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Old 10-26-2010, 06:45 PM   #31
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Every other requested feature is PDF support. Maybe B&N hope to satisfy those people.

Currently uses Android 2.1 so no Flash but reports say it will be upgraded to 2.2 and then Flash will be available.
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Old 10-26-2010, 06:48 PM   #32
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meh. Its just an over sized cell phone. I can read nookbooks on my cell, I can read Kindle books on my cell.

Impressive looking and fun to dream about, but that is really all it is.
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Old 10-26-2010, 06:56 PM   #33
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Been looking for a backlit unit. This would make a nice christmas present for my kids.
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I like it. I'll wait for the reviews, but this is very tempting. Wonder how Amazon will react.
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Wonder how Amazon will react.
Do Amazon looks bovvered? I don't see Amazon bovvered by a LCD tablet.
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Old 10-26-2010, 07:47 PM   #36
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Er... wuh, is this a bad joke? It's not an e-reader anymore without 'e-ink'.

EDIT: Before getting an e-reader, I usually read ebooks on my lcd monitor / computer. Why should I bother reading on ANOTHER lcd screen at home, right? The entire point is that it looks like paper and I can carry it around (not that I ever carry it out of the home, though!).

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Am I mistaken but in slide 14 of the Cnet article, is that a crudload of fingerprints on the screen? fail.
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i've lost faith in B/N
My eInk nook has been a big dissappointment lately, and now there's an lcd nook that wants to be an ipad without the app store. Sounds like fail to me.
When I first saw this I got all excited for a Qi or Mirsol, werent they supposed to be available by the end of this year
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Am I mistaken but in slide 14 of the Cnet article, is that a crudload of fingerprints on the screen? fail.
Yeah, I noticed that. It's pretty awful. But to be fair, someone will come out with an anti-glare screen protector that will do away with this.
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Er... wuh, is this a bad joke? It's not an e-reader anymore without 'e-ink'.

EDIT: Before getting an e-reader, I usually read ebooks on my lcd monitor / computer. Why should I bother reading on ANOTHER lcd screen at home, right? The entire point is that it looks like paper and I can carry it around (not that I ever carry it out of the home, though!).
And that's why people who favor eInk aren't the target market for this device.

This will sell to the masses; not to avid readers.
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Yeah, I noticed that. It's pretty awful. But to be fair, someone will come out with an anti-glare screen protector that will do away with this.
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As an ebook reader it does seem lacking, but I wonder what the hackers will be able to do with it. I'm sure a custom android ROM will appear soon after it's launched. With such a nice screen and low price tag it could be a killer tablet.
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The pandigitals suddenly look more interesting.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/18/p...ith-the-novel/

Anyone seen how the SiPix screens look yet?
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Old 10-26-2010, 08:11 PM   #45
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I just scanned the article "Barnes & Noble Reveals The Nook Color, Please Act Surprised" by Matt Burns at CrunchGear and read this:

....."The entire thing weighs in at 15.6 oz with a thickness of .48-inches — that’s just 5.4 oz heavier and .12-inches thicker than the new Kindle."

Uh, no. The B&N website puts the weight of the Wi-Fi Nook Color at 15.8 ounces. The Kindle Wi-Fi weighs 8.5 ounces. That's a 7.3 ounce difference. It's over 85% heavier, hardly something I would describe with the adjective "just". It's even 7.1 ounces heavier than a Kindle 3G. Even there, the weight is 180% that of the Kindle.

Still, I might end up buying one if the virtual keyboard works well and apps are available for writing, although I would still use my eInk Kindle for reading. The price is very tempting and the color screen could be just the thing for certain books and magazines.

One thing I won't do is to make the mistake of being an early adopter of this new technology. I got Nook-burned once, never again.
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