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Old 12-05-2009, 12:09 AM   #16
pbennett
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Originally Posted by supermighty View Post
For me the big selling point was the wifi and Android platform. While the kindle also uses linux as an OS I feel that Android is a better supported and will offer many more possibilities than the kindle.
Just curious - why is the wifi a big selling point? You can't really 'use' it. The only thing the Nook can do when connected via its cellular connection or WiFi is get books from the B&N Store. So, since the cellular service is available pretty much nationwide and there's no charge for it (like w/ the Kindle), what advantage does the wifi actually provide? With the Kindle at least you have a web browser - something which places like feedbooks takes great advantage of [ie: http://www.feedbooks.com/help/kindle#guide] so that you can have an ebook with their entire content that is able to update itself via a built-in link and every public-domain book they offer is a link to the downloadable book. Clicking on it with the Kindle launches the browser - but instantly just becomes a download to device question.

I'm extremely interested in what becomes of the nook and am eager to see real reviews (and would LOVE it if B&N actually posted the manual for it online so we could really see what you could/couldn't do), but at least right now from what's really known about it, I'm pretty unimpressed. It seems like it has more disadvantages than advantages [some of which are only assumed].
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