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Originally Posted by bucsie
So, I have read, re-read and the more I read, the more undecided I get.
So here's the situation:
I am from Europe (Romania) but I do have a friend in the US should I need to use a US address or something.
The price is a big issue, so Kindle kind of has no competition, at $139 + 25% VAT + customs fee. I also loved the nook, but apparently the touchscreen usage and menu kind of sucks, according to endgadget.com. I won't go any higher than 200 euros total for this, so that's the end of possibilities, as far as I am aware.
I think the WiFi thing is important - I have a WiFi router set up in my home, so can I connect to calibre on my PC/laptop and get my books from it?
but on amazon's site there are different pages for kindle, a version for the US, and a version for international shipping. what is the difference between the two? If I buy the international one, am I locked out of the amazon US book store? Do I get a different device, or different accessories?
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Well the engadget review was done when the Nook was first release, and yes they rushed their product out to market but it's issues were all firmware fixable and upgradable. They did a series of 4 updates since the release and the consensus of Nook owners are it's a huge success, page turning is faster, the screen is more responsive, fast processing all in all It's now a very very solid device. Some Professional reviewers actually went back and re-edited their reviews to reflect the Nooks improved performance due to the upgrades such as Cnet
http://reviews.cnet.com/e-book-reade...?tag=mncol;lst
Learning to navigate does take a little bit of learning curve, but nothing on par with learning a new phone. It's really easy and becomes very enjoyable.