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Originally Posted by =X=
It's running Android 2.1, it would be very cool if devs can put CM7 on this device.
While this does bring B&N on par with it's competition, it really is last years technology. Meanwhile SONY and Amazon have yet to release their models. It might be interesting to see what they release and how they might outdo B&N.
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I don't know if I agree with the comment about last's year tech, Eink have came out and said there is nothing new in the short term horizon for the eink display's. so basically what ever tech is out now is going to be eink tech for the upcoming year.
and lets be honest speaking of tech advancement's and eink aren't exactly like speaking of an industry you can't keep up with. The Pearl screen is the latest tech made available and all that is is a better contrast ratio, Eink in the tech world moves at a painful snails pace.
Also they are using a form of new tech by caching the screen refresh to have a much nicer page turning experience and using a stronger battery.
so with Eink basically at a stand still advancement wise, the only thing they can compete on is form factor hardware and some software high end features.
It appears to me barnes and noble taking a tweener approach between a bare bones simple ereader and full featured ereader. The form factor and some firmware advancements along with what looks like a great UI combined with some basic features.
and also any touchscreen is decades ahead of the kindles navigation
j/k
But eink corp. is crippling the ereader industry. Until they truely fix the page turning and finally get color, You can only reinvent the wheel so many times.