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Originally Posted by BenG
The Nook Glowlight looks fine in sunlight (though the page turns get wonky from the heat)so I don't know why the kindles wouldn't look just as good or better.
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The Nook has an IR touchscreen, while the Kindle has a capacitive touch screen, which adds an extra layer to the screen. They Sony PRS-700, 600 and 900 models had added touch screen layers (I don't think that they were capacitive, though) which reduced contrast and added glare to the screens. I'm very curious to see whether or not the added layers lessons the contrast on the Kindles.
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Originally Posted by elemenoP
The "reading time" thing is nifty but I hope it can be turned off. It would only stress me out and make me want to read faster, to "beat" it. When the GPS tells me how long it's going to take to get to my destination, it makes me speed up and try to get there faster. I don't need to feel competitive when I'm reading.
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I agree. It would stress me out, too.
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Originally Posted by Serpentine
Meh, don't really care for them. A shame that they went for such safe bets on both models. A large format and organizer versions would both have reasonable success imho. Not wild about the constant change in physical styling either, they look like generic no-name readers; I think the K4 direction was nice, maybe it could have been darker, but that's about it.
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I'm not crazy about the styling, either - they do look very generic.
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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
It's too early to tell just yet. It'll be a while before they start stocking them in Canada. I'm not interested in the Fires or the 3G stuff.
I'll be interested to play with a demo version of the Paper White when it hits our Staples stores, but it likely won't be sold in Canada for a while. I do wish that if the Paperwhite is all that and a bag of chips, they had made a non-touch version of it, but I'll reserve final judgment for the in-person experience.
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I am tempted to buy a Kindle, as I do read books purchased from the Kindle store on my iPad and I have been waiting for an e-ink Kindle model to tempt me enough to purchase one. The Paperwhite has been the first to seriously do so, but I won't purchase one until I see it in person or at least watch some very detailed reviews comparing the new Kindle to, say, the new Kobo Glo. I love the added contrast and resolution, but the capacitive touch screen and added layer used to disperse light may adversely affect the screen. I wouldn't give up on my Sony Reader, though; I'd use both, and get the best of both worlds.
