Rocket eBook www.nuvomedia.com

Size: 5” x 7;” Weight: 22 ounces; Display: Monochrome, 106 dpi resolution,

backlit, touchscreen; Memory: 16 to 32 MB (Flash card) – stores 40 novels or 15,200 pages of text; Battery: rechargeable nickel metal hydride battery lasts 20 to 40 hours; Text: ASCII, Word, HTML; Retail Cost: $200 Note: Replaced by the REB1100

SoftBook Reader www.softbook.com

Size: 6” x 8;” Weight: 2.9 pounds; Display: 9.5” diagonal mono-chrome; Memory: 8 MB – stores 4,000 pages of text; Battery: rechargeable lithium-ion battery lasts up to 5 hours; Text: Encryption plus OEB; Retail Cost: $600 or $300 plus $20/mo. content package for 24 months Note: Replaced by the REB1200

REB1100 http://www.nuvomedia.com/ebookrdrs/tour/tour1100home/tourpage1100.asp (tour)

http://www.rca.com/demo/REB1100/1%2C20104%2CPI45798-CI100005%2C00.html? (demo)

http://www.rca.com/product/viewdetail/0,1322,PI45798,00.html?

Size: 1.5” x 5” x 7;” Weight: 18 ounces; Display: 5.5” diagonal, monochrome LCD touch screen, 320x480 resolution; Memory: 8 to 72 MB, expandable with SmartMedia memory – stores 8,000 to 70,000 pages; Battery: rechargeable non-removable battery lasts 20 to 40 hours; Modem: built-in 33.6 Kbps V.90 capable modem and Gemstar/RCA dialup service requires no computer or Internet access; Text: OEB; Retail Cost: $300 Note: Updated Rocket eBook manufactured by a subsidiary of RCA and licensed by Gemstar, Future MP3 music capability

REB1200 http://www.nuvomedia.com/ebookrdrs/tour/tour1200home/tourpage.asp (tour)

http://www.rca.com/product/viewdetail/0,1322,PI45800,00.html?

Size: 1.25” x 7.5” x 9;” Weight: 33 ounces; Display: 8.2” diagonal TFT LCD color touch screen, 480x640 resolution; Memory: 8 to 128 MB, expandable with Compact Flash memory – stores 5,000 pages of color content and text; Battery: rechargeable removable lithium-ion battery lasts 5 to 10 hours; Modem: 56 Kbps V.90 capable modem and Gemstar/RCA dialup service requires no computer or Internet access; Text: OEB; Retail cost: $700; Note: Updated SoftBook manufactured by a subsidiary of RCA and licensed by Gemstar

eBookMan www.franklin.com/ebookman

Size: 6” x 8;” Weight: 7 ounces; Display: Monochrome LCD, 240x200 resolution; Memory: 8 to 16 MB,

expandable with MultiMediaCard memory, stores 20 to 40 eTexts; Battery: 2 AAA; Text: Proprietary, TXT, HTML and MS Reader; Retail cost: $130 to $230 Note: Multipurpose PDA with MP3 music player, audiobook player, voice memo, etc.

GoReader http://www.goreader.com/

Size: 7.3” x 9.7;” Weight: less than 5 pounds; Display: Color SVGA; Memory: ?????, more than 500 textbooks; Battery: removable rechargeable battery pack lasts up to 5 hours; Text: OEB; Retail Cost: Still

unpublished; Note: Built-in calculator, calendar, and electronic notepad

Palm PDAs

Palms http://store.palm.com/

Size: approximately 3.25” x 5;” Weight: 4 to 7 ounces; Display: Monochrome, 160x160 resolution; Memory: 16 to 32 MB; Battery: 2 AAAs; Text: HTML; Retail Cost: $200 to $400; Note: Multipurpose PDA

Visors www.handspring.com

Size: 3” x 4.8”; Weight: 5.4 ounces; Display: Monochrome or color; Memory: 8 to 32 MB, expandable with Compact Flash memory; Battery: 2 AAAs; Text: PDF; Retail Cost: $180 to $500; Note: An updated and expandable version of the Palm multipurpose PDA

PocketPCs

Casio Cassiopeia E-115 http://www.casio.com/personalpcs/section.cfm?section=19&market=0

Hewlett Packard Jornada http://www.hp.com/jornada

Compac iPAQ http://athome.compaq.com/showroom/static/ipaq/ipaq-athome.asp

Size: approximately 3” x 5;” Weight: 6 to 9 ounces; Display: Monochrome and color, TFT touch screen,

240x320 resolution; Memory: 16 to 160 MB, expandable with Compact Flash memory or MultiMediaCards; Battery: Rechargeable lithium batteries lasts 3 to 8 hours; Text: OEB, Microsoft Reader with ClearType; Retail Cost: $400-$600 Note: Multipurpose PDA devices, with Pocket PC scaled-down versions of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer, MS Reader with ClearType, audio and media players, games, etc.

Reader Software or Web Browser

Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader http: www.adobe.com/products/ebookreader/main.html

AportisDoc http://www.aportis.com/

BookVirtual http://www.bookvirtual.com/

Microsoft Reader http://microsoft.com/reader

Peanut Reader http://www.peanutpress.com/readerguide.cgi/intro/06755670-881-71269

TumbleReader http://tumblebooks.com/tumblebooksite.html

Web Browsers (such as Internet Explorer or Netscape)

Wireless Web Browsers (such as Ergo, Qubit, Voyager or WebPAD)