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Originally Posted by ppw
If Nook Color fails, B&N might well be the second Blockbuster in the making. I just can't believe they left the first gen Nook to fight with the third gen Kindle. Granted the software updates can improve the first Nook. It sure feels like a white flag on the e-ink front.
The book business is transforming from paper to e quickly. B&N is facing a formidable competitor in Amazon and an incredible destructive force in tablets (iPad/Android). If B&N makes a critical mistake at this stage, it's going to be fatal. 12 months sounds rights to judge if Nook Color is a brilliant move or a suicidal one.
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i would say at the snails pace that the eink techonlogy is moving, I think it came down to a "we have to do something now".
don't get me wrong I love eink, and if I do get the Nook color I will still use my original nook for all my novel reading. But the masses, and trust me we on this forum are not it, want color, want touchscreen, what fun interactive technology. it moves sooooo fast.
and e-ink is moving like a glacier. Think about it. e ink was around for quite a few years now. At least 3 years, i think, before Amazon and the best we have to show for it after these years is Pearl screen. so a little better contrast?
I think it was a we can't wait around for this do anything. Let's go forward using LCD
To BN's credit they skimped on nothing, everything is high end, high end IPS panal/screen, fantastic screen resolution, using the TI OMAP Processor's.
Running Android 2.1 (eclair) with a 2.2 update Froyo coming next year.
They have incredible specs and at a steal for $250.