Actually, I knew the iteration of Nook to which you were referring. What I didn't know was that it uses the same Pearl screen as the Kindle and PRS series. That's new for the Nook. Until now, it has used a Vizplex for its eInk screens.
As I said, I own the other three devices you're talking about. You've been saying the 350 is darker than the others and attributing this to the amount of text, but I've compared the Kindle 3 and the 350 and I must say -- I disagree.
It might be a difference in settings, as my colleague said above, in which case, to be fair, all brightness and contrast settings should be normalized before the comparison.
In the past, Vizplex screens on the Nook have looked to me to be brighter than their Pearl counterparts, but the text was slightly dimmer and less sharp. It will be interesting to compare the old Nook with the Touch and see if the difference is down to that.
The one review I've read that seemed to substantiate your claim was an early one that included this picture:
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Originally Posted by LucidDreams
I think you might be confusing the Nook Touch with the Nook Color. Really, it's just the new Nook eReader released yesterday that I was referring to[], which becomes available on June 10th. While both the PRS-350 and Kindle 3 use the same screen the reason why it appears darker to me is because I use the small font size. |
With the Nook Touch, the features are getting so close that the deciding factor might well become economic (Nook's price) or aesthetic (Sony's construction).
Also: As anyone who used a previous-generation Sony Reader will tell you, the touchscreen of the new Nook should be tried before you buy one. You want to be certain they got the tech right, since you now have an eReader that does that particular thing well.