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Originally Posted by jocampo
Hi Carol
We are talking about eink devices. Nook Color is a tablet. Nook Touch uses eink
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It would be easy for Carol to have failed to notice that this tread is mainly concerned with the newer eInk Nook Touch model, because the Nook Color has drifted into the discussion several times.
I have been guilty of bringing up the Nook Color myself, since both are Android based, and the capabilities of the Nook Color relate to possible future capabilities of the eInk Touch Nook.
This brings up a good point though, that I think may weigh in B&N's favor with some people, which is that B&N now has both a Android based Touch Screen eInk device -AND- a Android based touch screen TFT LCD tablet device.
I know several folks who actually prefer to use a backlit LCD tablet for reading indoors, especially with magazines or other periodicals, and to also have an eInk device for reading outdoors.
One solution would be a thin lightweight 'flippy tablet' with an eInk screen on one side, and a backlit LCD screen on the other side, and although these combo LCD/eInk devices are starting to hit the market, neither B&N, Sony, Amazon, or Kobo offer such a device.
For now, the best you can do, is to have a nice high resolution LCD tablet for indoors, plus a nice compact eInk reader for when you are outdoors (or for when you are traveling, and want a lighter weight, smaller device).
Obviously, buying both devices from one supplier will simplify transferring purchased books and syncing the two readers when switching back and forth.
If B&N can get the eInk and Color Touch Nooks to sync together seamlessly (including all the esoteric stuff like notes and bookmarks), and can make the book-reader Apps as similar as possible between the two devices, they will have something that no one else currently offers.