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12-12-2010, 11:36 AM | #77 |
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Smart-alec eInk snobs. Bah, humbug on ya!
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Oh, I tell them all the features, it's not like I have anything against the Nook Color, but it's not a great, do-all advice. If you want to read books, your best bet is with the Nook unless you are okay handling backlit reading. As far as magazines, it's not a huge selling point as the magazines are about the same price as the physical copies. I have yet to sell a nook Color to someone who wants to read magazines. I usually tell people the nook was designed for reading, with a few extras thrown in. The nook Color was designed for the extras, with some reading thrown in as well. It may not be what corporate is pushing but I don't want to make someone spend 250 bucks on something that won't satisfy them according to their needs. EDIT: And since employees get no bonuses or commission, it makes no difference to us which one we sell, which is nice because customers who know this can count on most employees giving them straight answers as to which one they should go with. |
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I'm not sure how happy I am with that answer, because it still sounds highly biased. Based solely on your comments above, you don't consider magazine reading as worthwhile as books, you don't value the idea of digital versions of magazines as much as you do books, you think eInk is better for reading than LCD, and the NC is for everything but reading.
Confronted with a sales pitch like that, I'd conclude that it would make a lot of sense for me, a magazine reader with an appreciation for digital files and no preconceived notions about screen reading quality, to avoid your store. Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 12-13-2010 at 08:26 AM. |
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This is exactly why I rely on the Internet for my research. After that I go for a personal hands-on, declining sales help because I don't need personal opinions. I want facts. Then I make my informed decision from there. Last edited by SCION; 12-13-2010 at 09:34 AM. |
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12-13-2010, 10:15 AM | #84 | |
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Rooting a Nook can also improved or affect (for worse) battery life, because the normal Linux processes and CPU workload is being changed by the user, won't follow manufacturing recommendations. Last but not least, say "good bye" to official B&N firmware upgrades. Unless you also opted by disable such feature, you won't be able to receive them anymore or those will break your Rooted Nook: if firmware upgrades tries to overwrite a files that does not exist anymore a folder that you altered some way, you will have problems. Last edited by jocampo; 12-13-2010 at 10:29 AM. |
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12-13-2010, 10:18 AM | #85 |
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Well, I can 1) open a pbook and read it, 2) buy an ereader and load books, or 3) buy and ereader, read about how to root it, violate the terms of the device, potentially damage it (because I don't know what I'm doing), and then it might work.
That's not how you're going to sell to the general public. My mom has a Sony with an SD card, and despite my numerous tutorials on how to just copy books to the SD card (she doesn't even have to plug the device into the computer!) she still can't load books by herself. You're drastically understating what's "complicated" based upon your own abilities. I'm not comfortable rooting a device, nor do I want to take the time to tinker with it, and I don't have the money to spend on an extra device if I break it. Yes, it IS complicated, and unnecessary. |
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Even though Nook 1st gen is a nice ereader, you can tell that it is difficult to sell or support something when does not shine in several aspects like Kindle does. As a sales rep I think is easier to " defend", compare and show Nook 1st gen to customers but not the same with Nook color. I don't think Nook color is a toy, but it's LCD, not eink. So for the features and battery life, I would not invest over of $200 on that device, at least not yet. |
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BN might do well to spend some time building appreciation for just how much of a paradigm shift the NC approach actually is. |
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I'll add that there's a difference between something being complicated and something being detailed and exact. Rooting is not complicated, but it is detailed and exact. Funny how people feel comfortable with those who say something is complicated, yet shun those who say it isn't.
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