Reviews of Popular Ebook Readers

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Amazon Kindle Keyboard 3G review

The restrictive DRM and lack of support for the EPUB file format is disappointing, but we can't deny the Kindle 3G is an excellent ebook reader that makes finding, downloading and reading books a pleasure. Read more

£149

1 October 2010 by Luke Westaway

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Sony Reader preview hands-on

The Sony Reader is an small, lightweight device that boasts an extra-large screen and has the capacity of holding up to 80 books at a time. It can also access blogs and RSS newsfeeds when docked to a PC, and you can view JPEGs, personal documents and PDFs. It might not be enough to kill the paperback but it's giving it a very good go Read more

10 August 2006 by Bonnie Cha

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Endless Ideas BeBook review

Relatively compact and lightweight, the BeBook has an excellent screen that's almost as easy on the eye as a real book. A plasticky design and sluggish menu system don't do the device any favours, but compensation comes in the form of exceptional battery life, and good font and file-format support Read more

£230

29 January 2009 by Brian Simmons

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Samsung E60 review

The Samsung E60 ebook reader is simply too expensive and too difficult to use. If you're after a smooth design and higher functionality, get yourself an Amazon Kindle instead. Read more

£199

15 November 2010 by Rory Reid

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Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS-350 hands-on

The addition of a touchscreen makes the 5-inch Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS-350 a very slick little ebook reader. Read more

6 September 2010 by Rich Trenholm

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Bookeen Cybook Gen3 review

Like Coronation Street, books have remained remarkably untouched by modern technology. There's been a spate of ebook readers recently, however, so perhaps the humble book is ready for a 21st century upgrade. French company Bookeen certainly thinks so with this, the third generation of its Cybook Read more

£269

19 August 2008 by Patrick Wignall

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ViewSonic VEB612 review

The VEB612 ebook reader is attractively styled, sufficiently compact so that it's comfortable to hold, and light enough so that it won't push you over the hand-luggage limit when you're off on holiday. Its software could be better, but there are far worse ways to read a digital book Read more

£260

15 January 2010 by Derek Chesterfield

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Sony Reader PRS-505 review

Sony's newly released Reader PRS-505 trumps the competiting ebook readers, if you ask us. Its design is more attractive and it's significantly cheaper than its rivals. It's also rather pleasant to use, with a 600x800-pixel resolution e-ink display that simply doesn't feel like a screen Read more

£200

17 September 2008 by Patrick Wignall

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iRex iLiad review

The iRex iLiad has the best screen we've seen on an ebook reader -- it's made using E Ink technology, which doesn't flicker and doesn't use a backlight. It also has built-in Wi-Fi. But is that enough to make us burn our paperbacks? Read more

£433

8 August 2007 by Patrick Wignall

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Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS-300 review

Dispensing with bells and whistles, the Reader Pocket Edition PRS-300 ebook reader does one job and does it well. It's extremely easy to read text on its e-ink display, it's attractive and pocketable, and it's very simple to use. Overall, we think it's the best ebook reader currently on the UK market Read more

£149

29 October 2009 by Nate Lanxon