[fjtorres]

I'm disappointed with the Nook color but not because of the screen or even the lack of apps. It's marketed as a Reader-plus not as a webpad and that is fine.

Where B&N lost me (they almost had me with the screen, actually) is the lack of paging buttons. Its somewhat surprising, cause they got paging right on the eink Nook right from the start.

I have used screen-swipe devices, okay?
I know the iPad faithful swear by swiping and faux-paper page turns.
But for long reading sessions I find swiping and animated turns distracting; they get between me and full immersion for really long reading sessions.
Now, on a webpad, which is what iPad is, where you're jumping from web site to web site and article to article immersion is not an issue; you're not going to *want* to get immersed in the day's news anyway.
But a device that bills itself as a reader needs to make the hardware and the paging disapear from your conscious perception. The best ebook readers, going back to the Rocketbook, do that.
The NookColor is unlikely to achieve that.
Much as I like the screen and the (relatively) snappy performance and the (smart!) Pandora app built-in, I'll pass.
Hopefully somebody (Amazon?) will get it right soon.
Until then, I'll stay with eink where even B&N got it right. On the buttons, anyway.