CBC: Which e-reader should you buy?

EricDP · 12-21-2010, 01:21 PM

CBC News Video...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...s.html?ref=rss

tubemonkey · 12-21-2010, 01:39 PM

Poor Nook Classic; no mention of it whatsoever ...LOL.

EricDP · 12-21-2010, 02:12 PM

I'm actually surprised they mentioned the nook colour, given it's a CBC report and you can't buy either nook in Canada. I guess it's a nod to all the cross-border shopping happening.

Overall, it's a pretty fluff-filled report, but it shows how these devices are really becoming mainstream. For people who still don't really know that the market exists, it puts a bunch of different brand names in your face so that you can start looking around. A lot of people, when they see my nook, assume it's a kindle, or, more recently, and iPad. Reports like this will hopefully help the masses realize there's more to that market than just those two devices.

Kris777 · 12-21-2010, 02:26 PM

It looks like BestBuy started sell jetBook mini in Canada but they didn't mention it
in CBC News Video.

tubemonkey · 12-21-2010, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricDP

I'm actually surprised they mentioned the nook colour, given it's a CBC report and you can't buy either nook in Canada. I guess it's a nod to all the cross-border shopping happening.

Overall, it's a pretty fluff-filled report, but it shows how these devices are really becoming mainstream. For people who still don't really know that the market exists, it puts a bunch of different brand names in your face so that you can start looking around. A lot of people, when they see my nook, assume it's a kindle, or, more recently, and iPad. Reports like this will hopefully help the masses realize there's more to that market than just those two devices.

People at work mistake my Nook Color for an iPad. Hopefully there'll be more articles and reports to educate the masses on the other devices.

pl001 · 12-21-2010, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

People at work mistake my Nook Color for an iPad. Hopefully there'll be more articles and reports to educate the masses on the other devices.

I think both iPad and Kindle have become kind of generic names for these devices by those that don't know much about them. Like Kleenex.

mbelec · 12-24-2010, 08:01 AM

I agree; so every time someone asks if my Sony is a Kindle I tell them no and that it's like calling all television sets a Zenith.

tubemonkey · 12-24-2010, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbelec

I agree; so every time someone asks if my Sony is a Kindle I tell them no and that it's like calling all television sets a Zenith.

What's a Zenith?

EricDP · 12-24-2010, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

What's a Zenith?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_Electronics

screwballl · 12-24-2010, 12:11 PM

So many of these "reviews" just mention the latest and the greatest (and most expensive)... yet a large majority of Kindle sales are the regular one sold on Amazon, the Kindle 2 wifi and wifi+3G, same for B&N Nook, the $149 Nook is the biggest seller of their readers.

Some reviews use bias... such as comparing the cheapest $139 Kindle and a $89 reader to the most expensive $249 Color Nook, usually making the high end item appear as if they are massively better.

edit: also this whole "social network sharing" is treated as if it is the latest and greatest... so now not only do we have to dig through peoples useless posts about sitting on their back porch, we also have to see them bragging about reading a book and how many pages and a number of extra posts on top of the already insane amount of "here is my life on display" crap.

Latinandgreek · 12-24-2010, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by screwballl

So many of these "reviews" just mention the latest and the greatest (and most expensive)... yet a large majority of Kindle sales are the regular one sold on Amazon, the Kindle 2 wifi and wifi+3G, same for B&N Nook, the $149 Nook is the biggest seller of their readers.

Some reviews use bias... such as comparing the cheapest $139 Kindle and a $89 reader to the most expensive $249 Color Nook, usually making the high end item appear as if they are massively better.

edit: also this whole "social network sharing" is treated as if it is the latest and greatest... so now not only do we have to dig through peoples useless posts about sitting on their back porch, we also have to see them bragging about reading a book and how many pages and a number of extra posts on top of the already insane amount of "here is my life on display" crap.

Not crazy about the "life on display" stuff either.

12-21-2010, 01:21 PM	#1
EricDP Groupie Posts: 165 Karma: 339490 Join Date: May 2010 Device: nook, BlackBerry	CBC: Which e-reader should you buy? CBC News Video... http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...s.html?ref=rss

12-24-2010, 12:11 PM	#10
screwballl NewKindler Posts: 504 Karma: 1865773 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NWFL Device: Kindle3 Wifi	So many of these "reviews" just mention the latest and the greatest (and most expensive)... yet a large majority of Kindle sales are the regular one sold on Amazon, the Kindle 2 wifi and wifi+3G, same for B&N Nook, the $149 Nook is the biggest seller of their readers. Some reviews use bias... such as comparing the cheapest $139 Kindle and a $89 reader to the most expensive $249 Color Nook, usually making the high end item appear as if they are massively better. edit: also this whole "social network sharing" is treated as if it is the latest and greatest... so now not only do we have to dig through peoples useless posts about sitting on their back porch, we also have to see them bragging about reading a book and how many pages and a number of extra posts on top of the already insane amount of "here is my life on display" crap. Last edited by screwballl; 12-24-2010 at 12:15 PM.

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EricDP Groupie Posts: 165 Karma: 339490 Join Date: May 2010 Device: nook, BlackBerry	I'm actually surprised they mentioned the nook colour, given it's a CBC report and you can't buy either nook in Canada. I guess it's a nod to all the cross-border shopping happening. Overall, it's a pretty fluff-filled report, but it shows how these devices are really becoming mainstream. For people who still don't really know that the market exists, it puts a bunch of different brand names in your face so that you can start looking around. A lot of people, when they see my nook, assume it's a kindle, or, more recently, and iPad. Reports like this will hopefully help the masses realize there's more to that market than just those two devices.

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12-24-2010, 08:01 AM	#7
mbelec Addict Posts: 209 Karma: 1165996 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Maine Device: sony prs-350, Ipad 3	I agree; so every time someone asks if my Sony is a Kindle I tell them no and that it's like calling all television sets a Zenith.

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