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Old 03-10-2013, 01:37 AM   #24
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
I think it has a lot to do with where you start. I'm not going to argue with you about the Kindle's simplicity. You're right about the extra click sometimes being a bit of a pain in the Nook -- though I hardly ever use the Home Screen. You can list your books in text view from most recently read, if you want. I like the way Nook's Shelves work a bit better than the Kindle's Collections (though the Touch was better here). I don't see any way to hide the Collection list in the Kindle 4 (Basic), though I could choose "Book View" in the Kindle Touch. I like the fact that, in any view in the Nook, you can instantly go back to where you were reading with an icon at the top of the screen. As for the Touch's "cover view" I was disappointed with that when I upgraded. They used the whole bottom of the screen to advertise, so you only got one row of books and a horizontal scroll. The Nook is much more elegant here (in my opinion). But, really, this is small stuff compared to the choice of fonts that the Nook offers. That and the customization for margins and line width is (in my opinion) what makes the Nook superior to the Kindle.
I know that the Nook has recent view as well. I just meant to say, I don't personally feel the need for dedicated screen real estate for your last read book if that is already part of the view I chose for my library.

By the way, The Kindle Touch cover view is the same as the Paperwhite (they use the same software after all.) And this very complaint is on a customer forum (which I have not been able to find again) that reached an epic post count -- I think within a week or so they rolled out ANOTHER update to give you an option under settings to disable that.

This was before the Touch received their update, so it was included from the start in the Kindle Touch's new look.
Of course, this isn't the default, but...

You can find the option under Menu --> Settings --> Device Options --> Personalize Your Kindle. The third option is to toggle Recommended content off.

As for your font issues, it's a matter of personal preference and I just don't find it an issue. Whatever works best for you.

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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
Well, if more people prefer the iPhone, they don't show that by buying it. I think Android phones now have about 70% of the market compared to iPhone's 17% (or so) worldwide.
I'm sorry, I should've made myself clearer: This is why there are still some people (those 17%) who stayed with Apple. I didn't mean to insinuate, heaven forbid, that more people prefer the iPhone.
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