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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I've had a go at the nook color and I am seriously underwhelmed by it.
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It is, at the end of the day, a device to throw text on a display. It would take an awful lot to be overwhelmed (or just whelmed).
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The web browsers is awful.
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Yeah, and you can't install your own applications. I would love to have this device as a generic Android tablet, but I certainly wasn't expecting it. I'm more interested in opinions on the device as a book reader.
(Although, honestly, I was shocked at how much I enjoyed having the Crossword puzzle for taking short breaks from reading.)
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Also, I managed to download and ePub so I could try out the reader and after the ePub downloaded and I tried to open it, I was told the nook color didn't know what to do with it.
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Yeah, that is kind of a shame. On the other hand, if you aren't opening it from the browser's download list (i.e., you go through the normal Library options), the book is available to read.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Also, scrolling the screen seemed a bit choppy/slow. The iPad has nothing to worry about for sure.
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I haven't had any issues choppy displays, but I've become accustomed to the Android experience (iOS definitely wins here). I'd still say that, at half the price and with a sharper screen, the Nook Color doesn't have anything to worry about, either.