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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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Here is also a nice article with some nice shots of the Alex, for those who believe that Spring Design doesn't really got a device :
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/web...der?page=0%2C0
http://www.marvell.com/products/cell.../release/1344/
Interestingly, the Alex was not presented here by its manufacturer (Spring Design) but by Marvell, the big semiconductor company that designed its processor.
That means the Alex was deemed advanced enough to be put into independent hands (and also that it's using an interesting new chip capable of 3 fps e-ink refresh while consuming less than the previous generation)