Whats better a better e-book, the Kindle or the Nook?
Im looking into buying a e-book. I want to be able to download books and newspapers via wireless. Also I want a very large selection of books to chose from. For those who already own a e-book; whats a better e-book, the Kindle or the Nook? Also why do you like it in particular? Is it easy to use? Do you have any problems with yours? Thanks!!
Barnes and Noble NOOK ebook reader
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400599997?ie=UTF8&tag=0891-20
Review: Barnes and Noble has issued yet another firmware release and as a result, several issues including bookmarks, losing places in books and speed issues have been resolved. In addition, for those who were unable to register due to not being in an area with wireless coverage, you are now able to take advantage of the WIFI capability to register your device. Battery is still abysmal compared to nearly all other readers out there however, if you get in the habit of recharging every night and carrying a spare battery, this is will not impact your overall reading experience.
While the Kindle and the Sony readers are still superior and not as buggy — Barnes and Noble has shown that they are committed to making this product work. It is a very nice looking reader and the rubber backing is much more comfortable to hold than the metal backing of the Kindle. I still feel the LCD color component is merely eye-candy and of little functional use but I have upgraded my star rating. While this reader still lacks the functionality and maturity of its main competitors, I would say it has definitely become a viable option for those who don’t want to be tied to Amazon or the Sony Store.
UPDATED: 01/02/2010
Some will say that I am “premature” in putting this review out because I should be giving Barnes and Noble the chance to fix their device — which they diligently appear to be trying to do. However, anyone contemplating the sale of the nook has a right to know how this reader operates NOW unless they are willing to spend 260 on promises of a eReader that does not do some of the simplest tasks (bookmarks) at the time of purchase. As improvements are made, I will continue to update the review.
Unfortunately, Barnes and Noble continues to struggle with the functionality of the nook.
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I love Barnes and Noble so was very excited to see them enter the ereader market.
Barnes and Noble was hoping that the shiny and colorful package would keep people from realizing that they rushed their reader to market without proper testing.
There have been so many problems with the Nook that they are already on their 3rd firmware update even though the first set of readers were only shipped 2 weeks ago. This, itself, is a problem because such frequent updates can cause additional quality issues — break broken functionality (for example, bookmarks), and leaves nook owners in the position of having to beta test their 260 dollar reader.
After putting a nook through its paces at my local Barnes and Noble repeatedly (i.e. prior to the firmware updates and after firmware updates), the problems I found were many:
1. FIXED (KINDA) SLOOOOW — page turns were much slower than ANY reader on the market.
– with Firmware version 1.1.1, this has gotten better. However, it appears that the longer you are reading a book, pageturns start to slow down again. (Memory leak???)
2. FIXED: SLOOOOW — the navigation using the color LCD touchscreen is so laggy that you keep touching it thinking it hasn’t accepted your input.
3. FIXED: Bookmarks — being able to save where you left off in the book is seriously flawed and only works a small percentage of the time — if at all (introduced with the latest version 1.1.1 of the firmware)
4. FIXED (Kinda)User Interface — something that would take you just a few button clicks on a Sony or a Kindle will take you 4-5 on the nook. This wouldn’t be such a big deal if it wasn’t for the fact that the user interface was so SLOOOOW
5. Battery drain — the battery will drain after just 3-4 days — as opposed to 12-14 for a Kindle and even longer for a Sony… and that is with the Wireless turned off and the LCD panel dimmed.
6. IMPROVED: Device frequently freezes and needs to be rebooted — which is a problem when your bookmarks don’t work.
7. Frequent firmware upgrades (with inadequate testing) which has the potential to cause further instability (such as the bookmark issue which was just introduced in version 1.1.1) which turns all nook owners into nook volunteer beta testers.
8. Downloaded books sometimes consist of blocks of blank pages and are unreadable
9. FIXED: Often, if you hit page forward, it pages forward several pages at a time.
Advantages of the nook:
1. It’s great looking — though I find the LCD portion of the screen basically useless Eye Candy that doesn’t add to the overall functionality of the screen and is a significant power drain.
2. Ability to “lend” a book — however, this is a severely limited capability which many publishers are fighting and may not be available on many books. You can lend a book to only once to 1 person for 14 days — but only if the publisher allows it. Like Kindle’s text-to-speech “feature”, most publishers are insisting that this feature be disabled.
3. Supports SD cards — a major flaw in the
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