In general, both kindle and Sony reader have some similar technology in terms of display technology i.e. E ink display, processor type, memory storehouse modes and memory medium like the memory sticks. Both can preserve a similar readability with zooming features and built-in fonts. Sony and Amazon are also considered as the earlier pioneers in supplying Electronics book readers solutions. With the expanding competition, the differences between kindle and Sony Ebook Reader have also become obvious.

Let's discuss each of the features together.

Kindle

Weight - Sony Book reader weighs 7.76 ounces while Kindle 3 weighs 8.7ounces. This may be due to the smaller 5 inches display size that Sony Reader offers which makes a better portability here.

Storage - Kindle 3 with larger 4Gb built in memory can store about ten times more ebooks than what Sony reader can take, i.e 3500 kindle books vs 350 Sony ebooks.

Display Size - Reader has a smaller 5 inches display size as compared to Amazon Kindle 3. So you will need to rule if portability is more prominent than readability for your reading needs.

Grayscale - Kindle 3 has a better display ability with 16 levels as compared to 8 levels offered by the Sony Reader.

Battery Life - Kindle 3 can control for colse to one month while Reader can control only colse to 2 weeks. This is assumed without any wireless connection of Wifi or 3G.

Connectivity - Kindle supports both Wifi and wireless 3G connection while Sony Ebook Reader only can preserve Usb2.0. Having Wifi And Wireless 3G features built-in are principal for accessibility reason. The Kindle can be operated alone without any computer. It contains an Evdo cellular 3G connection to the Internet over Sprint. Amazon's Kindle 3 offers the highlight of Whispernet, free Internet passage and free Wikipedia. On the other hand, Sony's reader lacks this key wireless feature. It Savvy readers will not find Sony beneficial because you have to upload books into your reader before hand. For the Kindle, you can buy books whenever you want or get them free at a kindle store.

File Types - Kindle 3 supports more popular file types together with Html, Jpeg, Gif, Png, Bmp, Mobi, Prc, Aa, Aax and Mp3. Sony Reader supports only a small amount of file types together with ePub, Word, Rtf, BbeB

Text To Speech - Kindle 3 can offer this awesome highlight to help readers to read at anytime or everywhere even when the user is on the move or walking. What the user needs to do is to enable this text to speech mode and plugs its earpieces into ears for audio based reading.

Text Resize - Both ebook readers can preserve text resize function.

Sync to multiple devices - Sony Ereader is the only possession reader for its preserve file types. Kindle 3 with its free kindle application can preserve other devices like iPad, iPod, iPhone, BlackBerry, Pc and Mac.

Colors - Sony Ereader has dissimilar colors like Navy Blue, Rose and Silver while Kindle 3 has white and graphite color selection.

Other features: Kindle 3 has shock safety highlight which enables it to discharge the impact from falling down. Kindle 3 has over 620,000 choice of Kindle books from its Kindle Store which provides a huge selections of magazines, blogs and books.

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