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Originally Posted by boswd
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.
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The Nook Color is probably the best Android tablet in terms of value at this point. It should perform well short term.