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Originally Posted by boswd
My point is the both are eink and what separated the two was the nook has a more "NOW" feel to it especially compared to the kindle. I'm sorry when this is your 3rd crack at it and you are still navigating around like it was 1990 in this day and age of technology( seriously tv's are 3D now and you navigate around with a directional arrows or a stubby joystick? Really?) then you brought nothing new to game. Sony and Nook have at least brought some modern technology.
And to the mass public it is a difference. that was my point. And yes the Nook is "cooler"  |
Once again, buttons are still standard on many devices. I'm not really sure what your point is here. Amazon has (correctly, in my opinion) decided that physical buttons are more practical for eink devices right now. I think if you compare (which I've done in B&N stores), you'll find that navigating within a book and getting definitions is faster on a Kindle. You obviously prefer navigating on a color touch screen over speed, but not everyone feels the same as you. Deriding the Kindle as a device that feels like it's from 1990 is not only wildly inaccurate (seriously, can you remember 1990?--electronics were not as slick as the Kindle back then) but also greatly underscores the utility of tactile buttons. The fact is that having a "'NOW' feel" is completely subjective and undefinable, as there are many things that could mean. To you that means having a touch screen on your ebook reader. Great. Good for you. But don't put down the Kindle because Amazon had a different aim in the make of its device. I think you've gotten too caught up in the look of a device and have not focused enough on how it operates.