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Originally Posted by aagstn
Pearl is so overrated. The differences between the two are very slight and the fact the nook supports ePub greatly trumps any minor advantage of Pearl. The Kindle is a fine piece of hardware, but being forced to break the law if you want books from the library or any other DRMed source besides Amazon kills any interest I could ever have in one.
I have both Nooks and I read mostly on the Color. I don't have the LCD problems some people have and find the high res screen of the Color to be easy to read on for hours. I would highly recommend it as the first choice for anyone getting a reader with the classic nook second. I think the Color is worth the extra cost even if you don't root it. I had mine rooted for awhile and went back to stock. It does a great job out of the box with ePubs and PDFs, plus you get a solid browser, Pandora, video playback and a few games. Soon we will also get a bunch of new apps that should give a lot of options for people that don't want to root their devices. Its a steal for $250.
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I do not advocate for illegal stuff, but if you browse the forums people break DRM protections all the time, it is has nothing to do with the azw format or Kindle vs Nook, regardless of the reader you have.
Now, not all people read or lend from public libraries. Actually, the kind of books that I read and like cannot be found in a public library, so the importance of ePub ends there. Most books and major best sellers can be found in any mobi or azw store.
I don't want to debate why you like the Nook or not, that's a personal choice of course, but the long and discussed topic of ePUb vs MOBI looses any means when you put non-DRM protected books on the plate; on that particular case any format can be read on any reader via conversion, period.
Color for novels or short tales is useless in my opinion. Color is important, like I said in my previous post, when you read Magazines or documents which of course need color. El Quijote reads the same in color or black and white.
With all respect, PDF and Browsing on an stock Nook Color are really bad. If you think is good, try Dolphin in an Android Device or ThinkFree for PDF, so you can see the difference.
On a stock Nook Color you cannot retain the page you are. So let's say you are reading a 500 pages PDF document; next time you open same PDF, you will have to scroll or move lot of pages just to find that one again. That's annoying.
The stock browser has major problems as well. It does not read some email attachments and is painfully slow when you compare to other Android browsers, even the default one.
Going back to the OP's main question: for a mix reading/browsing experience, the Nook Color would be the best choice, even without rooting, but as a dedicated ereader, any of the popular eink devices would be a wise choice.