The document discusses various eBook readers and related technologies, detailing specifications and prices of devices like the Kindle, Sony PRS-500, and others. It also touches on alternative devices such as the iPhone and mini PCs that can support reading. The information includes capabilities, file formats supported, and current market options for potential buyers.

1. How I Learned to Love Reading Online Thursday, February 21, 2008 Beatley Library Simmons College

2. Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog , Caspar David Friedrich, 1818, PD

3. Newsweek cover from Nov. 27, 2007

4. From lawgeek’s flickr account ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdawg/1300241735/ ), last accessed 2/18/08

5. Kindle details $399 for device 10.3 ounces 6 inch display Holds “hundreds” of books Wireless connection using 3G network Supports MOBI, Microsoft Word, HTML, TXT, PRC and image files Newspapers, magazines, blogs, & books Doesn’t require a computer Keyboard Not backlit OED loaded Wikipedia $.10 for wireless conversion PDF??

6. Amazon.com’s Kindle storefront ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/133141011 ), last accessed 2/17/08

7. Sony Stats PRS-500 series $299 for device 9 ounces 6 inch display Internal memory holds up to 80 books Connects to computer via UPB BBeB Book , TXT, RTF, PDF*, Microsoft Word Not backlit No keyboard Bookmarks Switch Screen orientation *PDF can be created using Acrobat Standard or need to be unencrypted

8. Ebookstore.sony.com, last accessed 2/17/08

9. Fictionwise & eBookwise eBookwise-1150 $110 plus shipping 18 ounces Screen the size of a paperback Backlit screen Memory: 8MB internal flash (10 books) Can add up to 128MB card (200 books) Rechargeable battery Rocketbook , TXT, RTF, HTML, & Microsoft Word Does not support PDF Image from http:www.ebookwise.com, last accessed 2/17/08

11. Other readers available UBIT’s walkbook Supports: PDF, TXT, DOC, HTML, MP3, WOL and image files $310 Istanbul, Turkey Bookeen’s Cybook Supports: PDF, TXT, HTML, PDB, Mobi, MP3 and image files $350 iRex Iliad Supports: PDF / HTML / TXT / JPG / BMP/ PNG $699 8.1” screen

12. Other “readers”? Image from Kimbooktu ( http://kimbooktu.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/bookish-wallpaper-ii/ ), last accessed 2/17/08

13. iphone 3.5 inch screen 5 hour battery life? Not technically an ebook devices, but . . . Textonphone.com Image from http://www.apple.com , last accessed 2/17/08

14. Gphone Big question mark No delivery date Software only Ebook capabilities? Image from Feb 18, 2008 entry at http://www.google-phone.com/ , last accessed 2/17/08

15. OLPC From OLPC’s site (http://laptop.org)

16. Other Mini PCs Kojinsha E8 subnotebook Windows XP AMD Goede LX800 processor 512MB of memory Touch screen (1024x600 resolution) Memory card slot USB port 3.5 hours of continuous use time Between $529 and $635 EEE PC from Asus Linux operating system 900 MHz Intel Mobile CPU 4 GB of solid state memory. 7-inch wide color LCD with an 800 x 480-pixel resolution Memory card slot 3 USB 2.0 ports 3.5 hours of continuous use time $400 at Amazon.com Selection of colors: White, Black, Pink, Blue, & Green http://www.arbus.com . Last accessed 2/19/08 http://aving.net/usa/news/default.asp , last accessed 2/19/08

17. Polymer Vision’s Readius Image from 1/22/09 Wired blogs( http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/readius-ebook-p.html_ , last accessed 2/17/08

18. Polymer Vision’s Readius Good News Cell phone & ebook reader 5” Flexible screen Download content wihtout USB Bad News Tri-band phone For European market only Release?

19. Where’s the content? Image from http://www.lightupyourworld.nl/en/index_en.html , last accessed 2/17/08

20. http://books.google.com , last accessed 2/17/08

21. http://search.live.com , last accessed 2/17/08

22. http://www.archive.org/details/texts , last accessed 2/17/08

23. http://www.gutenberg.org/ , last accessed 2/17/08

26. http://www.dailylit.com/ , last accessed 2/17/08

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