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| Feature |
jetBook / jetBookLITE |
Sony eBook |
Amazon Kindle |
| Accessories |
- Car adapter.
- External speaker.
- Light (night reading).
- Safety strap.
- Silicone sleeve.
- Travel kit with power plugs for different countries.
- USB cable (included).
- Leather case.
- SD cards (1GB/2GB) w/ libraries.
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- Light (night reading).
- Power adapter.
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- Light (night reading).
- Power adapter.
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| Autopage turning |
8 different convenient settings for automatic page turning with Off function.
|
None. |
None. |
| Battery life |
11,500 pages turned on a single charge.
|
7,500 pages turned on a single charge. |
7,500 pages turned on a single charge. |
| Bookmarks |
Unlimited number of bookmarks for further reference. Page resume function for easy access of last read page, "Jump to page #" function and "Word search" function.
|
No "Jump to page #" function. No "Word search" function. |
"Jump to page #" only. No word search in a book. |
| Charging options |
Replace the AA batteries.
|
4 hours from supplied power adapter. Does not charge from PC. |
4 hours from supplied power adapter. Does not charge from PC. |
| Find in text function |
Language sensitive regular and T9 search plus numeric search.
|
None. |
English, only. |
| Fonts |
2 built in fonts (Arial and Verdana) in 6 available sizes from small 12 pt to huge 32 pt, page justification or left side alignment.
|
1 font in 3 sizes, no page justification. |
1 font in 6 sizes, no page justification. |
| Formats supported |
|
- BBeB (Sony format),
- pdf
- txt
|
- AA
- AZW (Kindle format)
- mobi
- mp3
- prc
- txt
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| Interface |
Large interface buttons in English, Russian or Polish. All messages, function support, and built-in manuals available in English, Polish and Russian. More languages to come soon.
|
English interface only. |
English interface only. |
| Language learning tool |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Language support |
Supports and auto detects English, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Portuguese, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Finnish Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Serbian, Albanian, Croatian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and other European languages
|
Supports English only. Other languages possible support only after hacking the OS. Once OS is hacked, warranty is void. |
English only. No support for other languages. |
| Memory, external |
Up to 2G SD card holds about 10,000 books, audio books and pictures.
|
Expensive Memory Stick or miniSD (adaptor (sold separately) required). |
Up to 4GB SD card. |
| Memory, internal |
128M with 112M available for up to 1,000 books.
|
Only 160 titles fit internal memory. |
180M available for 200 books. |
| Page turn |
Immediate page turn (screen update) without any flash or artifacts. |
1-1.5 sec page turning time ( screen update) through black and white "splash" on the screen. After 40-50 pages of reading, eyes get tired due to this effect. Number of artifacts from the previous page left on the next page, causing "dirty" marks. |
1-1.5 sec page turning time ( screen update) through black and white "splash" on the screen. After 40-50 pages of reading, eyes get tired due to this effect. Number of artifacts from the previous page left on the next page, causing "dirty" marks.
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| Page turning keys |
3 sets of keys for various settings. |
3 sets of keys for various settings. |
2 sets of keys. Keys are bulky and often get pressed accidentally.
|
| Screen rotation |
Yes. 90 degree. |
Yes. 90 degree. |
None. |
| Titles |
Unlimited. 30 popular Websites hold at least 500,000 FREE access books and audiobooks.
|
70,000 from Sony site. Mostly paid titles from $1 to $30 per download. |
110,000 books at Amazon store. Cost from $1 to $30 per download. |
| Warranty |
12 month international |
90 days |
12 month USA only |
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Reliable reader, very comfortable, 7.25.2011
