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Originally Posted by Renate
I don't understand the level of indignation on this. People are all getting burnt up by the single number "5GB" without anyone actually running into a problem. ...
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I look at it as false advertising. On B&N's website they tout the 32 GBs of RAM in this way...
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32GB memory: 29.1 GB for NOOK Store content and side-loaded content
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Nothing about a 5 GB limit for side-loaded content. And, it appears, they use that jump in memory capacity as one of the reasons for a $30 jump in price from the GL3 to the GL4. The fact that they got rid of the partitioning with the GL3 and the 7.8" GL+ makes you think the memory won't be partitioned.
In comparison, my GL3 has 6.2 GB of memory available for side-loaded books, and it is advertised as an 8 GB device (not 32 GB). Although this would never affect me, it could affect those who read manga or have a huge collection of books they want to carry with them wherever they go.
I don't know of any other eInk reader seller who does this. My PocketBook HD3 (for example) advertises 16 GBs of RAM, and 14.8 GBs are available for whatever I want to put it (it can also play audio books).
It seems like B&N used to advertise the size of the side-loading partition (when they had these partitions in the past). That would be the honest thing to do with the GL4.