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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
I see you have the new Oasis. It would be interesting to hear a comparison when you have both devices.
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I got play with the Nook some last night, and the most startling change for both is the page turn speed. With the Oasis, the page turns so fast it's unnoticeable. Most of the time it's instant, no flash, nothing. The Nook seems to have slowed down on page turns. I had thought it was a factor of everything downloading and maybe indexing in the background, but it's been about 12 hours now, and the page turns are still kind of slow. Indeed all response time is a tad slow. It is going through battery pretty fast, so it could still be background processing. I've pulled down roughly 200 books.
Nook wins on the lighting. Kindle has retained the always on model, while Nook allows you to hold down the Nook button for two seconds to turn the light on and off. I find Nook's lighting to be a little softer on all settings, so I like that a lot.
Kindle wins on the case. Nook doesn't have one. Those will be out on the 21st. I'm making do with an old elastic Simple Touch case for the moment, and it doesn't fit well.
Overall, obviously Kindle is the better device, and the price point reflects that. It has audio, more memory, better processing power, Audible, a larger screen, and 3G. But the Nook has its charms, and I would consider it a worthy competitor for Kindles in the same price range.