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Originally Posted by Sylver
Hi, I have been shopping for an e-reader for a while and Nook was initially not in the list (I wanted something that has native support for both simplified and traditional Chinese and I really don't like the touch screen thing that much). But I saw a nook in BestBuy yesterday and immediately fell in love with the screen - the contrast and the paperlike feel of these black & white author portraits on the screen is unbelievable. I compared side by side with a Sony PRS 300 which some say has the best screen contrast, Nook still looks a little better. Now I am leaning towards getting a nook, however, I hope someone can help me with these questions: 1. Nook, especially with the touch screen, looks a little bit more on the delicate side, I know this is not a frisbee, but for normal daily use (carrying in the packpacks, etc), is it more fragile than other e-readers? 2. Again, due to the touch screen, is it draining the battery significantly faster than other e-readers? how long does one charge last if wireless is off? Some say 2 or 3 days (that is kind of disappointing as the spec says 10 days), can I totally turn the touch screen off and still be able to navigate through the pages? 3. can Nook be used as a web browser at home wireless connection? I dont expect flash will be working, but just browsing news or forums, is it workable? Many thanks. Asthetics wise, I do think Nook is the best looking (and seems best ease on the eyes) e-reader out there, and I plan to do some research on making it support Chinese.
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I rank nook in my top 5, I can recommend it.
Concerning your questions:
The ePaper-Scren is more fragile than the touchscreen. In my opinion, no bigger risk for nook than for, let's say, Kindle or Sony.
If you use the touchscreen intensively, for example (theoretically, this can be done) for surfing the web, it drains the battery way faster. But if you just use the touchscreen for managing the content, it's not much of a difference.
You can use nook for browsing the web. With firmware 1.3, this even is a regular implementation. Before, it was a 3rd party hack. I wouldn't expect too much. The LCD screen is too small for surfing the web, the ePpaper display is too slow. It's okay for briefly checking Wikipedia or something like that. But I wouldn't surf intensively. In direct comparison, surfing makes more sense on Alex (similar unit with bigger LCD and syncing between the 2 screens).