| There has been a lot of buzz lately about the | | | | doesn't do too well with DOC, RTF and PDF |
| brand new e-book reader launched by Amazon. | | | | formats. But then again even the Sony Reader |
| The most popular e-book reader around has been | | | | cannot read DOC formats directly. |
| the one launched by Sony. | | | | E-ink technology |
| The price difference | | | | As far as the 6 inch LCD screen display goes in |
| One of the main differences that really stands out | | | | the Kindle, the display uses the revolutionary e-ink |
| between the Sony E-book Reader and Kindle is | | | | technology using 'Vizplex' film on the surface. |
| the vast price disparity. There's a whopping 100 | | | | However, both the Sony Reader and the Kindle |
| dollar difference with the Sony reader being priced | | | | have used the same technology. The plus side to |
| at 300 USD and Kindle having a price of 400 USD. | | | | this technology is that 40% of received light gets |
| While the Sony reader promises a host of freebie | | | | deflected and uses reflected instead of |
| features like free viewing of PDF files, no internet | | | | transmitted light which makes both devices easy |
| connection needed, free access to blogs as well | | | | on the eyes. |
| as RSS feeds and even a memory card included | | | | Printability |
| in the welcome kit, this reader from Sony sure | | | | There is no need to print any document because |
| has plenty of upsides to it. However, Kindle isn't | | | | Kindle offers portability in taking along all personal |
| far behind what with the capacity to contain more | | | | documents at anytime in any place, thereby |
| than 200 titles and an SD card slot that is included | | | | eliminating the need for printing. The 10 cent fee |
| with it. However, you do need to pay 1 dollar for | | | | is applicable for wireless transfer of word |
| every blog and RSS feed respectively which is | | | | documents. However, if users do not wish to shell |
| quite a bit expensive. | | | | out this fee, free transfers can be leveraged. For |
| The format | | | | this, the file or attachment needs to be sent to |
| While the Sony Reader allows you to view PDF | | | | where name stands for the ID used for your |
| files free of cost, the Kindle charges a 10 cent | | | | Kindle email address. So if the Kindle email ID is |
| fee for every PDF file that you would sync into | | | | then attachments need to be sent to and then |
| the device. Also Kindle tends to read HTML, plain | | | | the file gets converted and emailed to the |
| text formats and images from the SD card but | | | | associated Amazon account. |