The Cybook Opus is a small eBook reader, weighting only 150 grams.
Bookean Cybook OpusThe Opus supports ePUB and PDF file formats, has 1GB memory and a microSD card slot.
The Opus is available for 215$.
The Elonex eBook reader is a UK only device, launched together with Borders. It's only mm thin, has 4GB via an expansion card.
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It costs 189 Pounds (a little over 300$), and includes 100 free eBooks.
Th Libre is an eBook reader, that is made by PVI, using Foxit software. Data is loaded via USB or memory card (no wireless connection). It is be costs around 300US$, and sold only online.
The Libre will launch in Japan within 2009, it's not clear yet under which brand.
The IAC Prodigy is a e-book reader that supports 4 types of connectivity: Wi-Fi, CDMA/EVDO, WCDMA/HSPA and WiMax.
The Amazon Kindle DX is a wireless e-book reader. It got a large E Ink display, and Amazon is not just aiming this for books - but also for newspapers (they already signed up the NY Times, Wall street journal, The New Yorker and Time magazine). It costs 489$, and is available now.
Amazon kindle DXThe DX weights 535grams, and the size is 10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38". It's got 4GB of internal memory (around 3.3Gb of which are available to the user). The modem is a EVDO 1xRTT (Sprint 3G).
It supports the following formats: Kindle (AZW), PDF, TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced AAX), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion.
The smaller Kindle 2 (6" display) is also available, for 259$.
The readius is a rollable-display e-book reader (the first one of its kind). When closed the size is 115x57x21mm, and when you open the display, it's 160x115x21mm.
Polymer vision was bankcrupt, but was bought by an Asian company, that will continue development of their flexible E Ink reader.
The eSlick is a e-book reader with 128MB of memory, SD card slot (it comes with a 2GB card) and an MP3 player. The eSlick weights 180gram.
Foxit eSlick readerThe reader supports only .pdf and .txt files, and costs 260$.
The Papyrus is a touch-screen e-reader. It has 512MB of internal memory, and no expansion slot, which is surprising.
Samsung PapyrusThe Papyrus will ship for 'less than 300$'.
The Kindle 2 is an updated version of the original Kindle by Amazon. It's a wireless e-book reader that downloads books via an EVDO/CDMA network. It has 2GB of memory (and an SD slot). Beside books the Kindle also supports many newspapers and can access Wikipedia.
Kindle 2The E Ink display has been upgraded to 16-levels of gray (from 4). It is available now for 259$. There's also an international version - which allows global wireless. It costs 279$, and each non-US download costs 1.99$.
The STAReBOOK is a e-book reader with MP3 support. It accepts SD/MMC cards up to 1GB.Â
StarEBook STK-101The device weights 176g.