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Abulia · 12-09-2009, 11:53 PM

After having the better part of the evening to use the device, a few random bits.

* Setting up wireless was painless. I just added the Nook's MAC address into my AP's whitelist and connected without issue. This sped up store usage considerably.

* Surprised by how few magazines and newspapers there are. I dunno, in the Internet age subscribing to even an electronic newspaper seems unnecessary when I can get by-the-minute updates on my iPhone from USA Today or CNN.

* Browsing the store is okay, a bit easier with Cover Flow over WiFI to find something that suits your need.

* Search is very broad. Using "Smith" will get you books or authors with "Smith" in the name. Heck, even if the book has "Smith" in the overview! Appears to rank by rating. No way that I've seen to search by a selected field only. (Minor quibble.)

* Software identifies itself as 1.0.0; I'll check tomorrow to see if it updated itself overnight.

* My left-side navigation buttons are more tactile/noisy than the right. Not an issue since I'm right handed, but the ones on the right are noticeably more quiet.

* Swipe to page turn does work and is plenty fast/accurate. However it's easier to just use the navigation buttons since your hand is already there holding the device.

* I think WiFi may be a larger battery killer than the LCD. Dunno. Spent a good hour browsing the online store via WiFi and battery down 3%.

* Default LCD brightness (50%) is still pretty darn bright. Turned it down.

* Sideloaded a couple of uber-complex PDFs. I was surprised that the Nook was able to load them. They both displayed but not very well on the 6" screen. Nook has no zoom options so what you see is what you get. PDF reflow is supported (and one did reflow) but graphics-intensive documents (no surprise) don't work very well. Nook sorts PDFs using the tagged metadata in the file, not by filename or such.

* Some sample books are really silly. Downloaded a 24 page sample, 12 pages of which were credits, dedication, copyright, etc. The sample didn't even complete the prolog.

* Unit still seems plenty fast for me. Keep in mind I've never used an e-book reader prior to this.

12-09-2009, 11:53 PM	#13
Abulia Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 1564 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: nook	After having the better part of the evening to use the device, a few random bits. * Setting up wireless was painless. I just added the Nook's MAC address into my AP's whitelist and connected without issue. This sped up store usage considerably. * Surprised by how few magazines and newspapers there are. I dunno, in the Internet age subscribing to even an electronic newspaper seems unnecessary when I can get by-the-minute updates on my iPhone from USA Today or CNN. * Browsing the store is okay, a bit easier with Cover Flow over WiFI to find something that suits your need. * Search is very broad. Using "Smith" will get you books or authors with "Smith" in the name. Heck, even if the book has "Smith" in the overview! Appears to rank by rating. No way that I've seen to search by a selected field only. (Minor quibble.) * Software identifies itself as 1.0.0; I'll check tomorrow to see if it updated itself overnight. * My left-side navigation buttons are more tactile/noisy than the right. Not an issue since I'm right handed, but the ones on the right are noticeably more quiet. * Swipe to page turn does work and is plenty fast/accurate. However it's easier to just use the navigation buttons since your hand is already there holding the device. * I think WiFi may be a larger battery killer than the LCD. Dunno. Spent a good hour browsing the online store via WiFi and battery down 3%. * Default LCD brightness (50%) is still pretty darn bright. Turned it down. * Sideloaded a couple of uber-complex PDFs. I was surprised that the Nook was able to load them. They both displayed but not very well on the 6" screen. Nook has no zoom options so what you see is what you get. PDF reflow is supported (and one did reflow) but graphics-intensive documents (no surprise) don't work very well. Nook sorts PDFs using the tagged metadata in the file, not by filename or such. * Some sample books are really silly. Downloaded a 24 page sample, 12 pages of which were credits, dedication, copyright, etc. The sample didn't even complete the prolog. * Unit still seems plenty fast for me. Keep in mind I've never used an e-book reader prior to this. Last edited by Abulia; 12-09-2009 at 11:56 PM.