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I don't think that I will necessarily convince anyone, but I did cancel my Nook order for a Kindle.
I picked up a Kindle DX so I do have PDF support.
My main reason for going with Kindle was the content and content pricing. Barnes & Noble may be able to compete with Amazon but they haven't showed any signs of it yet.
Another small reason that I decided against Nook is that the white plastic bezel and black plastic screen border appear to be shiny plastic. If the bezel has to be plastic I would prefer matte plastic. Of course a nice metal case like the Sony Reader would be even better but they are even worse than B&N for content.
The main reason that I didn't like the shiny plastic case was that when using a book light I find that I have to direct the center of the light onto the bezel to avoid glare. If the bezel itself is reflective I don't think that will work very well. Also shiny plastic tends to show a lot of fingerprints and that would irritate me as well.
For some reason the prototype shots of the Nook seem to have matte plastic but the photos from their press event clearly show a shiny plastic. It could be something that is only on a prototype run of the device but I would guess that they had final hardware for the press event.
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