There is a reason that I am not involved in marketing and R&D for tech companies so I could be totally wrong. I don't doubt that people will buy it but I am not seeing topics here or at Nook boards or at Kindle Boards (there is a place to discuss the Nook and a decent number of folks seem to have a Kindle and a Nook) talking about how excited they are to pre-order one. I know this is in stark contrast to when the K2 and K3 were released. I am guessing it is in stark contrast to when the Nook was released. And if boards devoted to mobile readers do not seem to have people jumping up and down with excitement, what makes you think that this is making much of a wave with the masses?
I hope for BN sake that this does well but I continue to be baffelled. It appears to me to be a hybrid device that is easily replaced with a tablet, for those wanting color, or an e-ink ereader, for those who want to read books primarily and are cool with saving a decent chunk of change. B&N do not have the cool rep that Apple does so people are not going to flock to the device for that reason.
I like the competition. It pushes Amazon to make a better product. I like that more people are reading e-books, it means more books released as e-books. These are good things for me even if I don't own a Nook. And I like debating with you folks, it is fun.
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
top: iPad / Samsung Galaxy
middle: Nook Color
bottom: Velocity Cruz / Pandigital Novel
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I doubt that will be the case in a month.
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wireless off
Nook = 10 hours
Nook Color = 8 hours
Not much difference.
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I seem to recall you saying that one reason you would not buy a Nook was because of the battery life. So is 8 hours of battery life good enough for you?
And it does not appear that the battery is replaceable so you can't even carry a charged second battery with you to augment the battery life.