NOOK Color Passes the Kindle Among e-Readers

Bob Lawrence (VE1RLL)

NOOK Color Passes the Kindle Among e-Readers:

http://hothardware.com/News/NOOK-Color-Passes-the-Kindle-Among-eReaders/

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It's not just a eReader. There are a few Forum members that already use the Color Nook and have it set up with Ebooks, Parallax PDF's (and others of course) etc. They can also read the forum on it, check email etc.


From the web site:

"Editor's Choice" —CNET, 11/23/2010

• Stunning full color touchscreen
• Enhanced books, magazines,
  newspapers, & interactive kids books
• Fun social features + surf the web
• NEW! Popular Apps

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp

If they sold them in Canada I'd have one or a similar device.

wjsteele

I'm not sure how they can compare them, because Amazon has never once released the number of devices that they have sold. Granted the Nook color is a nice device, but personally, I won't ever own another e-reader unless it has the free internet service like the one that Amazon provides in their 3G devices... it simply rocks! The other devices need to implement something like it before I would even consider them. :-)

Bill

RDL2004

I don't own an ebook reader, but I was under the impression that a big selling point was the e-Ink display. I have seen them in person and they're very nice. I spend enough time as it is getting eyestrain from staring at computer screens, for some reason I can't imagine sitting down and reading for any length of time from a miniature laptop screen.

wjsteele

Yes. Pretty much all of the eInk displays (current versions) have very nice outdoor readable screens. You do need a light to read them at night, however. The iPad/Nook Color devices are backlit LCD style device that consume a lot of power compared to the eInk displays.