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Originally Posted by Apoc
That's not an answer, really. I, too, am interested in what you have to say about it. But you can't expect at least two people to go searching all your posts for something that you may have said at some point in the past that may or may not be relevant to what you said yesterday.
Perhaps you can flag the appropriate posts instead?
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Well, the thing is that I don't think having the "mine is better than yours" argument is very worthwhile. I don't expect people to search my old posts. I think each device has unique strengths and weaknesses. I'm not going to say anything bad about the nook color because I loved owning it. I had to sell it to buy a device with a bigger screen (due to a research project I'm working on for my job).
Actually, I have nothing but positive things to say about the nook color. For months I posted here talking about different apps, hacks, tweaks, fixes, etc.
The short answer to the question is that the nook color is not an ipad or Xoom (let's not just focus on Apple) killer because they are not the same type of device. One is a 7" ereader that can be hacked into a tablet. The others are large screen tablets that do not require hacking.
The nook color can not "kill" the other devices because screen size changes the class of the device. Perhaps you can compare the nook color to the Archos 70, Blackberry Playbook, and Samsung Galaxy Tab. For the money I think it offers more bang for the buck than those devices (that's why I bought it and hacked it). It is also the absolute best color ereader (Devices like the pandigital novel and Pocketbook IQ don't even come close).
Again, no device is perfect, and they each fit a unique need for the individual user. I needed a larger screen, and I also wanted a device with a 4:3 aspect ratio. The ipad 2 fills both those needs, and the nook color didn't. I also like the screen better on the ipad because the colors are more vibrant and it is more responsive. Also, the build quality is slightly better. In addition, the two cameras are fun. Lastly, being able to use my Netflix account on the ipad is nice. To be clear, I owned and enjoyed both devices, so I have no reason to be biased. So, those are the things that the ipad can do that the nook color can't. By the same token, the nook color runs android and can do flash. It also has expandable memory. These are great features, but in the end they aren't as important to me as what the ipad offers. I have 32gb of storage on the ipad 2, so I personally don't need any more. Also, most of the sites that I visit frequently are ipad friendly, and the ones that aren't work fine using Skyfire, so flash isn't that big of a deal.
If we want to have a spirited debate comparing tablets, that's cool. I think it is fun to do so as long as it is not mean spirited. For the most part, Mobileread is a very nice community. However, we shouldn't try to compare Apples (pun intended) to oranges. A better debate would be the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs. ipad 2 vs. Xoom vs. eee Transformer vs. HP Web OS tablet. Those devices at least all fall into the same category. Just my two cents.