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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
I need the battery to last much longer than it does now for trips to remote locations without power sources. Nook is rated at 10 days and Kindle at 4 weeks. I don't want to buy a spare battery if I don't have to.
The white bezel is a severe distraction and bothers my eyes because of increased light reflection. Lack of a black body would force me to spend $20 for a black skin to cover it up. Kindle came out in black, Kobo came out in black; so Nook can come out in black.
Otherwise, the Nook's hardware is fine.
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both 10 days and 4 weeks are stand by time. meaning nook will last that long if you don't use it at all, but is powered on (I actually unintentionally tested that once and it was 10 or 14 days). not sure how it looks with kindle. if you have wifi on and no touchscreen screen saver than you can probably drain nook within couple of hours. I'm just stating that because your requirement is uncommon and it will be hard to meet it if you are going to use the device. i would never assume a reader can last 4 weeks without charging even if you use it moderately. Perhaps you should look for a solar powered usb charger instead:
http://www.meritline.com/newsearch.a...ar+usb+charger
I cant argue regarding the white bezel as it's obviously very personal preference/opinion, but i didn't see anyone ask for it in nook 2 before, so there's a good chance nook 2 wont have it. frankly i haven't seen any indication from b&n that they're even working on nook 2. i think they may have switched to embracing b&n software that runs on multitude of devices available on the market as opposed to building hardware.