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Originally Posted by spedinfargo
A couple of thoughts (copied from my post on XDA)
Just got mine as well - SO love the fact that it's so easy to turn on developer mode and install apps - thanks for the confirmation. My needs are few: Calibre Companion, dropsync, web browser. I don't really need root either - I've been down the road of trying to push an ereader to its limits - I end up screwing around with the tech more than just reading. I'll also report back if I have any problems with any particular apps or if anyone wants me to try something out.
As far as reading, I can tell already that this is going to be a superior device than the Nook Glowlight Plus - that thing was slippery, weighted funny, the single non-physical button was frustrating as all get out. This really is the classic form factor of my all-time favorite Nook. I love the fact that I can turn the light on and off by long-pressing the N button again! And while I had long-since gotten used to not having physical page turn buttons, it is nice to have that option again - it might help with being able to navigate around other apps (rather Button Savior). The only small downside that I can see to there is no water-resistance - but that's not really important to me, esp. compared to the other upsides gained with this model.
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Quick update after doing some actual reading with it last night.
The screen resolution is indeed great - I don't think anything much different than NGP, but the specs do have a slightly different resolution (even though both are 300 dpi). I didn't have any complaints on NGP, though, so this isn't too noticeable. I did notice that the default font for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek are incredibly tiny and it was VERY readable. Epaper sure has come a long way from the original devices.
Long-press to turn on/off the light is a great return. As is not accidentally brushing against the non-physical N button (which I did ALL the time on the NGP). Form factor in general is great and comfortable for long reading sessions. It's nice to not have to use a case - on the NGP, when not using the case it was just never comfortable and actually slippery to use.
Physical page turn buttons are nice but they're kind of loud - since I'm so used to not having them from my last few readers, I found myself just not really using them very much.
UI and navigation seems to be exactly the same as NGP. It's kind of sluggish when navigating around in the library, main screen, shopping, etc. But I can live with that. When actually reading a book the page turns are very responsive (which is what I really care about).
Backlight seems to be fine - there doesn't seem to be any very noticeable bright/dull spots (maybe if I look hard for them). I'm not 100% sold on the color temp changes. I had a hard time really finding a color that I liked. I never had a problem with the default light on NGP so I'm not really sure what I'll settle on. I don't think the auto-adjust is going to work very well - that seems to be based on time of day rather than any sensor (?) which doesn't make much sense. I would assume that I'll be settling on a color that I like using manual and then leaving it as-is.
I automatically started getting issues of the four magazines/newspapers. I'm curious how long that will last...
Love that they've left it so easy to get to developer options (so you can ADB apps over to it): just go to Settings > All Settings > About and press on the picture of the book about five times.
All-in-all I'm very pleased with the device so far. I'm very happy that if B&N in general (and Nook specifically) is indeed hanging by a thread that they at least didn't end their e-Ink readers with NGP as the final device. If this is the last Nook device ever made then I can now live with it...
[EDIT]: Forgot to mention that the keyboard seems to be much much better on this compared to the NGP. I don't know if the calibration was slightly off on my device but the NGP was the absolute worst touch device that I've ever had as far as pressing on the wrong letter...