If I were a reader I think I would want an eReader, but I don’t really know why.  I think its because they’re the newest thing and when I played with a Kindle it was really easy on the eyes.  They are really on the eyes and you can carry all your books with you all the time.  Here is a chart I found on CrunchGear

kindle

kindledx

sony

irex

Device

Kindle

Kindle
DX

B&N Nook

Sony
Reader Daily Edition

IREX
DR800SG

Price

$299

$489

$259

$399

$399

Screen Size

6 inches

9.7 inches

3.5 inch LCD/6 inch epaper

7 inches

8.1 inches

Touch Screen

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rotating Screen

No

Yes

TK

Yes

Yes

Storage

2GB

not expandable

4GB

not expandable

2GB

Expandable up to 16GB

2GB

expandable via Memory Stick and SD

No on-board memory, comes with 2GB
SD card

Wireless

Sprint

Sprint

AT&T 3G and Wi-Fi

AT&T

Verizon

Gobi

chipset for worldwide use

Bookstore

Amazon

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Sony eBookstore

Barnes & Noble

Content Availability

350,000+ books

newspaper, magazine, blog
subscriptions

350,000+ books

newspaper, magazine, blog
subscriptions

750,000+ books

“Users can purchase books,
newspapers or magazines from a wide variety of sources”*

*not available over 3G unless
purchased through built-in bookstore

100,000+ books

One million public domain books via
Google*

Participating local library
rentals*

*not available over 3G

750,000+ books

“Users can purchase books,
newspapers or magazines from a wide variety of sources”*

*not available over 3G unless
purchased through built-in bookstore

Natively Supported Formats

Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible, MP3,
MOBI, PRC

Kindle (AZW), PDF, TXT, Audible,
MP3, MOBI, PRC

ePub, “multiple DRM solutions,” PDF

ePub, PDF, JPEG, BBeB, RTF, TXT

ePub, “multiple DRM solutions”

Formats Supported via
Conversion

PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP

HTML, DOC, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP

Word, more to come

DOC, HTML, “other text file
formats”

Not sure yet, will update when more
info is available

Web Browser

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Other Features

(lists
may be incomplete)

Bookmarks, annotations, dictionary,
Wikipedia, search, audiobooks, iPhone sync

Bookmarks, annotations, dictionary,
Wikipedia, search, audiobooks, iPhone sync

Dictionary

Highlighting, annotation,
dictionary, handwritten notes with included stylus

Bookmarks, search, included stylus,
“users will have the ability to download content to the device while
traveling abroad next year”

Available

Now

Now

Nov 30 ‘09

December ‘09

October ‘09

(Europe in mid-2010)