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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
I stopped at a BN in the Chicagoland area yesterday -- both to check out the Nook color, and to flip through the paper copy of 'Emperor of all Maladies' (I hate having to choose between the paper and electronic copies of a book -- why can't I get both at a bundled price?).
While I was playing with the Nook under the watchful eye of the rep, two other customers stopped by and asked her which of the two devices, original Nook or Color Nook, was best for someone who read a lot. Without hesitation she nodded to the original nook and said 'that one.' Then she pointed to the Nook color still in my hands. "That's just a toy. It's got web browsing and games and stuff". The other customer seemed as surprised as I did. "Which one if they want to read a lot of office documents too?" Again the rep directed her the original Nook. "This does PDF's just fine".
Wow. Does anyone else find this surprising? I don't believe at all that BN is training its reps to be so dismissive of it's new device.
Edit: I'll clarify too that she was very knowledgable about the NC. She had either been well trained in demoing it or had taken time to educate herself. She just was not a fan of it...despite the fact that it was the one she was holding when I approached the stand/kiosk.
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Last night I was drinking a coffee and reading with my wife in a B&N store close to home. I visited the store frequently and bought my Nook 1st gen there. So, my wife started looking and playing with the new Nook color and the sales guy asked me for the small sleeve I had on my hand: " it' s that a Nook?" I said no and then I showed my Kindle 3 to him. He immediately called his partner and was shocked by the light weight: "hey, look at this". Then turned the thing on and keep comparing screen resolution with old Nook and even size and weight against Nook color. He was shocked and even asked me for price.
Even though Nook 1st gen is a nice ereader, you can tell that it is difficult to sell or support something when does not shine in several aspects like Kindle does. As a sales rep I think is easier to " defend", compare and show Nook 1st gen to customers but not the same with Nook color.
I don't think Nook color is a toy, but it's LCD, not eink. So for the features and battery life, I would not invest over of $200 on that device, at least not yet.