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I bought an NC this week. For 3 1/2 years I've used a SONY 505 but noticed lately the EPUB downloads are larger (embedded pics that didn't used to be in ebook downloads) and the processor choked on the pics. It came down to a Sony 950 or NC. Sony's quality and performance has been stellar for me with excellent format access (epub, lrf, pdf,...) that allowed me to download from a variety of sites. I'm a very satisfied Sony customer. But, I spent 30 minutes handling an NC and came away thrilled with the performance, feel and contrast of the NC as compared with the 950. Both have 7" screens and both will handle my existing epub library. Like others, my principal concern was the NC battery life. After an initial charge, with average use (for me) reading, and using the web access the unit got down to 40% after a couple days (I'm ok with that). I monitored power discharge overnight with the NC in sleep mode, and the loss wasn't discernible. I can read white print on black (in a dark room) or black on white with varying brightness levels. As a reader, I'm satisfied.
B&N was not forthcoming on how to download music, files, and epub texts not purchased through B&N in their instructions which left it to me to find an excellent video on YouTube. I found nothing in the instructions on using adobe ereader for data rights epub texts. But tech savy folks will figure things out. So, for me the B&N NC is a keeper. It's first and foremost a reader, which is what I wanted. I didn't buy it to be a tablet or to play apps from my android based smart phone. It's a very good reader and being someone who has owned an ereader and been enjoying mobileread for 3+ years, I'm comfortable, for me, I made the right choice.
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