Google occasionally adds new features to its web search or makes design changes, sometimes without a public announcement. Most recently, Google began rolling out a rounded interface to the mobile search. Now, the company appears to be testing a new comparison feature.
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When trying to decide on a new device, most people spend a lot of time comparing various models. How does product X stack up against product Y? Which one offers the most bang for the buck? Which is going to stay relevant the longest? There are so many things to take into consideration - it's quite an overwhelming task.
Thankfully, Sortable.com is there to assist you in the quest for a new gadget. Regardless of whether it's a camera, phone, tablet, laptop, or TV, you can compare all of the most popular products in each class against each other to really figure out which one is the best for you.
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If you've been following the Google I/O coverage today at all, you are probably aware that Google and Samsung gave out about 5,000 Galaxy Tab 10.1 units early to all conference attendees. I didn't take the XOOM with me to the conference to avoid carrying extra bulk, so I didn't have a chance to compare the 10.1 to it while doing the deep dive first look.
Now that I got home and put the two side-by-side... let's just say it's not even funny how much bulkier the XOOM is. The 8.6mm Galaxy Tab 10.1 is not here to mess around, making the 13mm XOOM looks like a year-old clunker.
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It's April 28th, the official release date for the 2nd generation Droid Incredible from HTC, and if you haven't studied this phone in detail yet, you're probably wondering just what exactly has changed since the original "Dinc" entered the market last April. Let's have a look, shall we?
First and foremost, just like the Droid 2 Global Edition, the new Incredible 2 is a world phone with both CDMA and GSM frequencies. Verizon Wireless provides the following interesting numbers:
Quite a step-up from the original already, isn't it?
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Last year was definitely the year of the Kindle - we've seen a whole new generation of eBook readers come out, finally making this gadget category popular. To help you navigate the eBook reader waters, we spent the last few days compiling a table comparing some of the biggest eReader devices:
If a category has a winner, it is highlighted in bold (in some cases there could be more than one winner).
Kindle DX features that are the same in Kindle 2 are marked with "<-".
Without further ado, let the best eReader win:
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|
Alex eReader |
Barnes & Noble Nook |
Amazon Kindle 2 |
Amazon Kindle DX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order of release | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Release dates | April 14, 2010 | November 30, 2009 | February 9, 2009 | June 10, 2009 |
| Internal memory | 2GB | 2GB | 2GB | 4GB |
| Expandable memory | Yes - MicroSD | Yes - MicroSD | No - SD slot was removed | <- |
| Average # of books that can fit in internal memory | 1500 | 1500 | 1500 | 3500 |
| CPU speed | 624 MHz | Unknown but in the range of 533-800 MHz | 523 MHz | <- |
| Screen(s) | Dual, 6" E-Ink, 3.5" color LCD | Dual, 6" E-Ink, 3.5" color LCD | Single, 6" E-Ink | Single, 9.7" E-Ink |
| Screen resolution | 6": 600 x 800 px 3.5": 480 x 320 px |
6": 600 x 800 px 3.5": 480 x 144 px |
600 x 800 px | 1200 x 824 px |
| E-Ink display | Yes - 16 level grayscale | Yes - Vizplex, 16-level grayscale | Yes - 16-level grayscale | <- |
| WiFi | Yes - b/g | Yes - b/g (+free WiFi at B&N stores) | No | <- |
| Global wireless (3G, 4G, etc) | No but 3G, EVDO/CDMA, GSM support coming in a model that should be out later this year | Yes - 3G | Yes - 3G with fallback to EDGE/GPRS | <- |
| Web browser | Yes - on the color screen and the E-Ink screen | Stock Nook - no Rooted Nook - yes |
Basic browser but a firmware update brought a more capable browser | <- |
| Content sharing/lending | No | Yes, up to 14 days, between nook, iPhone, iPod Touch, PC, and Mac devices | No | <- |
| FM radio | No | No | No | <- |
| PDF support | Yes | Yes | Yes | <- |
| Formats supported | EPUB, PDF, TXT, HTML, JPEG, GIF, BMP, MP3, MP4, Flash, 3GP | EPUB, PDB (eReader), PDF, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3 | Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion | <- + Audible format 4, RTF |
| Speaker | Yes - stereo | Yes - mono | Yes - stereo | <- |
| Text-to-speech | No (confirmed to us by Spring Design) | No | Yes | <- |
| Auto rotation | No (confirmed to us by Spring Design) | Unknown | No | Yes |
| Connector type | MicroUSB | MicroUSB | MicroUSB | <- |
| Battery capacity | 3.7V 1530mAh (confirmed to us by Spring Design) | Unknown | 1530mAh | <- |
| Battery life | 14 days with wireless off, 6 hours with LCD screen on |
10 days with wireless off | 7 days with wireless on, 14 days with wireless off |
<- |
| User replaceable battery | Yes | Yes | No | <- |
| Book selection | Borders via Kobo, Google Books, any protected ePub book from any bookseller |
Barnes & Noble - 1,000,000+ paid and 500,000+ free books, newspapers and magazines | Amazon - 450,000+ post-1923 and 1,800,000+ pre-1923 books at the time of this review | <- |
| Synchronized last page read between devices | No but promised later | No but promised in early 2010 | Yes | <- |
| Operating system | Android 1.5 (2.0+ coming summer 2010) | Android 1.5 | Linux | <- |
| OTA (Over-The-Air) software updates | Yes (confirmed to us by Spring Design) | Yes | Yes | <- |
| Size | 8.9" x 4.7" x 0.4" | 7.7" x 4.9" x 0.5" | 8.0" x 5.3" x 0.36" | 10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38" |
| Weight | 11 oz | 12.1 oz | 10.2 oz | 18.9 oz |
| Price | $399 | $259 | $259.00 | $489.00 |
| Buy it | Buy It | Buy It | Buy It | Buy It |
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Alex eReader |
Barnes & Noble Nook |
Amazon Kindle 2 |
Amazon Kindle DX |
So, who is the winner?
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