Best E-book Readers For 2011

It’s around the end of the year once again and its time to take a look back at what 2011 has to offer for the gadget savvy crowd. While many devices have truly come out this year, 2011 may be considered as the year that the e-book readers have finally taken hold of its own market. Here is the list of the best e-book readers that 2011 was able to offer.

Best Colored Reading Tablet For Price

For 2011, Amazon has come out with what may be its competing version with the more popular iPad tablet. Although Amazon has focused on e-book readers, its Amazon Kindle Fire does strike a new chord for what previous consumers may have thought about reading tablets. This one has a colored display and provides other entertainment features that previous Amazon e-book readers may lack. Although it may not directly compete with the iPad or Android tablets specs for specs, its US$199 price tag surely appeals to those who may not afford those more popular tablets but would certainly want one in their hands.

Best Ad-Free E-ink Reader

What may have been a sure downer for some people especially when it comes to those e-ink e-book readers is that some of the more affordable ones now support ads which some may find unwelcome. But some of the e-book makers may have to resort to this in order to price their devices more competitively. But there are still some affordable ad-free e-ink readers that came out this year 2011 that remain ad-free for the most part. The best one in the lot has been the Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader.

The Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader comes ad-free and also features some WiFi connectivity to boot. This e-ink e-reader costs only US$99, giving it some advantage over its ad-supported competitors, since the price between them is not that big of a difference.

Best Touchscreen E-ink Reader With Audio

For some, having an e-reader that supports sound is a must. And so does having a touchscreen display. The title of the best e-book reader to come out in 2011 having such features belongs to the Amazon Kindle Touch. This e-ink reader comes with a touchscreen display, provides audio output as well as feature Special Offers as well as WiFi. At a price of US$99, the Amazon Kindle Touch is considered as the best touchscreen e-ink reader for 2011.

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