This Christmas’s final confrontation: Kindle vs Nook vs Sony Reader
by Collin Hilder | December 4, 2009
 It’s almost Christmas time, and we know what that means: presents, presents and more presents. If you lack inspiration, when it comes to gadgets we have plenty of it. So, for your friends who are both gadget fans and also enjoy reading a good book, the best present will be an e-reader.
To save you the trouble, effort and time of looking through stores, searching for reviews and for other technicalities, we have decided to make things simpler and within your reach, we have gathered all the important information on the most popular e-readers: Kindle (Kindle 2 and DX), Nook and Sony Readers (PRS-600, PRS-900), and in the most objective manner, we have laid it in the following table:
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Amazon |
Barnes & Noble |
Sony |
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November, 2007* / June, 2009 |
November, 2009** |
August, 2009 / December, 2009*** |
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$259 / $489
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$259 |
$299 / $399 |
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Linux 2.6. |
Android |
MontaVista Linux |
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8.0 x 5.3 x 0.36 in |
7.7 x 4.9 x 0.5 in |
6.9 x 4.8 x 0.3 in |
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6 in, 600 x 800 px /
9.7 in, 824 x 1200 px |
6 in readable screen, 600 x 800 px, 3.5 in color touch-screen |
6 in / 7.1 in, touch-screen, 600 x 800 px
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2 GB / 4GB internal flash memory
No SD memory slot! |
Internal storage - 2GB; MicroSD expansion up to 16GB |
512MB****, Memory Stick Pro Duo and SDHC up to 32 GB |
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Amazon Whispernet EVDO, CDMA, 3G
No Wi-Fi! |
Wi-Fi, AT&T 3G |
USB 2.0 / USB 2.0, AT&T 3G |
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3.7 V 1530 mAh lithium rechargeable polymer battery, not removable |
replaceable, rechargeable battery |
rechargeable lithium-ion battery, not removable |
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PDF, MP3, MOBI, PRC, TXT, AZW |
ePub, PDF, MP3, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP |
Pub (DRM), PDF (DRM), TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, LRF, LRX, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, AAC |
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Yes |
No |
No |
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Windows, iPhone, iPod Touch |
Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry |
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux |
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No / Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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English only, The New Oxford American Dictionary |
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary |
English only, can be set |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Experimental web browser |
LendME app – can lend a book up to 14 days |
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$9.99 |
$9.99, over 1 million books available |
$9.99 |
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White |
White |
Black, silver, red / black |
* Kindle 2 1st generation was released on November 19, 2007 and the 2nd generation on February 9, 2009
** Unfortunately Nook is sold out for the holidays, but you can still get it as early as January 11.
*** According to SonyStyle.com: “Pre-orders will ship Dec. 18 thru Jan. 8. Actual delivery date cannot be guaranteed.”
**** For both PRS-600 and PRS-900, the internal memory is 518MB, of which 380MB accessible
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