What is a “Portable Ebook Reader”?

Posted by Jennifer Wang On January - 3 - 2009

Portable Ebook Readers, also known as e-book devices, are used to display electronic (e) books. These devices are portable (well of course!) and typically have a long battery life. Most PDAs can be categorized as e-book readers because of their ability to display text on a screen. (note - this site is devoted primarily to dedicated ebook devices; there’s plenty of other sites out there for PDAs )

E-book Devices are becoming more and more popular, and make great gifts for friends and family. Some of the reasons for their increasing popularity are:

  • More and more magazines and books are becoming available in e-book format (such as PDF files)
  • Companies and consumers are embracing the movement to “green” technologies, and these devices are a great way to conserve paper (trees)
  • The Ebook Reader technology is constantly improving, and devices are getting thinner, lighter, use less power and are easier-to-use
  • Prices are coming down as more units are being manufactured at a lower cost

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3 Responses to “What is a “Portable Ebook Reader”?”

  1. Portable Ebook Reader says:

    Very good definition of the Portable Ebook Reader. Which is really very easy to understand for Ebook readers. Thanks for this work

  2. Tgcxcwiv says:

    Great article, much appreciated, thanks!

  3. Ebrxbzfx says:

    Very informative post, thanks PER!

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