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Originally Posted by greenapple
On my Kindle, I don't notice any page flash unless I deliberately want to catch it. But with my older iRiver Story, the flash is noticeable indeed.
Right now, Kindle is my preferred reading device. Its font, the ease of use, the clarity of the words on the screen, and the comfortable way it sits on the palm, and the ease of turning the pages all add up to it being a very good ebook reader. Well, my jetbook is already gathering dust since I bought the Kindle, and that's saying something.  |
The same is true with the latest 1.5 firmware on the Nook (non-color). The page flash is kind of like the flashing light on the JBL; if you're deliberately looking for it you'll see it, but otherwise it goes unnoticed.
Sadly, my JBL is also starting to gather some dust now that I have the Nook. I just found out that I could "root" the Nook and run android apps on it. I now have a better PDF viewer, FBReader, better browser, Google Reader app, media player with playlist support, Twitter client, ability to download books from Stanza catalogs, and even do WSJ and NY Times crosswords. Not bad for a $99 ereader. Plus I can run the study Bible epub that would not work on the JBL and follow along with a companion audiobook of the Bible.
Perhaps one day the JBL will also be hacked and could then run third party apps as well. The JBL served me well for the last few months, but it has now been regulated to my backup reader I take along when camping or hunting instead of my daily reader. If you've never experienced a rooted Nook, then you've only seen the "crippled" version of the B&N ereader.