2011/2012 E-Reader Buying Guide
E-readers are still a hot ticket item this year. They provide the portablitlity for something we all want to do, but never have the time, reading. It's a pain in the butt to carry around a thousand page book, so why not carry a small thin e-reader. Plus these things have great screens that are much easier on the eye then tablets or laptops. Since they are more simple then those devices there batteries last for what seems like forever, also they come in at a bunch cheaper price then those more expensive options. Two companies have cornered themselves and own the E-reader market right now Amazon Kindle and the Barnes and Noble Nook.
Kindle
The amazon kindle comes in 4 different flavers. The cheap $79 kindle original the kindle touch, kindle keyboard, and the top of the line kindle DX. Here at CS we recommend going for the $79 original if you can't sepnd an additional money for the kindle touch 3g. At only $79 it does everything it needs to do. Allows you access to the amazon market and helps you read books. The Kindle touch 3g at 149 allows you to do everything the 79 kindle does except you now can read everywhere and it's interface is a lot nicer with the touch features. The 3g is not through a carrier like tablets but through Amazon and it's free.
Nook
There is only one version of the nook avalable and it's on par with the kindle touch. $99 and 7.48 it's very respectable. if your not an amazon fan this item will perform just as well if not better then the kindle touch. it offers a large line of books and you won't be dissapointed. Although because of the flexibilty of the products and market behind it CS recommends the Kindle line.
Sony E-reader is outdated and absolutly not recommended. There are some other E-reader type of devices out on the market, but we consider those tablets, kindle fire, nook color etc. If it has a color screen and comes with apps it's not a E-reader period.
Kindle
The amazon kindle comes in 4 different flavers. The cheap $79 kindle original the kindle touch, kindle keyboard, and the top of the line kindle DX. Here at CS we recommend going for the $79 original if you can't sepnd an additional money for the kindle touch 3g. At only $79 it does everything it needs to do. Allows you access to the amazon market and helps you read books. The Kindle touch 3g at 149 allows you to do everything the 79 kindle does except you now can read everywhere and it's interface is a lot nicer with the touch features. The 3g is not through a carrier like tablets but through Amazon and it's free.
Nook
There is only one version of the nook avalable and it's on par with the kindle touch. $99 and 7.48 it's very respectable. if your not an amazon fan this item will perform just as well if not better then the kindle touch. it offers a large line of books and you won't be dissapointed. Although because of the flexibilty of the products and market behind it CS recommends the Kindle line.
Sony E-reader is outdated and absolutly not recommended. There are some other E-reader type of devices out on the market, but we consider those tablets, kindle fire, nook color etc. If it has a color screen and comes with apps it's not a E-reader period.
| Tablet | Nook | Kindle | Kindle Touch | Kindle Keyboard | Kindle DX |
| $ | 99 | 79 | 99/149(3G) | 139 | 379 |
| Size | 7.48 | 5.98 | 7.8 oz | 8.7 oz | 18.9 ounces |
| Interface | touch | joystick | touch | keyboard | touch |
| Dispaly | 6" E Ink Pearl | 6" E Ink Pearl | 6" E Ink Pearl | 6" E Ink Pearl | 9.7 E Ink Pearl |
| Network | Wifi |
wifi | Wifi,3g | wifi,3g | wifi3g |
| Cloud | N/A | Amazon | Amazon | Amazon | Amazon |
| Browser | none | Ex Browser | Ex Browser | Ex Browser | Ex Browser |
| Storage | 2GB, 32GB SD | 2GB | 2GB | 2GB | 4GB |
| LxWxH | 6.5" x 5.0" x 0.47" | 6.5" x 4.5" x 0.34" | 6.8" x 4.7" x 0.40" |
7.5" x 4.8" x 0.34" |
10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38" |
| Battery | 2 months | 1 month | 1 month | 1 month | 3 weeks |
| Connection | USB,headphone | USB,headphone | USB,headphone | USB,headphone | USB,headphone |
