However, it never hurts to have some concise information about these readers in your back pocket should the conversation about these devices come up in the near future. I, for one, have to start thinking about birthday and Valentine's Day gifts really soon.
I put together a comparison table so that I could get a better grip on what options were (or weren't) available for each of the major brands. I'm posting it here for you to review. Hopefully, it will help. I'm sorry that I didn't get this up well before Christmas eve.
Enjoy and Merry Christmas.
| Spec's | Barnes-Noble Nook | Amazon Kindle | Sony Reader Daily Edition |
| Retail Price | $259 | 489.00 | $399.99 |
| Charge Time | 3h 30m-wall / 6h-USB | Not Available | 2h 30m-wall / 5h-USB |
| Reading Screen | 6in diag (800x600) | 9.7in diag (1200x824) | 7.1in diag (600x1024) |
| Touch Screen | Semi-bottom portion, only | No | Yes |
| Audio Player - Music | Yes - MP3 | Yes - MP3 | Yes - MP3 and AAC |
| Audio Books | Yes | Yes + Text to Speech | No |
| Wireless Connection | Cellular and Wi-Fi | Cellular Only | Cellular Only |
| Wireless Provider | ATT | Sprint | ATT |
| Speakers and Headphone | Yes | Yes | Headphone Only |
| Built-In Storage | 2GB | 4GB | 1.6GB |
| Add'l Storage Slot | Y - microSD or SDHC | No | Y - SD or MemoryStick |
| Replaceable Battery | Y | N | N |
| Visible Pg # | Y | N | Y |
| Keyboard | On Screen | Physical | On Screen |
| Orientation | Portrait / Limited Landscape | Portrait OR Landscape | Portrait OR Landscape |
| eBook Format | EPUB, PDB, PDF | Kindle or PDF | EPUB, PDF, BBeB, Text, RTF, Word |
| Dictionary | Y - EPUB and PDB, only | Yes | Yes |
| Bookmarking | Y - EPUB and PDB only | Yes | Yes |
| Highlights | Y - EPUB and PDB only | Yes | Yes |
| Notes | Y - EPUB and PDB only | Yes | Yes |
| Page Mark-up / Handwriting | No | No | Y - w/Stylus or Finger |
| Drawing | No | No | Y - w/Stylus or Finger |
| Picture Viewing | No | Y - JPEG and GIF | Y - JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP |
| Weight | 11.2oz (317g) | 18.9oz (535g) | 12.75oz (360g) |
| Web Search | No | Y - Wikipedia, Google, etc | No |
| Web Browsing | No | Basic Web - Text heavy sites | No |
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