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E-Readers and Tablets - Are you ready to take your medicine? - part 2 of 1 2

by Mike McNamee Published 01/02/2012

In terms of inter-platform compatibility, here is the story: Kindle: Besides Kindle hardware readers, Kindle books can be accessed on iPads, iPhones, iPod Touch handhelds, Android phones (version 2.1 and later), Android tablets, many BlackBerry phones, Windows PCs, Macs, Windows Phone 7 phones and via HTML 5-compatible browsers (the Kindle Cloud Reader).

Nook: Besides Nook hardware readers, Nook books can be accessed on iPads, iPhones, iPod Touch hand-helds, Android phones (version 2.1 and later), Android tablets, many BlackBerry phones, Windows PCs, and Macs.

Kobo: Besides Kobo hardware readers, Kobo books can be accessed on iPads, iPhones, iPod Touch hand-helds, Android phones (version 2.1 and later), Android tablets, many BlackBerry phones, the Palm Pre (WebOS), the BlackBerry PlayBook, Windows PCs, and Macs. iBooks: Apple's e-book store is currently only available on Apple iOS devices - iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.

Sony Reader: Besides Sony Reader hardware, Sony books can be accessed on Android phones, Windows PCs and Macs. (Now that Apple has modified the terms of the App Store, it is expected that the Sony Reader iOS app - originally rejected by Apple - will be modified and resubmitted.)

1. Depends of the eReader application
2. With ePub 3
3. Table support added in FictionBook V2.1. Not supported in V2.0
4. With HTML 5
5. With HTML 5
6. Supported in all except 1st Generation Kindle. (Support level is as it is in mobipocket)
7. Supported only in kindle for iPhone, iPod, iPad.
8. With Flash Embeded

The Kindle is monochrome, and only 4-bits (16 levels), and is thus far more suited to all-text documents rather than the graphics-rich content to be found in a magazine.

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