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Originally Posted by NNolan
I'm having a problem with all the praise being heaped on the Nook Color when nobody has any hands-on experience with it yet. How do we know it's any better than the Velocity Micro Cruz tablet, the Augen Book or the Pandigital Novel right now? When it finally comes out it could have just as many issues as the Pandigital and the Augen.
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well basically the reason for the hype and more anticpation is pure specs. They are very impressive. You can't compare the specs of the Augen or Pandigital etc. the best anaolgy would be like comparing the specs of a Samsung HDTV to a sanyo.
the cheaper android tablets are running on older and in some cases first and second generation Android OS such as 1.6 . Screen resolutions are basic TFT specs usuall like 800 X 600 or less. and lower end processors.
on the Nook color on the other hand it appears BN did not skip at all on anything.
The screen is a 1024 x 600 on an LG IPS panal, that is pretty much top of the line.
It runs on Android 2.1 OS which is much more advanced and many high end smartphones such as the Galaxy S phones are running on 2.1 (Eclair) and the upgrade to Adroid 2.2 ealy next year which be able to run Flash 10.1
It also uses a Highe end processor in the TI OMAP 3 series, 3621 A8, those Walgreen/Kmart jobbies are not running this type of powerful processors.
So while I do agree with you, final judgment should wait for it to be released in the wild and let some reviews come out and of course like any product let the bugs get worked out.
but this high anticapted air about the nook color is based on it's fantatic specs, these are pretty much on par with the Galaxy S Tab but at half the price. Though yes the Galaxy S is a full feldge tablet.
But yeah the excitement and high interest in see what this thing can do is due to it's very high end specs.