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Originally Posted by rcentros
While looking at a couple Nook Glowlight 3s that the Spokane Goodwill store was auctioning, I noticed a Kindle Paperwhite 2 at $12.xx with only a couple hours left. So I put a bid on it and was surprised when I won it for $14.11, plus about $9 s/h. When the package arrived it turned out to be the Glowlight I bid on but didn't win. I'm in the process of exchanging it now but, meanwhile, I have a chance to test it.
On the plus side ...
- Great, clear screen.
- Even, consistent front lighting.
- Comfortable to hold and use.
- Fast page turning.
- Nice dark fonts.
- Page turn buttons.
- No problem with side-loading (the way I use it).
- (Surprisingly) a good store experience.
(On side-loading, it was as expected. I don't think I would have a lot of trouble with the Glowlight 3 because I don't care about collections or bookshelves and I don't side-load a lot of books at once.)
On the negative side ...
- "Laggy" for everything except reading
- Page turn buttons are noisy (clicky).
- No way to load custom fonts.
Surprisingly, the one feature I thought I would really like, night light mode (whatever Nook calls it), is something I don't really care for at all. I guess my eyes need contrast and the darker background seems to bring back the past problems I've had with "floating" fonts (a personal issue).
Well, that's about it. Except I have a couple questions about the Glowlight 3 as compared to the (original) Glowlight Plus.
Are the screens between these two readers comparable (except for the night light). I'm guessing the Glowlight uses capacitive touch since it's waterproof, but (other than that) are the screens about the same in clarity and lighting? I counted seven white LEDs in the GL3 and (and six orange ones), does the GL+ have seven white LEDs also? Since I don't really like the "night mode" I'm thinking of buying a refurbished Plus instead of the 3.
Thanks for any info. |
I own the glowlight 3 and I am waiting for Nook Glowlight Plus 2nd edition to arrive in the mail. I've seen them side to side though and the capacitive touch screen compared to the infrared screen, of the gl3, makes the latter somewhat clearer/sharper. I don't really care about that because to me it is negligible. I read mostly non-fiction and even my epubs that are not pdfs tend to have more graphics than the fiction books most people read. What I read is on the mathematics and techie side of things so the extra screen realestate makes a difference.
I think , I am not sure, the plus is faster and probably not due to software optimization but I think the gl3 has 500 gigs of ram and the plus has 1gig and the plus might have a newer processor even though it is at the same gigahertz. Gigahertz is not even a good proper measurement of processor speed , anyway, MIPs is a better measurement.
I don't really care if the Nook store goes out of businesss since I guess google play has more books than even amazon and I already have a huge DRM stripped library since I have been using eReaders since the SONY days.