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Hello, mgmueller.
I went to a Barnes and Nobel and a Best Buy to spend some time navigating the Nook and Kindle and getting info from sales reps.
The $99 sale price I got on the Nook vs the $139 Kindle is the best thing going for it.
The navigation on the Kindle was easier for me-- the physical arrows (vs Nook touch arrows) were more responsive with faster movement.
I also like the dictionary being more immediate on the Kindle.
The Nook seems easier in terms of searching for free books since its native search includes googlebooks, but I can't really say for sure, since there was no wifi where I tried the Kindle, so I couldn't test it.
Wikipedia search feature on Kindle is nifty, although, maybe it is just as easy to create a web bookmark with the Nook, not sure.
I'm not sure I'll get either yet. I may wait until the features get better. But I don't want a tab, because I already spend all day looking at a computer. So I definitely want e-ink.
Maybe someday you will be able to download a book in native language and that download will come with the ability to toggle back and forth to a translation. If they offered that now, I would definitely get one. Looks like I'll have to wait, though.
Oh, another big plus for the Kindle I learned is you can highlight a passage and email it to yourself to save. This would be nifty as I often jot down references to things I want to learn more about or check out later. The sale rep at B&N said there was no way to cut and paste passages on the Nook, so I'm guessing it doesn't have that feature of emailing them either, but perhaps I'm wrong.
Thanks,
Zeppo
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