Amazon Kindle 2
| Manufacturer |
Foxconn for Amazon.com |
| Type |
E-book reader |
| Release date |
1st generation: November 19, 2007
2nd generation: February 9, 2009
Kindle DX: June 10, 2009 |
| Operating system |
Linux-2.6.10 |
| Power |
3.7 V, 1530 mAh lithium polymer, BA1001 model |
| CPU |
Freescale 532 MHz, ARM-11 |
| Storage capacity |
(total/user available) 256 MB/180 MB (original) or 2 GB/1.4 GB (Kindle 2) or 4 GB/3.3 GB (Kindle DX) internal flash memory |
| Display |
6 in diagonal,
3.6 in (91 mm) × 4.8 in (122 mm),
600 × 800 pixels or 0.48 megapixels,
167 ppi density,
4-level grayscale (original)
or 16-level grayscale (Kindle 2)
electronic paper |
| Input |
USB 2.0 port (micro-B connector),
SD card (original model only),
3.5 mm stereo headphone jack
built-in speaker,
AC power adapter jack |
| Connectivity |
Amazon Whispernet using EVDO/CDMA AnyDATA wireless modem |
| Dimensions |
8.0 × 5.3 × 0.8 in (203 × 135 × 20.3 mm) (original) 8.0 × 5.3 × 0.36 in (203 × 135 × 9.14 mm) (Kindle 2) |
| Weight |
10.2 oz (290 g) |
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Sony Reader Family
| Manufacturer |
Sony |
| Available |
August 31, 2009 |
| Screen |
600×800 px,
170 dpi resolution,
5", 6" or 7" diagonal,
8- or 16-level grayscale
E-Ink Electronic paper
Touch-sensitive in some models |
| Operating system |
MontaVista Linux (device), Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X (client software) |
| Input |
Touchscreen (PRS-600, PRS-900), Buttons (PRS-300) |
| Memory |
420 MB Accessible |
| Memory card |
Memory Stick Duo Up to 32 GB, SDHC Up to 32 GB |
| Connectivity |
USB 2.0 |
| Battery |
Lithium-ion |
| Weight |
10 oz (283 g) |
| Form factor |
Slate |
| Media |
BBeB (DRM), ePub (DRM), PDF (DRM), TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, LRF, LRX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, AAC w/o DRM |
| Series |
PRS-300, PRS-600, PRS-900 |
| Predecessor |
PRS-500, PRS-505, PRS-700 |
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