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Originally Posted by delphin
The Nook is NOT 'Simple' compared to the Sony, it just has different features.
Yes, the Sony's do have a half-assed Landscape mode (that Sony never bothered to make work correctly) and marginally better PDF handling.
But the Nook has the ability to override EPUB document settings, with user selectable Fonts and Line Spacing, which gives it much better EPUB handling.
Let's see, I have about 1500 EPUBs on my Sony, and about a dozen PDFs, so which should I consider more useful?
The Sony PRS-650 has a MP3 player that most folks rarely, if ever, use. (because it will suck down your battery in hours instead of weeks)
The Nook Touch has WiFi access which allows direct purchase of books -PLUS- a better store to purchase them from -PLUS- access to GMail, Facebook, and Twitter. (yes I know that Barnes and Nobel isn't available outside the U.S. without jumping through some hoops, but neither is the Sony Store).
And organizing by 'tags' or 'collections' is NOT the same as organizing by folders, because folders are hierarchal (folders can go inside other folders, but collections can't go inside other collections).
The Nooks now do BOTH 'collections' (shelves) -AND- folder navigation.
And YES there is some value to having both of these, which is why this feature was added to PRS+
(but you shouldn't have to risk hacking your reader to have this feature, and with the Nook you don't)
So, given a fair comparison, the Nook certainly isn't more 'Simple' than the Sony, in some respects it's actually more sophisticated, and in others it's just different.
And as far as availability of the Sony PRS-650 goes . . .
Not everybody wants a putrid-pink PRS-650
And the PRS-650B, in black, remains chronically in short supply and much harder to find.
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B&N is not even selling their stuff to Europeans when we do the hop a hoop thing. No way to get their ebooks here. Sony is just fine with an US address and an European CC. B&N checks the CC and if it is European they won't sell you the dirt under their fingernails.
The social stuff is not a feature in my book. Wifi only counts if the shop is actually willing to sell you something via wifi as does Amazon with their Kindle. You can buy with them whereever you are. With the nook that is impossible. Stay in the US if you want a book for your nook, please, we at B&N can't be bothered with your holiday destinations.
It is no argument to say I want a different color and as long as I can't get it, there is no supply for me to mention... Are you kidding me? Ok. I go for a pink nook. They don't sell it in pink? Oh, there ain't no nooks!!! There ain't no nooks!!!
