The amount of new ebook readers cropping up can be overwhelming, therefore we have created comparison tables which compare the models like for like.

Below are the most popular six inch ebook readers, available in the market today in the UK. As more ebook readers become available we will add them to this list.

Brand	BeBook (Endless Ideas)	Sony	Amazon	Bookeen	COOL-ER	Elonex / Borders
Model	BeBook One	Sony Touch Edition (PRS-600)	Kindle 2	Cybook Gen 3	Cool-er Classic	LNX-EBOOK-600EB
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Dimensions	184 × 121 × 10 mm (7.24" × 4.74" × .39")	175 x 122 x 9.7 mm (6.9" x 4.8" x 0.4")	203 x 135 x 9 mm (8" x 5.3" x 0.36")	188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3")	188 × 118 × 8.5 mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3")	187 x 117 x 9mm (7.4" × 4.7" × .3")
Weight	200g (7.05oz)	285g (10.1oz)	289g (10.2oz)	174g (6.13oz)	174g (6.13oz)	180g (6.3oz)
Display	(90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi E Ink Vizplex	(90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi E Ink Vizplex	(90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi E Ink Vizplex	(90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi E Ink Vizplex	(90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 167 ppi E Ink Vizplex	(90 × 120mm) 6" 600 × 800 pixels, 170 ppi E Ink Vizplex
Grey Levels	4	8	16	4	4	4
Touch Screen	no	yes	no	no	no	no
Power	Li-ion 950mAh (Nokia Phone battery)	Li-ion	Li-ion 1530mAh	Li-Polymer 1000mAh	Li-Polymer 1000mAh	Li-Polymer 1000mAh
Battery Life	9000 pages	7500 pages	With EVDO: "4 days", without: "up to two weeks"	8000 pages	7000 pages	8000 pages
CPU	Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz)	Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz)	Freescale i.MX31L (ARM1136JF-S core, 532MHz)	V1, V2: Samsung® S3C2410 (ARM920T core, 200MHz) V3: Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz)	Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz)	Code9 ARM 400MHz CPU
Memory	512MB, Internal 2M NOR Flash, 512MB SD Card included Supports SD/MMC up to 4GB	128MB RAM, 512MB(NAND) Flash (~420MB user accessible) Supports MMC/SD/SDHC, Memory Stick Pro Duo	128MB RAM, 2GB Flash (1.4GB user accessible) (No upgradeable memory options available)	V1: 16MB RAM, 64MB Flash V2: 16MB RAM, 512 Flash V3: 32MB RAM, 512MB Flash Supports SD cards	128MB RAM, 1GB Flash Supports SD up to 4GB	512 MB Flash SD Card Slot Expandable up to 4GB
Connections	none	none	EVDO EVDO / 3G* (International version only)	none	none	none
Supported Formats	PDF, TXT, RTF, EPUB, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, PRC/MOBI, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP	BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, MP3, AAC	Kindle (AZW and TOPAZ), PRC, Limited MOBI (non DRM), TXT, MP3, Audible (format 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3;	OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF (non DRM), PRC/MOBI, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3	PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, PRC, JPG AND MP3	TXT, PDF, HTML, ePub, BMP, JPG, PNG
Supported DRM	Wolf and MobiPocket or Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)	Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)	AZW and TOPAZ (Kindle only)	MobiPocket	Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)	Adobe ADEPT (EPUB/PDF)
Font Sizes	3-5	5	6	12	8	?
Search / Dictionary Functions	Yes / Built in dictionary	Built-in dictionary and search using touchscreen	Search using keyboard, built-in dictionary using 5-way	MOBI dictionaries using D-pad	no	no
Notes / annotations	No	Yes, using touchscreen	Yes, using keyboard and 5-way	bookmark menu	bookmark menu	bookmark menu
Text To Speech	No	No	Yes	No	No	no
Services	iStation, ReadMan	Sony CONNECT	Amazon Kindle Whispernet. E-mail conversion of DOC, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and PDF	n/a	n/a
Release Date	August 2008	August 2009	February 2009	October 2007	July 2009	June 2009
Price	£199 / $160	£249 / $200	$259	US$290 / 190€ / £207	US$249 / £189	£169
Where To Buy	MyBebook.com	Waterstones.com	Amazon.com	Pixmania.com	Firebox.com	Borders.com