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Old 04-23-2010, 06:45 PM   #16
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I personally must have ePub support since I take out lots of digital library books. I also want ePub support so I am able to shop at a selection of ebookstores. I shop around for p-books (best price, most enjoyable shopping environment), so why shouldn't I be able to do the same for eBooks?
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What do you really gain over the Kindle with a nook. A few basic games? Sure, it supports ePub and that opens up your store selection. But, who cares if any ebook you can get is in the Kindle store.

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Well, it's definitely no longer a guarantee that any ebook you can get is available in the Kindle store - why, look at all those books published by Penguin after 4/1 that are missing.
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My main concern is that they seem to have added games, while the biggest gap the device had in my mind was unaddressed. When iBooks has better ways to view my book collection (both bought and side loaded), I'm saddened.
I agree, I would much rather prefer folder support and improved dictionary. The games and browser are nice to have, but they should get the basics sorted first.

I've been holding softrooting my nook in the hope that this 1.3 would bring at least folder support, but it is clear now that softroot is the way to go.
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What do you really gain over the Kindle with a nook. A few basic games? Sure, it supports ePub and that opens up your store selection. But, who cares if any ebook you can get is in the Kindle store.

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I know...which is why I won't act on it. The rule is I need to wait 30 days between "OMG SHINY WANT" and actually buying...it avoids those momentary impulse purchases that just end up biting me in the butt!
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WOOHOO!! This is awesome! Too bad I can't get them to send me a unit for review. I'd love a chance to review the Nook. T_T
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Someone on the B&N nook boards made an interesting point about the update:

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Ah I just realized something.



This updated fixed a few items to improve performace but the majority of the items were geared to sell the nook to new users.



So I think this is the iPad update and not a nook update.



B&N please, on the next update work on fixing the current features before adding more. That music player needs a major overhaul, searching for all books, etc...
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Old 04-24-2010, 08:01 AM   #22
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Old 04-24-2010, 12:53 PM   #23
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What do you really gain over the Kindle with a nook. A few basic games? Sure, it supports ePub and that opens up your store selection. But, who cares if any ebook you can get is in the Kindle store.

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Library books....pretty big difference in my opinion.
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Library books....pretty big difference in my opinion.
That is probably the 1 valid reason. This is assuming you don't want to or can't just liberate.

Of course, "big reason"... perhaps if you live in a location that has a local system with a good selection. So this doesn't apply to everyone.

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That is probably the 1 valid reason. This is assuming you don't want to or can't just liberate.

Of course, "big reason"... perhaps if you live in a location that has a local system with a good selection. So this doesn't apply to everyone.

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I do have a local system with a decent selection....and I am letting them know I want more. I think they need to hear it more places. As far behind on my reading as I am, I have plenty of titles I have yet to read there.

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Seriously. So far, it seems slower. The touch screen interface is now cluttered. We need a way to turn off all the other nonsense.My first page turn reflashed the screen into a weird black bordered box for two pages. Then it finally came back to normal.

I dusted off my K2 and page turns are substantially faster on the K2. B&N is getting there, but they're still a full second off. I'll have to see if WiFi plays a part in the speed on the nook. At least they fixed the DST bug. I don't have to live in the canadian atlantic time zone anymore for the summer. I can now safely live home in EST.

I still can't connect to my WEP test router. WEP!

It sits on "obtaining address" for a good 15 minutes before I give up.

**EDIT** 16 minutes later, it connected.

B*N makes me laugh. The LCD and the eInk screen show the same web page.
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I don't mean to be persnickety but wouldn't a thread about a Nook firmware update be more appropriate in the ...... er, Nook forum?
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The browser is only available in Wi-Fi? One reason I'm considering buying a new reader is so I can do a minimal e-mail check, etc. while on the train or whatever. Having to look for wi-fi hotspots is not what I was hoping for. Thanks for the information, gang.

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