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Jack Tingle · 05-21-2011, 12:37 PM

In a few months, my wife's cell phone contract will be up. I'll be changing carriers at that time, and my handy, little WM6 smartphone will be a boat-anchor. Hmmm... What about this newfangled Android stuff? Is it any good?

AHA! I can check it out for cheap with a Nook Color! (Note the clever rationaiization for buying a new toy?)

So:
1) It's HEAVY! My jetBook is a bit on the weighty side. The K3 is featherweight by comparison. A 4 A-h battery is not light! I doubt you could start small gasoline engines with it, but maybe...
2) It's PRETTY. I didn't realize how much I missed a big, bright, LCD color screen. It's like the worlds largest PDA! (Ooooh! Shiny!)
3) It has a card slot! Huzzah! I miss that on the Kindle. I use the jetBook's card a lot.
4) Barnes & Noble did not screw around with eReader and mess it up. Works mostly the same as before. Ah, comfort.
5) The capacitive touch screen is different from my PDA/smarphone resistive screens. Personally, I don't like it as well, but YMMV.
6) The app store is a nice method of customization. One reason I bought the Nook is that it has some PDA functionality in apps. We'll see if it's good enough to make me dump smartphones entirely and use it as a giant PDA.
7) It works perfectly with 3rd party ePubs. I'd heard mixed signals about this. Right now, it's 2 for 2 on unencrypted ePubs. I haven't tried stock ADE books. I don't think I have any in hand at the moment---Oops, I found a couple of old ones. Works fine except they show up in 'My Files' rather than the Library.
8) The Crossword app is nice.

The next step will be to try it with Outlook sync. I'm told that will be fun. :[

Ka-plah!

Regards,
Jack Tingle

05-21-2011, 12:37 PM	#1
Jack Tingle Punctuation Fetishist Posts: 557 Karma: 1070000 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Bluest Commonwealth In East America Device: Kindle PW, Nexus 7 (2013), Galaxy S5 phone, Galaxy Tab 4 8.0	First Impressions & Comparisons In a few months, my wife's cell phone contract will be up. I'll be changing carriers at that time, and my handy, little WM6 smartphone will be a boat-anchor. Hmmm... What about this newfangled Android stuff? Is it any good? AHA! I can check it out for cheap with a Nook Color! (Note the clever rationaiization for buying a new toy?) So: 1) It's HEAVY! My jetBook is a bit on the weighty side. The K3 is featherweight by comparison. A 4 A-h battery is not light! I doubt you could start small gasoline engines with it, but maybe... 2) It's PRETTY. I didn't realize how much I missed a big, bright, LCD color screen. It's like the worlds largest PDA! (Ooooh! Shiny!) 3) It has a card slot! Huzzah! I miss that on the Kindle. I use the jetBook's card a lot. 4) Barnes & Noble did not screw around with eReader and mess it up. Works mostly the same as before. Ah, comfort. 5) The capacitive touch screen is different from my PDA/smarphone resistive screens. Personally, I don't like it as well, but YMMV. 6) The app store is a nice method of customization. One reason I bought the Nook is that it has some PDA functionality in apps. We'll see if it's good enough to make me dump smartphones entirely and use it as a giant PDA. 7) It works perfectly with 3rd party ePubs. I'd heard mixed signals about this. Right now, it's 2 for 2 on unencrypted ePubs. I haven't tried stock ADE books. I don't think I have any in hand at the moment---Oops, I found a couple of old ones. Works fine except they show up in 'My Files' rather than the Library. 8) The Crossword app is nice. The next step will be to try it with Outlook sync. I'm told that will be fun. :[ Ka-plah! Regards, Jack Tingle