It looks like the bottom quarter of the nook is taken up by a LCD screen making the true reading page size much smaller than the Kindle.
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I'd have to test the efficiency with with each opened and displayed graphics-filled pdfs. If one did it better than the other and I had to get one, I'd go with the one that did that better. If neither displayed pdfs to my satisfaction and I wasn't forced to make a choice, I'd wait for one that did.
That said, I like the little lcd at the bottom of the nook, since it gives a graphical interface for switching from book to book, which would be very helpful at the gaming table.
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It'd depend on whichever handles Pathfinder PDFs more gracefully. I was kinda ticked that Amazon can retroactively kill a purchased book and turn off text-to-speech at will.
Hopefully, enough competition will drive the price points to $99 or less, which is when I'd even start to seriously consider it for purchase.
It looks like the bottom quarter of the nook is taken up by a LCD screen making the true reading page size much smaller than the Kindle.
Actually it looks like they have the same diagonal display size, and the nook has a slightly smaller area but is a little thicker.
In the same place as the LCD on the nook, the kindle has a bunch of buttons.
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It looks like the bottom quarter of the nook is taken up by a LCD screen making the true reading page size much smaller than the Kindle.Actually it looks like they have the same diagonal display size, and the nook has a slightly smaller area but is a little thicker.
In the same place as the LCD on the nook, the kindle has a bunch of buttons.
FYI: nook has a touchscreen keyboard, like iPhone.
I'd have to test the efficiency with with each opened and displayed graphics-filled pdfs. If one did it better than the other and I had to get one, I'd go with the one that did that better. If neither displayed pdfs to my satisfaction and I wasn't forced to make a choice, I'd wait for one that did.
I agree with Yoda, PDF capability is really the only thing that would convince me to buy one of these things. If I'm seeing the comparison from the OP's post, however, is appears that the nook is PDF-native. Intriguing...
Book price rates for nook and Kindle.
1776 by David McCullough: $9.99 from Amazon; $14.40 from B&N
Michael Crichton's State of Fear: $7.99 from Amazon; $11.99 from B&N
Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons by Tim Russert: $9.99 from Amazon; $11.16 from B&N
Robert J. Sawyer's Flash Forward: $7.85 from Amazon; $9.99 from B&N
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System -- and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin: $9.99 from Amazon; $14.99 from B&N.
Unless Barns and Noble add somthing extra they might price themselves out of the compitition.
An advantage to B&N ebooks is that they can be read on your Mac or PC--Kindle books can't be read on the computer. For me, this makes the higher prices at B&N a little more palatable.
I think Amazon announced a Kindle software reader for Windows (don't know about OS X).
I think Amazon announced a Kindle software reader for Windows (don't know about OS X).
There's an article mentioning it here. It seems it isn't going to be out for a month or so.
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Sometimes I'm a naïve idiot, but I honestly assumed, based off previous advertising ("read for up to a month on a single charge!"), that the Kindle got, if not 720 hours of continuous reading on a single charge, then at least a couple hundred.
Admittedly, I rarely have (except at bedtime), more than about 30-40 minutes at a time to read for pleasure, but I have three or four of those blocks a day on a tight day. Does Amazon seriously expect dedicated readers only manage 30 minutes a day on average?
Their new advertised battery life magically doubled over night in response to B&N's 2-month battery (which, apparently equates to a 24 hour month, something that doesn't exist anywhere in the solar system).
At least now, Amazon actually says the 2-month mark is based on no wi-fi, lowest screen settings, no faster than one minute per page (reading speed for page turns), and no more than 30 minutes per day.
WTF?
Just being totally honest and saying you can read on a single 3-hour charge for 56 continuous hours, over two days non-stop, is pretty amazing. I personally don't understand the need to be deliberately dishonest or at least disingenuous--I mean, hell, a simple blurb could have gone something like this:
"The average user can enjoy hours of nonstop reading--a single charge can easily carry you through the entire week!"*
*One 3-hour charge supports at least 56 hours of continuous use when wi-fi is off and screen brightness is maintained at the default midrange level.
My nook color battery lasts a long time. I dont have specific numbers, but I usually charge this thing once a week (no matter how heavy the use) and im usually never below 50% battery.
I have wi-fi always off and my screen is probably mid-range brightness.
BUT... PDF-wise. I was happier before.
Im not sure if its the nook update I did or whatever but Paizo PDF's are getting more and more of the occasional graphical glitches. I started noticing this from the latter half of the Kingmaker volumes. Occasional pictures in the pdf would display with an random solid background patch that would cover some text. Also the Carrion Crown covers all have this and the interior pages are solid purple-ish. The fancy border surrounding the page numbers are also cut off (squared off) at the top. Im assuming its something with the layering.
Nook's PDF reader isnt anywhere near as good anymore as Goodreader or iBooks on my iPhone4.
Late Edit*** I still prefer nook to my friends Kindle or my girlfriend's Sony eReader. The color is nice when it displays book covers. I consider the kindle to be a tad better in bright sunlight. YMMV.
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B&N has their own e-reader now. It's aesthetically pleasing, and I like the lending feature, but it suffers from Kindle's screenflash when your turn a page.
They're both around the same price now, so which would you choose? If you could have one of them for free, which one?
What you really want is a Nook Color. Great to read on, plus you can root it pretty easily to turn it into a full-fledged Android tablet.
