Thread: Nook Color, or kindle 3?
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Old 12-06-2010, 10:40 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by DuncanWatson View Post
This shows a lack of appreciation for the much superior software in the NOOKColor. The NOOKColor is much more than a kindle + color and better by far than any of the andriod/ios version of the readers.
  • The book view on the home row is great and you can organize it.
  • you can drag books to any of three home pages.
  • It keeps track of your last three viewed books, magazines and documents and with a couple of touchs you can switch between them.
  • it is lightning fast.
  • adjusting margins, intra-line distance, font, size and color is one touch away and presents more options than any of the other readers.
  • The shelf interface is great and works very well.
  • the shop interface is so much nicer with full touch.
  • the pixels per inch surpass any reader out there today. It also crushes every tablet's LCD except the galaxy tab.
  • Rooted it can run most andriod apps.
  • the Nook SDK is out and the NOOK marketplace will be released in 2011.
  • The Magazine support is excellent and vastly superior to anything else I have seen.
  • I expect a similar comic book/graphic novel app to be released in the marketplace.
  • The full capacitative touch interface is superior to the clunkly keyboard/rocker switch of the kindle.
  • the dictionary lookup is activated by touching a word for 2 seconds and can also look up words on wikipedia and google. If you missed the word you wanted you just drag your finger around until it gets the right word. It is quite nicely done.
  • Notes and highlights are activated the same way as the dictionary lookup and very intuitive.
  • Only the NookColor allows you to highlight a passage and publish the quote on FB/Twitter. It is nicely done.
  • It plays music, as do many players.
  • Unlike the kindle it has an SD card slot.
  • It plays movies, quite well as a matter of fact.
  • the PDF support is excellent and better than any other reader at this point. Color in PDFs is pretty normal, as are graphics and tables.
  • the web browser allows you to write to the device. This allows you to browse the web for your document, and save it to view on the device.

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