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Originally Posted by tom e
2. I want something that can take advantage of free books, not just what any store wants me to buy. This was what first drew me to an e-reader. Call me cheap, but I view it as not buying a new toy, but saving money on a bunch of books.
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All ereaders enable you to read public domain books, but one of the advantages of the kindle is that you can download public domain books directly to the device with the browser without having to sideload them. The nook does allow you to download public domain google books from their store, but those are ocr'd books that have not been proofread or edited. Quite frankly, their quality is horrible and often they are unreadable. With kindle, you can actually download two download guides, the mobileread download guide, and the project gutenberg catalogue. You can then search those catalogues for the book you want, and directly download them. You may also use the browser to go to sites like project gutenberg, mobileread, feedbooks, or manybooks.net and download books from the sites. You cannot use the browser to download books with the nook.
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Originally Posted by tom e
3. I know most people don't feel the same (in fact the e-reader industry doesn't seem to) but I want some simple apps. Not so much games & full web-browsing. I don't need movies or music. I DO want a calendar, calculator, rss reader, news, email would be nice. I have gotten free of the cell phone and love that, but I now find I don't want to go out and buy a watch a calculator or even really an ipod touch (etc). I think of my dream device as an e-ink reader with an electronic organizer built in.
Is there any device that comes with this at all?
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Both the nook and the kindle have newpapers and magazines that are delivered to the device. An advantage for kindle, however, is that it has thousands of blogs that you can subscribe to, like huffingtonpost, slashdot, and instapundit, which are updated throughout the day. The kindle also has apps, including a simple calculator. It does not have an email app, as far as I know; you could use the web browser to check email, but that might not be the most smooth process.
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Originally Posted by tom e
4. I would love a touch screen, but I would pass on it if it got me all of the above.
Anybody who's seen my posts here probably knows I'm leaning toward the new Nook (and rooted if B&N does indeed plan on keeping it only a reader) but it has occurred to me that there may be a better choice that you guys know about..
Thanks in advance for any help in finding the 'match'!
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Except for the lack of a touch screen, I would say that the Kindle 3 may be the best fit. Nevertheless, the nook touch does offer a superior and more intuitive navigational experience.