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Old 12-09-2009, 06:34 PM   #1
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MSNBC Hates the Nook ... and ebook readers in general

If this has already been posted, I apologize -- I didn't see it on the front page.

Yet another poor review of the nook ... and ebook readers in general (why don't they have color screens, back light, yadda yadda yadda)... however, the criticism of the nook was particularly scathing.

MSNBC nook Review

He concludes:

Quote:
The Barnes & Noble application for the iPhone is excellent, and I far prefer it to the Nook. It's free, too. A lot of people say they don't like reading books on an LCD screen, but many of them might change their minds if they turned down the brightness of the backlight.

There are also "tablet" style computers and media players with screens larger than the iPhone. So far, none of them have been great e-book reading devices, but I think we'll see some next year. They might be more expensive than the current crop of e-book readers, but they also will be far more capable and user-friendly. In any case, the e-ink madness needs to stop.
I realize he isn't the eReader target demo but this can't bode well for the nook...
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