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anamardoll · 07-11-2011, 05:23 PM

If you really care about PDF support, I would recommend a Sony PRS-950. That's what I use, and it has a plethora of viewing options, including "column-reading" and landscape mode for PDFs. About half of my library is PDF ARCs and I'd be lost without my Sony.

The B&N updates have been terrible, in my opinion. I had one of the first Nooks, and I was REALLY impressed with their first update -- they fixed a lot of bugs and user issues like page turn speeds and stuff like that. They added some games, which to my mind indicated a willingness to grow in multiple directions. Then... something happened.

The B&N updates...stalled. I bought a Nook Color and the one update everyone cared about -- the Nook App Store -- just chugged and chugged and chugged. People like me wanted an Overdrive app to let us download library books, and a Dropbox app to download our side-loaded books, but neither ever really came about. By time the app store was finally released, I'd rooted the NC.

And when the B&N NC update DID come, the biggest complaint -- the TERRIBLE pdf support -- wasn't addressed at all. And then the N2 came out as basically an eInk version of the NC, and with the same really poor PDF support.

If you're a PDF reader, I feel pretty safe in saying that B&N is not now and never will support you. (And for the non-PDF readers, if you don't want PDF support, that's fine. For you. I'm talking to the OP. About my experiences with my Nook devices. Not flaming.)

ALSO: Re: DRM, the B&N DRM is not compatible with any other device. Repeat, there is no non-B&N device that can currently read B&N DRM.

07-11-2011, 05:23 PM	#16
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	If you really care about PDF support, I would recommend a Sony PRS-950. That's what I use, and it has a plethora of viewing options, including "column-reading" and landscape mode for PDFs. About half of my library is PDF ARCs and I'd be lost without my Sony. The B&N updates have been terrible, in my opinion. I had one of the first Nooks, and I was REALLY impressed with their first update -- they fixed a lot of bugs and user issues like page turn speeds and stuff like that. They added some games, which to my mind indicated a willingness to grow in multiple directions. Then... something happened. The B&N updates...stalled. I bought a Nook Color and the one update everyone cared about -- the Nook App Store -- just chugged and chugged and chugged. People like me wanted an Overdrive app to let us download library books, and a Dropbox app to download our side-loaded books, but neither ever really came about. By time the app store was finally released, I'd rooted the NC. And when the B&N NC update DID come, the biggest complaint -- the TERRIBLE pdf support -- wasn't addressed at all. And then the N2 came out as basically an eInk version of the NC, and with the same really poor PDF support. If you're a PDF reader, I feel pretty safe in saying that B&N is not now and never will support you. (And for the non-PDF readers, if you don't want PDF support, that's fine. For you. I'm talking to the OP. About my experiences with my Nook devices. Not flaming.) ALSO: Re: DRM, the B&N DRM is not compatible with any other device. Repeat, there is no non-B&N device that can currently read B&N DRM.