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boswd · 12-12-2010, 10:02 PM

as far as some of the comments on the nook color, well i would like to also chime in a few misconceptions. 1. it's battery life is not 4hrs but a between 8 and 10. And i think one thing that sometimes gets lost in translation is, it's 8 hrs of usage time, not it has to be charged every 8 hrs its on. In fact when it's in sleep mode it uses little to no battery life. for example I charged mine the other night and unhooked at 11:00 PM fully charged at 100%, left it on and it went into sleep mode. woke up for work at 6:30 at it was at 98%, that's in sleep mode. and you can even get more milage by turning it off to manage the battery life even further. It boots up in under 45 seconds so that's great.

If someone would have asked me if I would prefer eink or lcd, i would have said eink without a doubt. But after 2.5 weeks with my nook color, i'm not so sure anymore. many setting functions and features to suite all types makes this VERY VERY easy to read with. you said you read at night on your computer, well the nook color will be a walk in the part in comparison. The nigh mode is incredible, I love it.

The price is a bit more than the nook wifi only but it's the most complete and well rounded ereader on the market. It has functionality that you just can't have with eink.
Magazines are great as is the childrens books.
wouldn't totally leave it out of the running but that nook wifi is a fantastic option

12-12-2010, 10:02 PM	#22
boswd Banned Posts: 2,391 Karma: 1001781 Join Date: May 2010 Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X	as far as some of the comments on the nook color, well i would like to also chime in a few misconceptions. 1. it's battery life is not 4hrs but a between 8 and 10. And i think one thing that sometimes gets lost in translation is, it's 8 hrs of usage time, not it has to be charged every 8 hrs its on. In fact when it's in sleep mode it uses little to no battery life. for example I charged mine the other night and unhooked at 11:00 PM fully charged at 100%, left it on and it went into sleep mode. woke up for work at 6:30 at it was at 98%, that's in sleep mode. and you can even get more milage by turning it off to manage the battery life even further. It boots up in under 45 seconds so that's great. If someone would have asked me if I would prefer eink or lcd, i would have said eink without a doubt. But after 2.5 weeks with my nook color, i'm not so sure anymore. many setting functions and features to suite all types makes this VERY VERY easy to read with. you said you read at night on your computer, well the nook color will be a walk in the part in comparison. The nigh mode is incredible, I love it. The price is a bit more than the nook wifi only but it's the most complete and well rounded ereader on the market. It has functionality that you just can't have with eink. Magazines are great as is the childrens books. wouldn't totally leave it out of the running but that nook wifi is a fantastic option Last edited by boswd; 12-12-2010 at 10:15 PM.