12-07-2009, 01:03 PM | #1 |
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[Article] Nook Chases Kindle At Snail's Pace
Probably one of the better articles I read, it was fair listing both strength and weakness of Amazon and B&N. The article seemed to be written by somebody that knows and uses ereaders.
Nook Chases Kindle At Snail's Pace Nook Chases Kindle At Snail's Pace (Mobile Friendly link) The only technical error I caught was his comment about the Android. It seems Google has done a great marketing job to make people believe the Andriod OS is more open than Linux. =X= |
12-07-2009, 01:59 PM | #2 | |
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Here's the section: "The Nook may also benefit from being a more open platform than the Kindle. Unlike Amazon, which uses a proprietary book format, the Nook supports the ePub standard, which will allow it to access books from a wider variety of sources, including Google Inc.'s book project. The Nook also runs Google's Android mobile operating system, raising the possibility it might someday be able to run additional applications." Personally, I think adding apps later risks turning an e-reader into a tablet, with all that implies in the way of complexity, cost and battery life. |
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12-07-2009, 02:30 PM | #3 | |
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If he replaced "Google Android Mobile" with Linux, Windows CE, PalmOS, etc... his statement would be just as accurate. For instance both the Sony and Amazon Linux devices have had third party apps written on them without any vendor support. =X= |
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12-07-2009, 02:39 PM | #4 | |
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Ouch! Ouch to high heaven, ouch! Ouch to the fourth power, ouch! |
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12-07-2009, 02:41 PM | #5 |
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To be fair, most people leave their devices on sleep...not off.
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12-07-2009, 08:06 PM | #6 | |
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12-07-2009, 08:49 PM | #7 |
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I find it odd that so many editors and journalists want to quickly snuff out the nook- Seriously, IT CANNOT BE THAT SLOW...
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12-08-2009, 12:17 AM | #8 |
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Yes it can...perhaps not significantly slower than most other ebook devices, but that is hardly a compliment given that most ebook devices are geologically slow in the first place.
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12-08-2009, 12:08 PM | #9 |
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I'll reserve judgment until I lay my hands on one.
However, I think it's critical to keep in mind that this is a "Rev A" product by a company that knows books, but has never made anything like this before. To me, the fact that it doesn't instantly catch on fire shows that they're doing something right. I.e. I don't expect much from the 1st generation nook, but I'm fairly confident that the 2nd gen will be much better. Perhaps even some firmware updates will help fix the issues. |
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12-08-2009, 04:23 PM | #11 |
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From the sounds of reviews, the nook really has some time issues. Slow page turns, slow loading of books, a bit laggy. But, on paper it is on the right track, much more so than the Kindle. epub, android and the potential for e-reader apps sound awesome.
I think once they iron out hardware or software issues (whatever is making the device so slow), then it will be a lot tougher competition. Right now it's just a mediocre product, with lots of great innovations but let down by implementation. |
12-08-2009, 04:33 PM | #12 |
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Well it must be pretty slow. According to your details you own one and yet you still don't apparently know how long it takes to boot up. Let us know when you finally get there.
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12-08-2009, 04:43 PM | #13 | ||
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For the record: Sony's PRS-600 is still very much closed off - a russian development group has managed to load a custom firmware giving access to an additional dictionary and clock, but this is far from an open system where you can just load any kind of application you want, despite it running linux - which demonstrates exactly how much the OS actually matters when the manufacturer does not want you to meddle. I will stay my rejoicing till I actually see some freely available SDK's to develop Nook applications. Quote:
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