Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: E-readers
Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide! The team here is well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties of the seasonal shopping experience, and we want to help you sort through the trash and come up with the treasures this year. Below is today's bevy of hand curated picks, and you can head back to the Gift Guide hub to see the rest of the product guides as they're added throughout the holiday season.
E-readers have really started to come into their own in the past few years, and there are now a bevy of options ranging from the utilitarian to the multi-tasking. If you're thinking about getting a reader for a friend or loved one, look no further: we've got our best picks below.
Stocking stuffers
Barnes and Noble's massive library of books remains hard to beat, as does its easy buying experience. The updated firmware means the e-Ink screen refreshes are faster than ever and you get syncing across multiple devices when using the Nook apps. |
Kobo e-reader - $129 | Kindle (Wifi) - $139 |
Oh, you shouldn't have
Spec for spec this one is exactly the same as its cheaper, Wifi-only cousin, but with the added convenience of free 3G connectivity for grabbing books on the go. The 6-inch E Ink screen has the fastest refresh of any reader we've seen and it's extremely lightweight. |
Sony Reader Touch Edition - $199
| Nook Color - $249 |
We can't afford the rent now, can we?
While the iPad is not primarily a reader, plenty of users do plenty of reading on the tablet. Apple's iBooks store is not the largest, but it's growing every day, and the reading experience the company has developed is very elegant. |
Spring Design Alex - $399 | Kindle DX - $379 |