EPUB, PDF, FB2,
TXT, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, DJVU, DOC, TRC, JPG, BMP,
PNG, TIFF
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No
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8000 pages
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Yes
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Auto rotate, FBReader, change
font type, hard cover, many apps, pocketable, 2 year warranty
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Loud buttons, no touch screen or Pearl, slow browser and ebookstore take patience
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$120
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No Longer Sold
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No
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No
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1GB, micro SD card slot
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None
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EPUB or MOBI, PRC, PDF, HTML,
TXT, JPG, GIF, PNG
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No
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8000 pages
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No
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Auto rotate, folder management
system, 12 font sizes, change font, option for Mobipocket DRM.
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Sometimes freezes and has to be restarted,
lacks bookmarking feature
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$179
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No Longer Sold
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No |
No
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128MB, SD card slot
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None
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EPUB, PDF, MOBI, PRC, RTF, TXT, FB2, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP
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No
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23 hours
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Yes
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Pocket-sized, low-cost, now has Adobe DRM support, multiples languages supported
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Poor battery life, need to buy AA batteries or rechargeables
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$99
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No |
No
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512MB
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None
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EPUB, PDF, TXT, RTF,
DOC, LRX, LRF
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No
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6800- 7500 pages
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No
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Pocket-sized, low-cost, durable metal frame, get library ebooks
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No advanced features, no memory card slot, image, or audio support
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$99
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5-inch eReader Comparison Table - Continued
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Device Reviews
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Wireless
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Touch
Screen |
Memory
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Notes/ Highlight
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Formats
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Audio/ TTS
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Battery
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Dict-
ionary |
Pros
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Cons
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Est.
Price |
Where To
Buy Online |
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No
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No
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2GB SD card included
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None
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EPUB, PDF, TXT, FB2,
MOBI, PRC, RTF, BMP, JPG, GIF, MP3
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Audio jack
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24 hours
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No
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Low cost, ADE support, faster
than e ink, includes SD card w/ 100 ebooks
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LCD screen causes poor battery
life, blocky design
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$59
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No Longer Sold
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No
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Yes, Stylus
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512MB, SD card slot
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Freehand, virtual keyboard,
notes to text
converter
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EPUB, PDF, TXT, HTXT,
HTML, DOC, JPG, TIF, BMP, PNG, GIF, MP3, WAV, WMA
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Audio jack, TTS
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7000 pages
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Yes
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Notepad, text conversion, zoom,
TTS, touchscreen
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Not widely available in stores,
stylus
required for touch
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$225
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No Longer Sold
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No
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No
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512MB, SD card slot
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Freehand, virtual keyboard,
notes to text
converter
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EPUB, PDF, TXT, HTXT, HTML, DOC, JPG, PNG, GIF, MP3.
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Audio jack, TTS
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7000 pages
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Yes
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Lots of features, works with Openinkpot, zoom,
text to speech
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Not widely available in stores, not well known outside China
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$159
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No Longer Sold
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No
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No
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512MB, SD card slot
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None
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epub, pdf, mobi,
prc, lit, txt, fb2, doc, html, rtf,
djvu, wol, ppt, mbp, chm, bmp, jpg, png, gif, tif,
rar, zip, mp3
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Audio jack, TTS
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8000 pages
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No
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Supports many formats and
foreign
languages, change font type, text to speech
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Some formats display poorly, or
cause firmware glitches
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$159
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No Longer Sold
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No
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No
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Comes with 4GB micro SD card
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Keyboard
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EPUB, PDF, HTML, HTXT, DOC, TXT, JPG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, GIF, WAV, WMA, MP3
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Speaker, audio jack, mic, TTS
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8000 pages
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No
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Rebranded Hanvon, Adobe DRM, lots of features for the price
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Only in UK, questionable support via Elonex, keyboard has limited uses
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£129
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No Longer Sold
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No
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No
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1GB, SD card slot
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?
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EPUB, PDF, TXT, HTML, FB2, PDB, JPG, BMP, MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC, MP4, MPEG2, DivX
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Speaker, audio jack,
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5-7 hours
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?
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Color, backlit display, low cost, plays video, audio and images
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It's only available in the UK, no touch screen or WiFi
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£99
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No Longer Sold
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