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Originally Posted by SocialCarpet
IMO Barnes & Noble need to go back to the drawing board on all the nook models. From the buggy, slow color strip navigation model to the pared down basic nook, to the "iPad killer" nook color. I just don't see evidence of good design there. At least the nook color is responsive, I guess you can say that for it. Would be nice for color magazines like Nat Geographic. Thats about it though. Kindle is much more functionally sound IMO, and the Sony is a few orders of magnitude beyond that. Clear evidence that Sony is not an amateur or new upstart to small electronics. They know what they're doing and it shows.
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This just sounds to me like B&N bashing. I have the new nook and not only is it very responsive the form factor is one of the best things about it. I think B&N have actually made a very smart move here, they shocked everyone with the NookColor, I remember clearly the responses from this forum and others how stupid it was and that nobody wanted a tablet reader etc.. NookColor by any measure is a success for them. Next then come out with a really easy to use and intuitive reader for the eink side. Is it perfect, of course not, but I have been following the threads and reading the reviews and one thing NST is not, is a poorly designed device, you may wish it was more multipurpose or you may just not like touch interfaces but this is by almost all accounts a solid really easy to use eink reader.
So B&N in 2 short years has produced a game changing reader in NookColor and one of the top 2 eink readers not only in market share but now in just about every tech review I have read. For an "upstart" electronics maker they have introduced 3 solid consumer electronics and each one improves on the last one or meets other needs providing real choice. Your criticism just does not fit the facts IMO.