[rupor]

This is my take on the device (I have it for 3 days and I really wanted to like it). I think some of it was already mentioned here:

1. Bad screen contrast - not comfortable. Screen is very sharp - as it should be, but the contrast is so bad it is difficult to read and any angle but strait, no matter what back lighting settings are chosen.

2. Noticeable input lag. Has wide implications - for example it is difficult to type on on-screen keyboard and very difficult to change level of lighting.

3. Constant full screen refresh when using any menu commands.

4. Home button is not working consistently - when it is working at all. Just try to leave menu.

5. During reboot from time to time device decides that its screen or battery is too cold: "Your Nook is too cold, please try again in several minutes".

6. Multiple hiccups in the UI - for example from time to time some UI elements are not grayed when they should be (just try scrolling up/down "My Files" and watch on screen arrows).

7. Laughable book handling - library is so limited, it is hard to believe. Do not even want to start describing.

8. Same goes for "Settings" - it is not "simplicity" it something else entirely.

9. Multiple bad UI design choices, the most needed changes are very difficult to make. Sometimes it simply impossible - level of lighting is a simple analog control without ANY ability to make precision setting. Add touch lag to that and it is not possible to use, especially on a bus or train. Same goes for font size selection - it is a torture to type through sizes. Screen is used poorly in reader, etc.

10. Hyphenation or rather absence of it. Could be remedied somewhat by properly preparing epubs, but why?

11. Outdated font selection on the device - it is year 2015 and every decent manufacturer of eInk reader is using font optimized for that.

All in all some if not most of this could probably be fixed with firmware updates, however one was already issued and we got wonderful "readouts" but no fixes so far. And B&H releasing half baked device makes me wonder about its future... And they want full price - $129 when you could have better device for smaller price... Something is not right here.