Thread: B & N Nook labelled "Unrevolutionary"
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Old 10-21-2009, 02:47 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc View Post
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ratcliffe/?p=434

This article asks several interesting questions:

1. What's so great about 3G or WiFi that only works just to buy B&N books, or in the case of WiFi, works only inside a B&N store?

2. No access to Google Books?

3. A nice shiny LCD display that just displays your book covers? Who cares?

4. You're still tied to a PC to download content from other sites.

Aside from ePub support (yet another DRM), what do you really gain?
You forgot the ability to loan the books out to your friends, which is a huge win over the Kindle.

Oh, and the fact that it's called the "nookiebook" or "nookiereader" is good for a few laughs. Just try saying that in public when someone asks you what it is.
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