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Originally Posted by jxh11215
File Types – The nook supports .epub and .PDF which is nice, but they left out text (.TXT) files. Also, there does not seem to be any convenient (albiet paid for) document conversion/emailing service that is available on the Kindle.
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There is software available that allows you to print to PDF, so if you use something like this then document conversion is easy-peasy. No lost emails and no horrendous conversions.
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Originally Posted by jxh11215
I am not sold on that extra screen, though. If you are only using your nook to read books, big whoop. If they open it up to developers as was hinted, then perhaps they’ll have applications available. But in that case, why not just get an iPod Touch, or Android phone instead?
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I have to disagree on this point. It would be GREAT if B&N opens up the Nook so that developers can produce applications. If a SDK existed then third parties could develop things like folders or a tagging/category system.
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Originally Posted by jxh11215
Navigation – I have had a Kindle all the way back to the Kindle 1 and currently have almost 300 books, some on my Kindle 2, most in my Amazon Archives. If I’m going to have to scroll thru each cover when browsing for a re-read, I would go mad. For you iPhone users, imagine scrolling thru 300 apps–how many pages would that be?
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You don't have to use the bottom scroll thru area to navigate to a specific book. The Nook also list titles and authors in the upper eInk portion of the device, just like the Kindle. However, it's not clear if the Nook supports folders or tags, but I suspect they don't or they would be touting this feature.
A couple of comparison deceptions annoyed me as well. Mostly in terms of leaving off comparisons that would have been in the Kindle's favor. For example, having an Internet Browser, Text-To-Speech, audio book support, and the fact that the Kindle is significantly thinner. They also don't mention that Amazon also produces the Kindle DX, which does support PDFs and thus has access to all of the Google books. Not to mention that the DX also has a much larger screen than the Nook.
I also agree with you on the LendMe feature. There is even less incentive for publishers not to opt out of this feature than there is for them to opt out of Amazon's TTS feature. Plus B&N wrote their description of this feature rather poorly. Can you only lend the book once and never again, or do they really mean you can only lend the book to one person at a time? I suspect it is the latter but I don't know this for sure.
B&N has not done an outstanding job of describing the Nook's features. Why garble the LendMe feature? Why garble the wi-fi feature? Why not give the details of their PDF support? Why not give the details of how their list of books is navigated? Why haven't they just made the User Manual available on their website? That would answer a lot of people's questions.
Overall I liked your blog post. Nice job, jhx.