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Hey -
Newbie here, and I just purchased a nook. I use it in conjunction with calibre, and find that it's great as a reader. At first I was puzzled by the fact that it needed an outside light source at night, but <finally> figured it was a a small price to pay for being able to read in the sunlight.
The reason I picked nook was because of its ability to read .pdf's.I previously bought a ton of books in that (non-drm) format. These books I had been reading on my Palm device (which you can't read in the sun). Although nook does read .pdf, sometimes it gets garbled in the translation, so I'm converting everything to .epub. Calibre is excellent for converting everything for me.
If you like to go on the web alot, I would suggest the 3G; otherwise the Wi-Fi works. I just got the Wi-fi since I have wi-fi at home and can connect that way.
I understand there are ways of stripping drm's, but they include using Python and you need a rudimentary knowledge of programming.
The new color nook seems to be a ipad wannabe. There's alot more web browsing available on it. It's also backlit display, which can be an eyestrain. At $100 more a pop, I'm sticking with my current e-reader.
So ...... the reason I picked the nook was because I didn't want to be locked into the Amazon store. Coupled with calibre's organizational capabilities (much easier than mobireader!) and the fact that I'm able to resize text - when you get to be over 50 that's a big plus! SD card is also plus; I've put 2+gB of music on that as a just-in-case I don't have my mp3 player. I'd prefer to use my batteries for reading.
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