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ppatt · 09-18-2011, 11:34 PM

Thanks to you and Ron...one more point...maybe you or others with first-hand device experience can comment. BTW, I own Nook Classic and my need for better note-taking drives my search for a new device.

My experience with Nook Classic's incredibly slow and tedious cursor movement makes me wary of the 5-way controller that comes with Kindle. It seems to be much easier to swipe the finger to highlight on a fully touch sensitive screen.

The complaint I hear about Nook Color note taking is that it treats notes and highlights the same and the summary shows only the passage that was highlighted or to which the note refers (i.e. not the notes themselves). From the post I read I could not tell how one would access the note from the summary or navigate to the actual passage though it seems reasonable that this would be supported. On the other hand I've assumed that designs were reasonable in the past when they turned out not to be so.

I hope I got all this right. If so, then I'll opt for Nook Color. It does not bother me that summary shows passages and not notes as long as I can navigate to the note and the passage directly from the summary.

I have never been big on the physical keys on the Kindle. The soft keyboard works just fine by me. I'd rather have the same footprint with all real estate being devoted to the screen.

I can try the Nook color and will but getting the nitty-gritty details on the Kindle are more difficult unless one is asking someone who actually owns one...preferably a power user.

09-18-2011, 11:34 PM	#25
ppatt Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Nook	Thanks to you and Ron...one more point...maybe you or others with first-hand device experience can comment. BTW, I own Nook Classic and my need for better note-taking drives my search for a new device. My experience with Nook Classic's incredibly slow and tedious cursor movement makes me wary of the 5-way controller that comes with Kindle. It seems to be much easier to swipe the finger to highlight on a fully touch sensitive screen. The complaint I hear about Nook Color note taking is that it treats notes and highlights the same and the summary shows only the passage that was highlighted or to which the note refers (i.e. not the notes themselves). From the post I read I could not tell how one would access the note from the summary or navigate to the actual passage though it seems reasonable that this would be supported. On the other hand I've assumed that designs were reasonable in the past when they turned out not to be so. I hope I got all this right. If so, then I'll opt for Nook Color. It does not bother me that summary shows passages and not notes as long as I can navigate to the note and the passage directly from the summary. I have never been big on the physical keys on the Kindle. The soft keyboard works just fine by me. I'd rather have the same footprint with all real estate being devoted to the screen. I can try the Nook color and will but getting the nitty-gritty details on the Kindle are more difficult unless one is asking someone who actually owns one...preferably a power user.