MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Best $200 or less e-ink with epub + pdf + expansion please

ProfCrash · 06-14-2011, 10:45 AM

I am biased towards the Kindle but it does not read EPub which you want. Pretty much everything else you list is either available on all or none of the devices. About 1/3 of your list is available on Kindle only now.

-e-ink color to read comics
No such device exists

-web browser that works well
The best e-ink web browser is the Kindle. BN Nook Touch has a browser but it is suppose to be pretty bad and BN does not advertise its existance. The Sony 950 has a web browser that works with WiFi only.

-mp3 and / or Loss-less audio playback
This would be the Kindle or the Sony. I don't think the new Nook has mp3 capability anymore, I don't think the Kobo Touch has this ability.

-Could somehow read Chinese characters
I know the Kindle can, I don't know how well. No idea about the others

-Could also read .txt + .doc + .html
I think they all can do this

-High lighting text
I think they all can do this

-Replaceable battery
I don't think any of the mainstream readers have this now. I think the Nook Touch has an integrated battery. I could be wrong.

-Some kind of integration with Calibre
They can work with Calibre. Calibre can email things to the Kindle. The USB can be used on all of the devices.

06-14-2011, 10:45 AM	#4
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I am biased towards the Kindle but it does not read EPub which you want. Pretty much everything else you list is either available on all or none of the devices. About 1/3 of your list is available on Kindle only now. -e-ink color to read comics No such device exists -web browser that works well The best e-ink web browser is the Kindle. BN Nook Touch has a browser but it is suppose to be pretty bad and BN does not advertise its existance. The Sony 950 has a web browser that works with WiFi only. -mp3 and / or Loss-less audio playback This would be the Kindle or the Sony. I don't think the new Nook has mp3 capability anymore, I don't think the Kobo Touch has this ability. -Could somehow read Chinese characters I know the Kindle can, I don't know how well. No idea about the others -Could also read .txt + .doc + .html I think they all can do this -High lighting text I think they all can do this -Replaceable battery I don't think any of the mainstream readers have this now. I think the Nook Touch has an integrated battery. I could be wrong. -Some kind of integration with Calibre They can work with Calibre. Calibre can email things to the Kindle. The USB can be used on all of the devices. Last edited by ProfCrash; 06-17-2011 at 11:17 AM.