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Originally Posted by markbot
It seems that B&N made a pretty serious mistake with this device. They went with flash instead of substance. The core functionality of this reader is actually a step back from the Kindle. The core features are book buying experience, book selection and price, battery life, screen contrast, annotation, and refresh rate.
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I look at this and I think wow.......Did you read the reviews or a review?
All of the reviews pretty much state the device is solid with some minor first revision problems that were reported in those reviews as being improved through updates.
The battery life is correctly reported as being less then the kindle, though I find it highly amusing that the kindle just reported a massive increase in battery life through the last firmware update. We also knew this would be the case with the inclusion of the LCD screen.
The contrast was mentioned in a few reviews as easily rectifiable through the settings, but was startling at first.
Is the device the all mighty Kindle killer, no. However, to suggest it as a step back from the kindle I would have to call shenanigans on that.
If you want my advice if your reading this looking for information go to the reviews and read them. Not one but multiple and watch the videos that have been put out now in the reviews.