All you need to know about e-book reader

E-Book Reader 101

is the e-book readers have been around for many years, was developed electronic paper Xerox PARC in 1970. Recent advances in technology, e-ink devices are handy lightweight, high-contrast, reflective display made, and long battery life. screens are reflective like paper, refers to a light source like the sun or a light bulb to see the e-Ink. On the other hand, the translucent display as LCD monitors and laptopsdisplay backlight used to illuminate the pixels can be read in light conditions, light or dark. backlit display can drain the batteries much faster than e-ink display, which only use a little power if the display changes to work for a very long time, as the days between charges. Color e-ink displays are coming soon, but prototypes in the lab, but given slow, nobody seems willing to say how soon will appear in the e-bookReaders.

What makes readers tick?

Source E Ink Corporation

Most e-reader with electrophoresis "Film", the little "chip pigment" used in micro-capsules, which are forced to move to be made between the front of the display (white dot) and posterior (dark spot). E Ink Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1997, the film offers the most popular players, including Kindle, Sony Reader, reader IREX, and the Plastic Logic reader next.

PlasticLogic is a British company that the second player with Vizplex, film Generation E-Ink, the switching speed faster, better and more shades of gray reflection bidding. Plastic Logic is a backplane of plastic instead of glass backplane. show backplane glass are easier to do, but it offers several advantages of plastic, including the length. Plastic Logic said plastic backplane allowing them to increase the size of the display without the extra weight. Plastic Logic is using the new 8.5 x 11Touch screen proReader QUE ", in cooperation with Barnes and Noble early next year.

e-book reader

There are several e-book reader on the market and many more expected. Here's a look at what is now available and what is down the line to jump.

Amazon Kindle is the King of the Hill

Amazon once again reinforced the e-book category with the release of Kindle in 2007. E 'was praised for its size and weight, although it has generated someThe criticism of some ergonomic problems, above all, it was too easy to accidentally move a page. 3G access and huge library of books available immediately took the first Kindle a success.

In 2008, addressed the complaints of the original for the Amazon Kindle Kindle 2, better ergonomics and an improved display with E Ink Vizplex film that provides a 16-level grayscale display available. In the summer of 2009, they launched a large screen Kindle DX, a 9.7-inch (diagonal)Sale for $ 489 and dropped the price of the Kindle 2 to 6 inches $ 259 Amazon recently announced an international version of Kindle, which is priced at $ 279 and will work in over 100 countries.

Sony Reader in sizes and colors

Sony readers in advance pre-dated the Kindle. Without wireless connectivity, and rare books and expensive, it's never really taken off. Sony has come roaring back with the Sony Reader PRS-505 in 2008 and, more recently, the Pocket Reader Edition(PRS-300) that has a 5-inch display, 8 gray levels, and costs $ 199 and the Pocket Edition Reader (PRS-600) is a 8.6-inch touchscreen display in greyscale and retails for $ 299 The daily edition (PRS-900BC) is missing a 7-inch display 16 touchsrceen grayscale and 3G connectivity, the Pocket Edition, and touch. The Daily Edition is available in December for $ 399th ePub recently from a Sony proprietary format and open-book formats.

Barnes &Noble, a serious contender

Barnes & Noble has a business e-book with some characteristics that distinguish them from Amazon. For a "loan" a book, you can have a friend with their technologies LendMe to "lend" you one of your e-book, one for 14 days permitted.

The Barnes & Noble nook, has a 6 "16 shades of gray ink and a small LCD display and a 3.5 which is below the touchsrceen E-Ink. The nook runs on AndroidThe operating system, but unfortunately it does not plan to open the device to a developer. How Amazon's Kindle, it includes free wireless connectivity and Wi-Fi and 3G, unlike the Kindle 2, supports PDF files.

Plastic Logic announces QUE

The vein often announced but unpublished cross-Pro has a plastic rear panel and a large 8.5 x 11-inch E-Ink display. The vein cross-Pro supports open formats such as PDF and EPUB. The reader includes WiFi and 3G AT & TQUE network and the store operated by Barnes & Noble, offer an extensive collection of books and reading others.

Alex Spring Designs

Spring Design has recently introduced an e-book reader called the "Alex", Nook that looks surprisingly similar to Barnes & Noble. Drawings of spring claim to have a patent on the concept of dual screen, which makes us wonder how the Nook is off using. Because this is an Android-based NookE-book reader with two screens and Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. Here's a video demonstration:

Update

Obviously not, may be an accident of design resembles Alex Nook spring. This week Spring Design complained this week against Barnes & Noble, accused of "abuse" trade secrets. Spring design standard Barnes & Noble can "borrow" their design have, if they did under non-disclosure.

Best price e-BookReader

The New York-based ECTACO, known for its translators registered the e-book market with the jetBook Lite. ECTACO player sells for $ 179 on their site, but you feel at your disposal for a minimum of $ 149. And user 'four AA batteries that provide 23 hours of continuous operation. It works with Barnes & Noble eBook Store, supporting many file formats such as PDF. One drawback is the lack of wireless connectivity.

Asus e-book reader to comeSoon

Look for an announcement from Asus by the end of a double screen, touch-enabled e-Book Reader. Word is that it may look like the prototype shown above and to provide a screen 6 inches or 9 inches may be in color.

The mentor Astak from Taiwan

The new e-book reader from Taiwan is a collaboration between Netronix manufacturers of network products and multimedia Astak research and as a team, a provider of storage and knownother electronic products. Netronix reader makes several Linux-based e-book. The mentor is a 6-inch player with an SD card reader, reading PDFs and other document formats. It comes with a Sudoku game, too! You can buy it on their website for $ 289th

IREX 800SG DR stability E-Book Maker

IRex Technologies is a Dutch company that was e-reader since 2001. They built the Sony Librie, which was launched in 2004. He recently announced DR IREX800SG a wireless e-book reader with 3G around the world. IREX maintains that this player has to update the site quickly. It supports the Barnes & Noble eBook Store and other platforms and formats such as PDF and EPUB. The cost is $ 399, if it goes on sale at Best Buy.