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Originally Posted by aagstn
If you have a kindle there is no way the nook would seem sluggish to you. They open books, turn pages and navigate at pretty much the same speed.
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I don't think that's true. I'm another Kindle owner, so I'm biased, but my experiences with the nook show me that it's still slower and less intuitive than the Kindle. If you like your nook, then that's great. I wouldn't try to change your mind (I couldn't care less), but I have been unimpressed with the nook since it came out. Granted, I've only played with the display units, but I was messing with it the first day they went on display and now look at them pretty much every time I'm in a B&N (which is actually pretty often since there's one just a couple miles from my apartment). I seriously hate the touch screen. I don't know why they set up the menus like they did (I'm sure this is something you just get used to) and it's always unresponsive or slow to recognize my command. When navigating on the e-ink screen, I find myself constantly having to look at the LCD because it's hard to tell if I'm about to press the right direction. It's different with the Kindle joystick, of course. This is why I've always been a bigger fan of hardware buttons. Ironically, I hate Apple but Amazon has kind of become the Apple of the e-reader market. I own a Droid and an iPod Touch, so I think I know the drawbacks for each pretty well. My theory is that Amazon has a smoother UI because it's all custom (even though it's based on Linux). Even their e-book format is proprietary. Apple pretty much does the same thing and that makes it less customizable. This is why I favor my Droid. I can just do so much more with it. On the other hand, I don't know what I'd do different with an open source platform on my e-reader. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think ePub generally takes a little longer to load (I'm not saying it takes a long time to load, just a second or two longer) than other formats like Mobipocket. I know it needs to load each chapter individually, as well. I've also heard about formatting not looking as nice on the Sony Readers compared to LRF files. Even though I think ePub is a great open source format, I don't think that necessarily translates into a better general-user experience. Just a theory, though. Not knocking anyone who likes the nook, but I think there's a reason the general response hasn't been as positive as that to the Kindle.