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On the whole, I don't think I'd return my Nook Color (NC) even if the return window hadn't expired. I've been satisfied with it although I haven't made much use of it as an ebook reader. Instead, I use it mostly for playing games, watching videos and viewing pictures, and left my ebook reading to my Sony Reader (with an e-ink screen). Unfortunately, my Sony Reader's battery life has recently taken a drastic downturn due to age and so I'm going to start using my NC as an ebook reader.
When it comes to ebooks, PDF is my preferred format (mainly due to the reliable control that it gives me over my ebook's formatting and that I can easily make ebooks in the format). Although my NC does a functional job as a PDF reader out of the box, I found that I needed a better PDF reading application and the EZ PDF Reader is a solid improvement over the default PDF reading application. It added many useful features, including bookmarking, autopage flipping, and voice reading.
As I gain experience with my NC as an ebook reader, I will continue to use it for that purpose if it turns out to be a good fit for me as an ebook reader. In some ways it reminds of my original ebook reader, a Palm PDA (like with the NC, I can add applications, choose my ebook reader, and use it for many other functions). That was a device I was very happy with as an ebook reader. Its only drawbacks were the small screen size (addressed by my NC) and the lighted screen.
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