Smartmoney: Kindle vs Hanlin vs Cybook vs Sony vs iRex

miki · 02-10-2009, 01:57 PM

http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/T...Hands-On-Test/

Smartmoney reviews the following ereaders:

Bookeen's Cybook Gen 3 ($350)
Astak's EZ Reader ($300)
iRex Digital Reader 1000S ($860)
Sony PRS-505 ($300)
Amazon Kindle ($360)

Alisa · 02-10-2009, 03:19 PM

I would have like to have seen them explore the features and the content-buying options more. It sounds like they spent 5 minutes with each device and gave their first impressions. That's not much of a real review.

delphidb96 · 02-10-2009, 03:55 PM

But it's nice to see the Cybook and at least one Jinke variant mentioned. Still, I'd have liked to see the BeBook in there.

Even so, I tend to think it may well be all over but for the emoting. I support the BeBook (of which I'm an affiliate) and the Cybook, but I'll also be affiliating the Kindle 2 on my blog page and in my sig lines. I may not consider the Kindle to be the 'best' design, but with Jeff Bezos and Amazon acting the part of the 800-pound gorilla in the room, I figure that's gonna be the 'sales champion'.

Derek

02-10-2009, 01:57 PM	#1
miki Member Posts: 16 Karma: 102 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: EZ Reader (Hanlin V3)	Smartmoney: Kindle vs Hanlin vs Cybook vs Sony vs iRex http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/T...Hands-On-Test/ Smartmoney reviews the following ereaders: Bookeen's Cybook Gen 3 ($350) Astak's EZ Reader ($300) iRex Digital Reader 1000S ($860) Sony PRS-505 ($300) Amazon Kindle ($360)

02-10-2009, 03:55 PM	#3
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	I don't think they put all that much effort into the 'review' But it's nice to see the Cybook and at least one Jinke variant mentioned. Still, I'd have liked to see the BeBook in there. Even so, I tend to think it may well be all over but for the emoting. I support the BeBook (of which I'm an affiliate) and the Cybook, but I'll also be affiliating the Kindle 2 on my blog page and in my sig lines. I may not consider the Kindle to be the 'best' design, but with Jeff Bezos and Amazon acting the part of the 800-pound gorilla in the room, I figure that's gonna be the 'sales champion'. Derek

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02-10-2009, 03:19 PM	#2
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	I would have like to have seen them explore the features and the content-buying options more. It sounds like they spent 5 minutes with each device and gave their first impressions. That's not much of a real review.

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