the irony is the reasons why I love the Nook are the very ones you stated you didn't like
First off i have to ask, did you do any research in the Nook before you bought one? I find it hard to believe all the things that shocked you, color touchscreen navigation, that whole huge whopping, whale of a 12oz. it weighs, Wooo I can't imagine people used to read hard covers at well over a pound. 'Suckers".
I don'tl know I know not every e reader is for everybody, they are alot of people that love the Kindle, me, I don't lke it at all. I think its ugly, I think the naviagtion is very antiquated.
Color touchscreen navigation is a gimmick? Ummm the tech. is here to stay, that would be like me saying the touchscreen smartphone is a gimmick.
I don't get that complaint at all.
So my guess is you are either a Trojan troll for Kindle 3 or just bought something totally untouched, unresearched and unseen. Your complaints are odd for someone who would have done any sort of research.
Oh well.
and yes I love my Nook and would give it one of my kidney's if it needed one