Digital Book Reader Market
Whilst Amazon and Sony are the two biggest names in the digital book reader market there are a few companies that have developed their own offerings that are fast getting a strong following from users. As the technology is still in early stages it is likely we will see a number of ‘new name’ companies come and go, but some will stay around thanks to the strength and popularity of their offerings.
Two of the major up and coming digital book reader companies are featured below, and should be strongly considered as alternatives to the Sony and Amazon options.
Cool-er
Cool-er ebook readers are certainly eye catching. They come in a range of 8 different colors, all of which are very bright and easily spotted. As one of the latest of the digital book readers to be released the Cool-er has almost all the up-to-date specifications you would expect.
The Cool-er is roughly the same size as the Sony Reader, but is also roughly half the weight, making it far more friendly as a travel companion. It comes with speakers to allow ebooks to be read to you (and MP3’s to be played) and has the good news that it supports the ePub format, fast becoming the industry standard for ebooks.
It is attractively priced, aiming of the lower end of the pricing market, which makes sense considering it’s lack of internet connection. It is certainly developing a fan base, with rumours of an application store in a similar vein to the iphone app store currently doing the rounds.
BeBook Readers
There are two types of BeBook Readers currently on the market, the BeBook Reader and the BeBook mini, with the mini being the stripped down, smaller and more travel friendly version of it’s bigger, more powerful brother.
BeBook is probably the leading ‘independent’ brand digital book reader in the world, and for good reason. It supports or common (and a number of uncommon) document types, it has an extremely lengthy battery life, high quality screen and contrast and can play MP3 files and audio books.
Unlike some of the other ‘big names’ BeBook readers support the use of SD memory cards, making backing up your digital book collection far easier – and therefore making your investments safer. The style is also comparable to the best on the market, achieving a futuristic ‘tablet’ type feel that is also easy to use.
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