Hmmm...I have a nook running software version 1.40 and a Sony 650. The page turns on my nook may be just slightly slower than those on my 650--certainly not enough to bother me though.
And I don't as jhempel and twobits point out, the nook can read books with the same DRM scheme as the Sonys in addition to the version that B&N has chosen to implement for their ebooks. So, I don't think that's something you can hold against the nook--the B&N ebookstore, maybe but not the nook.
dordale
