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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
Read the definition of 'neglect'. They omitted, or did not include the numbers in their press release.
Anyway...I wonder what percentage of those Nook hardware purchases represent a true loss of a sale to Amazon. I know people who would never purchase a Kindle...just because of it's popularity. They are the same kind of people who don't want to purchase an iAnything.
I wonder what percentage weighed the merits of both devices and went for the Nook line?
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I love my Kindle, but in fairness, there
are good reasons someone might choose a Nook Color over a Kindle.
To begin with there's, well, the
color. Not that big a deal for me, but if you read a lot of magazines, or comics, or art books, I can see it being a big deal. Then there's that whole tablet thing. I've got to admit: While I'd still have my Kindle 3, if I had more money to spend, I'd be very tempted to pick up a Nook Color just to root the thing and have an Android tablet (at a price much cheaper than an iPad). And the touch and backlight appeal to some people.
I'm devoted to eInk, and I think (from what I've read) the Kindle is the best eInk device out there for my needs, but I don't think the Nook Color is a dog. I think it's definitely more of a competitor to the Kindle than the original Nook was (and is, since they're still selling it).