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Originally Posted by Xyxox
2) Android as the base OS of the device gives the Nook an advantage over the Kindle for flexibility and ease of upgrades as well as future application support. This must be addressed in the next year or else Amazon risks their market leading position.
3) The wireless features of the Nook exceed those of the Kindle. Amazon should address this in the next version or risk their competitive advantage.
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I don't understand why Android should provide a technological advantage over Unix as the base OS and I'd appreciate if someone explained this.
I disagree that the wireless features of the Nook exceed those of the Kindle. With the Kindle I can access the Wikipedia which is useful and public domain Web sites like Feedbooks which is even more useful. I also have a primitive Web browser. With the nook I have WiFi as well but I can only use it to access the B&N store. Until some hacks to access public domain sites come along I think the Kindle has an advantage.
To meet the nook challenge, I think that Amazon has to provide reflowable pdf and must support sideloaded open ePub. With that any current nook format advantage would disappear.