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Grimm · 10-23-2010, 01:50 PM

I had a Nook as my first e-reader. I really loved the device. That said, I now have a Kindle 3. The Nook screen broke, the bottom left corner has a frozen image on it and there are horizontal and vertical "white" lines that cover the screen making reading impossible. I played with a K3 in Best Buy and it was a no brainer (they had Kindles, Nooks, and Sonys right there and the glare on the Sony screen was a deal-breaker).

A few things I disliked about the Nook now that I compare it to the K3 would be:

Size, I like the smaller form factor of the K3, (especially how thin the thing is) without losing screen size!

Weight, the K3 is just plain crazy light. The Nook feels like a brick in comparison.

Screen contrast really is noticeably better on the K3.

Page turn is much much faster on the K3; the Nook flashes a bit too much for my liking. The Kindle pages turn faster than I turn pages in a paper book.

Battery life is just plain amazing. I sideload all of my books so I got the Wi-Fi only version and leave it turned off. It really does last a month on a charge with Wi-Fi off.

The touchscreen of the Nook was killer, but honestly I didn't swipe all that much, I used the side buttons so no change there.

File format support is negligible for me, I don't get books from the library so Epub means nothing to me. If I get a book in Epub I'll just spend 15 seconds or so converting it for free to .mobi in Calibre.

B&N includes Google free books in it's claim about available books, as for store bought, Amazon has more books available than strictly B&N books.

The K3 has Text to Speech so it'll read the book to me if I so desire.

Purely visual but I like graphite better than white.

My Nook had a habit of every so often, during a page turn, it would flash for like three or four seconds before actually displaying the page. Not very common but kills my pace when I'm reading.

The Nook has an SD slot which is awesome but honestly, I can put 3,500 books on my K3. If I need more than that, I'll just remove some books. Me personally, 3,500 books is WAY more than enough. I have an mp3 player for music and audiobooks.

Kindle 3 support file organization (I think the newest Nook update includes this though) and text searching of books. It also comes with two full dictionaries pre-loaded.

One thing I do dislike about the Kindle 3 is it does not use page numbers.

Both are awesome devices but I think, from owning and using both devices, the Kindle 3 is hands down better.

10-23-2010, 01:50 PM	#77
Grimm DRM killer Posts: 471 Karma: 793120 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Just northeast of Atlanta, GA Device: ASUS Transformer Prime (Sold: Nook, Kindle 3, Nook Color, Nook STR)	I had a Nook as my first e-reader. I really loved the device. That said, I now have a Kindle 3. The Nook screen broke, the bottom left corner has a frozen image on it and there are horizontal and vertical "white" lines that cover the screen making reading impossible. I played with a K3 in Best Buy and it was a no brainer (they had Kindles, Nooks, and Sonys right there and the glare on the Sony screen was a deal-breaker). A few things I disliked about the Nook now that I compare it to the K3 would be: Size, I like the smaller form factor of the K3, (especially how thin the thing is) without losing screen size! Weight, the K3 is just plain crazy light. The Nook feels like a brick in comparison. Screen contrast really is noticeably better on the K3. Page turn is much much faster on the K3; the Nook flashes a bit too much for my liking. The Kindle pages turn faster than I turn pages in a paper book. Battery life is just plain amazing. I sideload all of my books so I got the Wi-Fi only version and leave it turned off. It really does last a month on a charge with Wi-Fi off. The touchscreen of the Nook was killer, but honestly I didn't swipe all that much, I used the side buttons so no change there. File format support is negligible for me, I don't get books from the library so Epub means nothing to me. If I get a book in Epub I'll just spend 15 seconds or so converting it for free to .mobi in Calibre. B&N includes Google free books in it's claim about available books, as for store bought, Amazon has more books available than strictly B&N books. The K3 has Text to Speech so it'll read the book to me if I so desire. Purely visual but I like graphite better than white. My Nook had a habit of every so often, during a page turn, it would flash for like three or four seconds before actually displaying the page. Not very common but kills my pace when I'm reading. The Nook has an SD slot which is awesome but honestly, I can put 3,500 books on my K3. If I need more than that, I'll just remove some books. Me personally, 3,500 books is WAY more than enough. I have an mp3 player for music and audiobooks. Kindle 3 support file organization (I think the newest Nook update includes this though) and text searching of books. It also comes with two full dictionaries pre-loaded. One thing I do dislike about the Kindle 3 is it does not use page numbers. Both are awesome devices but I think, from owning and using both devices, the Kindle 3 is hands down better. Last edited by Grimm; 10-23-2010 at 02:16 PM.