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Old 12-07-2009, 08:57 PM   #28
WT Sharpe
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Originally Posted by Musicman View Post
I played with on at B&N today for about 10 minutes, and I disagree with those reviews that say it is slow. I had no problems reading Dan Browns Lost Symbol on it. Page turns were quick - I found the LCD touch screen needs some getting use to.

I liked what I saw so far..
We shall see. You, sooner than I. At least you got some hands-on!
Let's hope you're right.

The Bloomberg BusinessWeek review said it takes "Amazon's current-model Kindle 2 takes about three seconds from the moment you release the power button until you can start reading. On the Nook, it takes a minute and 50 seconds." I hope it recovers from sheep mode quicker than that!
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