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1) My main quibble: I don't have mine. It's been sitting in an "Argix facility" since 6/1, which is evidently a fancy name for pony express. Once the ponies get free from their kid ride duty at the carnival, they might carry the package across the street to a post office and then trust those efficient workers to get it here sometime after 6/10. Amazon, Borders: free 2-day shipping for ereaders.
2) "My Nook Touch is Here!" thread really set off my shill-dar. If you're going to write a BN-paid 100% positive review regurgitating BN marketing points, don't start off by saying it's your first and last post on here.
3) I realize it's tough competing with Amazon, but don't make 75% of a device's memory just for your books and don't barrage me with 'read this!' ads on my reading device. That doesn't make it feel like I'm reading a book, it feels like I'm on the internet. It makes me irritated enough not to buy your books (or Nooks) on principle.
Not very technical quibbles, just general things that really turn me off, along with the disappointment when every new, not-ready-for-primetime Nook appears (having bought and returned 3 Nook Colors).
I sold my K3, so I'm considering the new Kobo touch now, despite the lack of physical page buttons and shorter battery life. I had the wifi version, but as a lefty I couldn't handle the right-side D-pad. The feel was the best ever on an ereader, with the plush quilted back, the touch version is lighter than the Nook Touch, and of course not as boxy-looking. Other things that appeal to me:
1) Choice of colors, front and back.
2) More format choices, apparently better .pdf support, which I have to use on occasion with library ebooks.
2) Main font is Georgia, my fave. Doesn't have Caecilia, my least fave, like Nook/Kindle.
3) Uncluttered front screen, no ads, just last 5 books read, tiled in a cool way.
4) Dropdown menu link to free books in Kobo store on front screen, don't have to go hunting for them.
5) Reader awards section--my reading has fallen off with all the tablet temptations (cue cackling angry birds), this takes me back to third grade, getting gold stars for finishing books, and all the reading achievement stats would give me motivation, I hope.
6) They're a small Canadian company, so I feel like I'm supporting a cool underdog, not a big soulless corporation relentlessly trying to market books and fancy covers and eink games (ugh) and social networking garbage. Okay, naive, I know, but impressions (and customer service) are important in the difficult book market.
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