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Originally Posted by nikkie
While the alex may not *look* as nice as the nook, if you check out the videos of it up on youtube it quickly becomes clear that the alex is much more developed than the nook is.
Some of the features the alex has, that the nook doesn't:
* web browser in the bottom screen, with print to eink screen
* access to the android marketplace
* ability to add word docs and other formats that nook doesn't support except through conversion
* ability to download epubs from the internet (for example google books!)
* far more advanced navigation screen
I am definitely inclined to believe that the alex came first and B&N ripped them off, because they did such a shitty job in comparison. The alex's features are WAY better.
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This is a matter of perspective. While it's clear that Alex is capable of quite a bit more, it's also clear that B&N's goal with the nook was not to be a direct competitor to the Alex. The Alex is a more sophisticated device. Looking at the two, I think the Alex is far more than an ereader, whereas the nook is really just an ereader. The devices are in different classes, and when it comes down to it, the most they have in common is two screens and Android. The nook isn't less of a device because it's a rushed ripoff. It's different because it was intended to be different.